§10362 Definitions

Summary

Defines the words used in this chapter about water programs, agencies, and projects. Administrator is the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Advisory Committee is the National Advisory Committee on Water Information created under Office of Management and Budget Circular 92–01 to coordinate water data collection. Assessment program is the water availability and use assessment program set up by the Secretary under section 10368(a). Climate division is one of 359 divisions in the United States that group similar climate areas within a State, as set by the Administrator. Commissioner is the Commissioner of Reclamation. Director is the Director of the United States Geological Survey. Eligible applicant covers States, Indian tribes, irrigation or water districts; regional or local authorities that include members with water or power authority; other organizations with water or power authority; and nonprofit conservation organizations that partner with or have agreement from those entities, or that notify the relevant entities for projects on Federal land and receive no written objection. Federal Power Marketing Administration includes the Bonneville, Southeastern, Southwestern, and Western Area Power Administrations. Hydrologic accounting unit is one of 352 river basin units used by the USGS. Indian tribe has the meaning given in section 5304 of title 25. Major aquifer system is a groundwater system the Director identifies as significant and that appears in the USGS Groundwater Atlas. Major reclamation river basin means a major river system in a Bureau of Reclamation service area with a federally authorized Reclamation project and specifically includes the Colorado, Columbia, Klamath, Missouri, Rio Grande, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Truckee Rivers. Natural feature is created by natural physical, geological, biological, or chemical processes over time. Nature-based feature is built by people to work with natural processes to reduce water supply-demand imbalances or drought and flood risk. Non-Federal participant is a State, regional, or local authority; an Indian tribe or tribal organization; or another qualifying entity like a water conservation district or a nongovernmental organization. Panel is the climate change and water intragovernmental panel established by the Secretary under section 10366(a). Program is the regional integrated sciences and assessments program created by the Administrator and made up of 8 regional programs using integrated climate science to help decisionmaking. Secretary usually means the Secretary of the Interior, except that for sections 10363, 10364, and 10369 the Secretary acts through the Commissioner, and for sections 10367 and 10368 the Secretary acts through the Director. Service area is any area that includes a watershed with a federally authorized reclamation project located in a State or area described in section 391 of title 43.