2007 California Water Code Article 2. Projects In The Sacramento-san Joaquin Watersheds

CA Codes (wat:12648-12670.20)

12648.  The projects for the control of floods and other purposes on
the Sacramento River adopted by the acts of Congress approved March
1, 1917, May 15, 1928, August 26, 1937, and August 18, 1941, and
adopted and authorized by the Legislature by Chapter 25, Statutes of
1911, First Extra Session, Chapter 170, Statutes of 1913, Chapter
686, Statutes of 1915, and Chapter 176, Statutes of 1925, are adopted
and authorized as modified substantially in accordance with the
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered
649, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session, except as provided in
Section 12649, at an estimated additional cost to the State of three
million three hundred twenty-six thousand dollars (,326,000), or
such other project as shall finally be decided upon which will
accomplish the same flood control purposes as proposed by the Table
Mountain Dam or any other dam across the Sacramento River in the same
general vicinity, subject to modification that may hereafter be made
by Congress.


12648.1.  The plan of flood control on the American River is hereby
authorized and adopted substantially in accordance with the
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, House Document Numbered
367, Eighty-first Congress, and adopted and authorized by the act of
Congress approved August 17, 1954, at an estimated state cost of five
hundred thousand dollars (0,000).  Said project shall be
considered as extending and supplementing the projects authorized
pursuant to Section 12648.  Section 12828 shall not be applicable to
the project.


12648.2.  The project for flood protection on the Sacramento River
from Chico Landing to Red Bluff, California, is adopted and
authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of
the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 272, Eighty-fourth
Congress, Second Session, and adopted and authorized by the act of
Congress approved July 3, 1958, at an estimated state cost of
thirty-one thousand dollars (,000).



12648.3.  The project for Hidden Reservoir and channel improvement
on the Fresno River is adopted and authorized substantially in
accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in
Senate Document Numbered 37, 87th Congress, and adopted and
authorized by the Act of Congress approved October 23, 1962, (Public
Law 87-874) at an estimated state cost of two hundred twenty thousand
dollars (0,000).



12648.4.  The project for Buchanan Reservoir and channel improvement
on Chowchilla River is adopted and authorized substantially in
accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in
Senate Document Numbered 98, 87th Congress, and adopted and
authorized by the Act of Congress approved October 23, 1962, (Public
Law 87-874) at an estimated state cost of one hundred fifty thousand
dollars (0,000).



12648.5.  The project for New Melones Reservoir and channel
improvement on Stanislaus River is adopted and authorized
substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of
Engineers in House Document Numbered 453, 87th Congress, and adopted
and authorized by the Act of Congress approved October 23, 1962,
(Public Law 87-874) at an estimated state cost of one hundred eighty
thousand dollars (0,000).



12648.6.  The Mormon Slough channel improvement project on Calaveras
River is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the
recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered
576, 87th Congress, and adopted and authorized by the act of Congress
approved October 23, 1962 (Public Law 87-874) at an estimated state
cost of two million two hundred sixty thousand dollars (,260,000).




12648.7.  The project for flood protection on the North Fork of the
Feather River near Chester, Plumas County, is adopted and authorized
substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of
Engineers in House Document No. 314, 90th Congress, and adopted and
authorized by the Act of Congress approved August 13, 1968 (Public
Law 90-483) at an estimated cost to the state of such sums as may be
appropriated for state participation by the Legislature upon the
recommendation and advice of the Reclamation Board.  This
authorization shall not be deemed to confer preference on this
project over the needs of other statewide programs in appropriations
of available funds.



12649.  It is the intention of the Legislature that, if a feasible
plan can be found which will provide adequate flood control in the
upper Sacramento Valley without the necessity of constructing a dam
across the Sacramento River at the Table Mountain site, or any other
site in the same general vicinity and thereby prevent the necessity
of flooding valuable agricultural land and at the same time prevent
damage to the fishing resources of the Sacramento River, such
alternate plan should be adopted.



12649.1.  The project for flood protection on the Sacramento River
is further adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with
the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document
Numbered 103, 86th Congress, and as modified by the act of Congress,
Public Law 86-645, 86th Congress, approved July 14, 1960, for
cooperation by the Reclamation Board as provided in Section 8617.1 at
an estimated cost to the state of such sums as may be appropriated
for state participation by the Legislature upon recommendation and
advice of the Reclamation Board.  This authorization shall not be
deemed to confer preference on this project over the needs of other
statewide programs in appropriations of available funds.




