Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 49:214.8.2 - DefinitionsAs used in this Subpart, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them below:
(1) "Access project" means construction or renovation of a boat launch or a roadway that provides access to areas of the Atchafalaya Basin, or acquisition of a maximum of fifteen hundred acres, all in compliance with the provisions of the state or federal master plans.(2) "Annual basin plan" means the list of projects or stages of projects to be undertaken in any single fiscal year. The annual basin plan shall be included in the annual state integrated coastal protection plan provided for in R.S. 49:214.2.(3) "Atchafalaya Basin" means the area located within the guide levees of the Atchafalaya Basin and those areas directly adjacent to the levees bounded on the north by U.S. Highway 190 and on the south by Morgan City, and as defined in the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project.(4) "Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project" means the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project and enacted by the 1982 Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, United States Army Corps of Engineers feasibility study, Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1985, Public Law 99-88, as amended by the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, Public Law 99-662, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1991, Public Law 101-514, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1997, Public Law 104-206, the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, Public Law 106-541, and the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Public Law 110-114.(5) "Authority" means the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.(6) "Basin master plan" means the plan developed by the state in accordance with the federal Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana Project, pursuant to federal law, including the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1985, Public Law 99-88, and the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, Public Law 99-662, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1991, Public Law 101-514, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act of 1997, Public Law 104-206, the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, Public Law 106-541, and the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Public Law 110-114.(7) "Board" means the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board.(8) "Director" means the executive director of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority.(9) "Program" means the Atchafalaya Basin Program.(10) "Water management project" means any project that facilitates improvements to water quality, interior circulation, water access, or improvements to general ecosystem function by means of sediment reduction, removal, or diversion. Acts 2018, No. 570, §3, eff. July 1, 2018.Added by Acts 2018, No. 570,s. 3, eff. 7/1/2018.