Section 1050 - Definitions(a) "Clear Lake Watershed" refers to the collective area within the following watersheds as defined by the National Watershed Boundary Dataset 12-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes: Thurston Lake (180201160301), Cole Creek (180201160302), Kelsey Creek (1802011603), McGaugh Slough-Frontal Clear Lake (180201160305), Adobe Creek (180201160304), Manning Creek-Frontal Clear Lake (180201160306), Rodman Slough-Frontal Clear Lake (180201160307), Lower Scott's Creek (180201160104), Middle Scott's Creek (180201160103), Upper Scott's Creek (180201160102), South Fork Scott's Creek (180201160101), Salt Flat Creek -- Middle Creek (180201160204), West Fork Middle Creek (180201160202), East Fork Middle Creek (180201160201), Clover Creek (180201160203), Burns Valley -- Frontal Clear Lake (180201160309), Schindler Creek -- Frontal Clear Lake (180201160308), Copsey Creek (180201160601), Seigler Canyon Creek -- Cache Creek (180201160602), and Clear Lake (180201160310).(b) "Deputy Director" means the Deputy Director of the State Water Resources Control Board's Division of Water Rights.(c) "Diversion" means taking water by gravity or pumping from a surface stream or subterranean stream flowing through a known and definite channel, or other body of surface water, into a canal, pipeline, or other conduit, and includes impoundment of water in a reservoir, as defined in Water Code section 5100(c).(d) "Extraction" means taking groundwater.(e) "Groundwater" means water beneath the surface of the earth within the zone below the water table in which the soil is completely saturated with water, but does not include water that flows in known and definite channels unless included pursuant to Section 10722.5, as defined in Water Code section 10721, subd. (g).Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 23, § 1050
Note: Authority cited: Sections 186, 1058 and 1058.5, Water Code. Reference: Cal. Const., Art. X, § 2; Sections 100, 100.5, 104, 105, 106.3, 109, 187, 275, 1011, 1011.5, 1051, 1058, 1058.5, 1253, 1825 and 5106, Water Code; National Audubon Society v. Superior Court (1983) 33 Cal.3d 419; and Environmental Law Foundation v. State Water Resources Control Board (2018) 26 Cal.App.5th 844.
1. New chapter 4.6 (article 1), article 1 (sections 1050-1052) and section filed 1-22-2024 as an emergency; operative 1/22/2024 (Register 2024, No. 4). The finding of emergency was exempt from OAL review pursuant to Water Code section 1058.5(b). Pursuant to Water Code section 1058.5(c), a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-21-2025 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.