12650.  The plan of improvement for flood protection on various
streams in the Merced County Stream Group in the San Joaquin Valley
is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered
473, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session, at an estimated cost to
the State of sixty-one thousand three hundred dollars (,300).
   Notwithstanding any estimated cost to the State contained in this
section, local cooperation which shall be furnished by the State in
connection with the plan of improvement for flood protection on
various streams in the Merced County Stream Group in the San Joaquin
Valley, adopted and authorized under this section shall include,
without limitation as to the generality thereof:
   (a) Enlargement of the channel of Miles Creek to the extent
indicated on Inclosure 3 of House Document Numbered 473,
Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session.
   (b) Acquisition of lands, easements and rights of way necessary
for construction of the following diversions to the capacities
indicated:
   (1) Owens Creek Diversion, 400 cubic feet per second.
   (2) Black Rascal Diversion, 3,000 cubic feet per second.
   (c) Providing the following channel capacities of the various
creeks:
   (1) Burns Creek:  2,000 cubic feet per second on Burns Creek from
its confluence with Bear Creek upstream to the section line common to
Sections 3 and 10, T. 7 S., R. 15 E., M. D. B. & M.
   (2) Bear Creek:  2,000 cubic feet per second from its confluence
with Burns Creek upstream to the section line common to Sections 11
and 12, T. 7 S., R. 15 E., M. D. B. & M.; 4,000 cubic feet per second
from its confluence with Black Rascal Creek Diversion upstream to
its confluence with Burns Creek; 7,000 cubic feet per second from its
confluence with the head of Black Rascal Slough to the Black Rascal
Creek Diversion; not less than 3,100 cubic feet per second from its
confluence with the lower end of Black Rascal Slough to the
confluence with the head of Black Rascal Slough, so that the combined
capacity of Bear Creek and Black Rascal Slough is not less than
7,000 cubic feet per second; 7,000 cubic feet per second from the
section line common to Sections 2 and 3, T. 8 S., R. 12 E., M. D. B.
& M., upstream to the confluence of Bear Creek with the lower end of
Black Rascal Slough.
   (3) Black Rascal Slough:  Not less than 3,900 cubic feet per
second and so that the combined capacity of Black Rascal Slough and
Bear Creek is not less than 7,000 cubic feet per second.
   (4) Miles Creek:  1,000 cubic feet per second from the Merced-El
Nido Highway upstream to the section line common to Sections 25 and
26, T. 7 S., R.  15 E., M. D. B. & M.
   (5) Owens Creek:  400 cubic feet per second from Owens Creek
Diversion to the bridge crossing at the section line common to
Sections 29 and 30, T. 7 S., R. 16 E., M. D. B. & M.
   (6) Mariposa Creek:  1,000 cubic feet per second from Owens Creek
Diversion upstream to the bridge located in SW. 1/4 of Section 10, T.
8 S., R. 16 E., M. D. B. & M.; 1,250 cubic feet per second from El
Nido Highway upstream to Owens Creek Diversion.



12651.  The plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes
on the Lower San Joaquin River and tributaries, including Tuolumne
and Stanislaus Rivers, is adopted and authorized in accordance with
the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Flood Control
Committee Document Numbered 2, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second
Session, at an estimated cost to the State of eight hundred
ninety-four thousand dollars (4,000).



12652.  The plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes
on the Calaveras River and Littlejohn Creek and tributaries is
adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered
545, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session, at an estimated cost to
the State of two hundred four thousand dollars (4,000).



12653.  The plan of improvement on the Calaveras River and
Littlejohn Creek includes the enlargement of channels of Littlejohn
Creek below the Farmington Dam as subsequently approved by letter of
the Chief of Engineers dated November 12, 1951, at an additional
estimated cost to the State of such sum as may be available for state
cooperation for that purpose in the Flood Control Emergency Fund,
pursuant to written authorization of the Department of Finance for
Flood Control projects, payable from the Flood Control Fund of 1946,
upon approval of the general plan for such channel enlargements by,
and the recommendation of, the department, or as may be otherwise
appropriated for state cooperation by the Legislature, payable from
the Flood Control Fund of 1946, upon approval of the general plan for
such channel enlargements by, and with the recommendation of, the
department.



