§ 49:214.8.2 — Definitions

Louisiana § 49:214.8.2

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 49: State Administration

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§214.8.2. Definitions
As 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.

Legislative History

Acts 2018, No. 570, §3, eff. July 1, 2018.