31 Tex. Admin. Code § 358.2 - Definitions
The following words and acronyms, used in this chapter, have the following meanings.
(1)
Board--The Texas Water Development Board.
(2) Commission--The Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(3) Regional
water plan (RWP)--The plan adopted or amended by a regional water planning
group pursuant to Texas Water Code §
16.053 (relating to
Regional Water Plans) and Chapter 357 of this title (relating to Regional Water
Planning).
(4) Regional water
planning area--Area designated pursuant to Texas Water Code §
16.053 and Chapter 357 of
this title.
(5) Regional water
planning group (RWPG)--Group designated pursuant to Texas Water Code §
16.053 and Chapter 357 of
this title.
(6) River and stream
segments of unique ecological value--Those river or stream segments that may be
identified by the Board in coordination with the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department and the Commission or identified in an approved regional water plan
based on the following criteria:
(A)
Biological function--stream segments which display significant overall habitat
value including both quantity and quality considering the degree of
biodiversity, age, and uniqueness observed and including terrestrial, wetland,
aquatic, or estuarine habitats;
(B)
Hydrologic function--stream segments which are fringed by habitats that perform
valuable hydrologic functions relating to water quality, flood attenuation,
flow stabilization, or groundwater recharge and discharge;
(C) Riparian conservation areas--stream
segments which are fringed by significant areas in public ownership including
state and federal refuges, wildlife management areas, preserves, parks,
mitigation areas, or other areas held by governmental organizations for
conservation purposes, or stream segments which are fringed by other areas
managed for conservation purposes under a governmentally approved conservation
plan;
(D) High water
quality/exceptional aquatic life/high aesthetic value--stream segments and
spring resources that are significant due to unique or critical habitats and
exceptional aquatic life uses dependent on or associated with high water
quality; or
(E) Threatened or
endangered species/unique communities--sites along stream where water
development projects would have significant detrimental effects on state or
federally listed threatened and endangered species; and sites along streams
significant due to the presence of unique, exemplary, or unusually extensive
natural communities.
(7)
Site of unique value for construction of reservoirs--Those sites identified by
the Board in coordination with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the
Commission or identified in an approved regional water plan where:
(A) Site-specific reservoir development is
recommended as a specific water management strategy or as a unique reservoir
site in an adopted regional water plan; or
(B) The location, hydrologic, geologic,
topographic, water availability, water quality, environmental, cultural, and
current development characteristics, or other pertinent factors make the site
uniquely suited for reservoir development to provide water supply for:
(i) The current planning period; or
(ii) Where it might reasonably be needed to
meet needs beyond the 50-year planning period.
(8) State drought preparedness plan--A plan,
separate from the state water plan, that is developed by the Drought
Preparedness Council for the purpose of mitigating the effects of drought
pursuant to Texas Water Code §
16.0551 (relating to State
Drought Preparedness Plan).
(9)
State drought response plan--A plan prepared and directed by the chief of the
Texas Division of Emergency Management for the purpose of managing and
coordinating the drought response component of the state water plan and the
state drought preparedness plan pursuant to Texas Water Code §
16.055 (relating to
Drought Response Plan).
(10) State
water plan--The most recent comprehensive statewide water plan adopted by the
Board under Texas Water Code §
16.051 (relating to State
Water Plan).
(11) Water management
strategy--A plan or specific project to meet a need for additional water by a
discrete user group, which can mean increasing the total water supply or
maximizing an existing supply.
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