12654.  The project for the Fresno County Stream Group for flood
control is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with
the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document
Numbered 845, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session, at an estimated
cost to the State of one hundred seventy-nine thousand five hundred
dollars (9,500).



12655.  The City and County of San Francisco, the Modesto Irrigation
District, and the Turlock Irrigation District shall give assurances
satisfactory to the Secretary of War that the local cooperation
required by Section 3 of the act of Congress approved December 22,
1944 (Public, Numbered 534, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session),
will be furnished by the City and County of San Francisco, the
Modesto Irrigation District, and the Turlock Irrigation District in
connection with the flood control projects within the watershed of
the Tuolumne River, adopted and authorized in Section 12651, except
insofar as the projects include channel improvement works and levees.



12656.  The City and County of San Francisco, the Modesto Irrigation
District, and the Turlock Irrigation District, in conjunction with
the War Department, shall execute the plans and projects within the
watershed of the Tuolumne River, referred to in Section 12651, except
insofar as the plans and projects relate to channel improvement
works and levees, and may make such modifications to the plans as may
be necessary to execute them for the purposes of Chapters 1 and 2 of
this part.



12656.5.  The project for flood protection on Middle Creek,
California, is hereby authorized and adopted substantially in
accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House
Document numbered 367, Eighty-first Congress, and adopted and
authorized by the act of Congress approved August 17, 1954, at an
estimated state cost of seven hundred ninety thousand dollars
(0,000).


12656.6.  The Reclamation Board is authorized to provide any
assurances to the Secretary of the Army which may be required in
connection with the accomplishment of emergency repair work under
Public Law 99, 84th Congress, 1st Session, approved June 28, 1955, or
any acts amending or adding to the same, now or hereafter adopted,
for projects which the Reclamation Board is authorized to provide
assurances under Section 12657.  The Reclamation Board is also
authorized to utilize any available appropriation it may have for the
purpose of acquiring any lands, easements and rights of way
necessary to the execution of any such repair work for which
assurances have been required by the Secretary of the Army.



12656.7.  The Reclamation Board is authorized to provide any
assurances to the Secretary of the Army which may be required in
connection with the accomplishment of flood control or clearing work
on the channel of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their
tributaries, pursuant to Section 208 of Public Law 780, 83rd
Congress, 2nd Session, approved September 3, 1954, or any acts
amending or adding to the same now or hereafter adopted, or with the
accomplishment of any federal emergency flood control work on
state-owned property.  This authorization is subject to the
provisions of Section 12828.



12657.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 1 (commencing
with Section 12570) and this chapter, the Reclamation Board shall
give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the
local cooperation, required by Section 3 of the act of Congress
approved December 22, 1944 (P.L. 534, 78th Congress, Second Session),
Section 2 of the act of Congress approved August 18, 1941 (P.L. 228,
78th Congress, First Session), and Section 103 of the act of
Congress approved November 17, 1986 (P.L.  99-662, 99th Congress,
Second Session) will be furnished by the state in connection with the
flood control projects authorized and adopted in Sections 12648,
12648.1, 12648.2, 12648.3, 12648.4, 12648.5, 12648.6, 12648.7,
12649.1, 12650, 12651, 12652, 12654, 12656.5, 12661.2, 12661.5,
12666, 12667, 12670.2, 12670.7, 12670.10, 12670.14, and 12670.20 and
on any flood control projects on any stream flowing into or in the
Sacramento Valley or the San Joaquin Valley heretofore or hereafter
approved and authorized by Congress.
   (b) Assurances provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be
made until the local agency, by binding agreement with the
Reclamation Board, has agreed to assume all obligations under
Sections 12585 to 12585.5, inclusive.



12658.  Except as otherwise provided in Chapters 1 and 2 of this
part, the Reclamation Board, in conjunction with the War Department,
shall execute the plans and projects referred to in Section 12657 and
exercise all powers granted to it in Part 4, Division 5, of this
code.  The Reclamation Board may make such modifications and
amendments to the plans as may be necessary to execute them for the
purposes stated in Chapters 1 and 2 of this part.



12659.  The project for the Folsom Reservoir on the American River
is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the plans
contained in House Document Numbered 649, Seventy-eighth Congress,
Second Session, with such modifications as in the discretion of the
Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable, and
without cost to the State.



12660.  The project for the Isabella Reservoir on the Kern River for
flood control and other purposes in the San Joaquin Valley is
adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in his report dated January
26, 1944, contained in House Document Numbered 513, Seventy-eighth
Congress, Second Session, without cost to the State.



12661.  The plan for the Terminus and Success Reservoirs on the
Kaweah and Tule Rivers for flood control and other purposes in the
San Joaquin Valley is adopted and authorized in accordance with the
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Flood Control Committee
Document Numbered 1, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session.




12661.2.  (a) The project for flood control on the Tule River,
Success Reservoir Enlargement Project, is adopted and authorized
substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of
Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, in the report
"Tule River Basin Investigation, California, Feasibility Report,"
dated April 1999, at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that
may be appropriated by the Legislature for state cooperation, upon
the recommendation and advice of the Reclamation Board.
   (b) The agencies that are parties to the Tule River Improvement
Joint Powers Agreement may, in lieu of the Reclamation Board, give
assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the
nonfederal cooperation required by federal law will be furnished in
connection with the project for flood control adopted and authorized
in subdivision (a).
   (c) The agencies that are parties to the Tule River Improvement
Joint Powers Agreement, in conjunction with the Department of the
Army, may, in lieu of the Reclamation Board, carry out the design and
construction of the Success Reservoir Enlargement Project and may
make modifications and amendments as necessary to carry out the
project for the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570)
and this chapter.



12661.5.  (a) The project for flood control on the Kaweah River,
Terminus Dam, is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance
with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in the report
"Kaweah River Basin Investigation Feasibility Study, California,"
dated December 23, 1996, and as adopted and authorized by the Water
Resources Development Act of 1996 as approved by Congress on October
12, 1996 (Public Law 104-303), at an estimated cost to the state of
the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature for state
participation, upon the recommendation and advice of the Reclamation
Board.  The Reclamation Board may pay 50 percent of the nonfederal
capital costs of the recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement
features of the project.
   (b) The Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District may, in lieu of
the Reclamation Board, give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary
of the Army that the local cooperation required by federal law,
including the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, will be
furnished in connection with the project.
   (c) The Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District, in conjunction
with the Department of the Army, may, in lieu of the Reclamation
Board, carry out the plans and project and may make modifications and
amendments of the plans as necessary to carry out the plans for the
purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and this
chapter.
   (d) Authorization of the project shall be contingent upon the
recommendation, advice, and approval of the Reclamation Board and
upon the expenditure of two hundred thousand dollars (0,000) by
the department for local assistance for the project.



12662.  The project for flood control and other purposes for the
Kings River and Tulare Lake Basin is adopted and authorized
substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of
Engineers in House Document Number 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third
Session, as adopted and authorized by the act of Congress approved
December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78-534, the "Flood Control Act of 1944"
), as modified by data in the Design Memorandum No. 3, Kings River
and Tulare Lake, California, Kings River Channel Improvement, General
Design, dated April 20, 1959, and by Letter Supplement No. 1 to such
Design Memorandum No. 3, by the District Engineer, Sacramento
District, Corps of Engineers, at no cost to the state prior to July
1, 1967, and thereafter at an estimated cost to the state of such
sums as may be appropriated for state cooperation by the Legislature
upon the recommendation and advice of the department.  This
authorization shall not be deemed to confer preference on this
project over the needs of other statewide programs in appropriations
of available funds.
   It is the intent of the Legislature that the state shall share
only in costs for work done in accordance with Letter Supplement No.
1 to such Design Memorandum No. 3.



12662.1.  The Kings River Conservation District shall give
assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local
cooperation, required by the act of Congress approved December 22,
1944 (Public Law 78-534, the "Flood Control Act of 1944"), as
modified by Design Memorandum No. 3, Kings River and Tulare Lake,
California, Kings River Channel Improvement, General Design, dated
April 20, 1959, and by Letter Supplement No. 1 to such Design
Memorandum No. 3, will be furnished by the district in connection
with the plan of improvement for flood control adopted and authorized
in Section 12662.



12662.2.  The Kings River Conservation District, in conjunction with
the Department of the Army, shall execute the plan of improvement
for flood control referred to in Section 12662 and exercise all
powers granted to it in the Kings River Conservation District Act
(Chapter 931, Statutes of 1951), and the district may make such
modifications or amendments to the plans as may be necessary to
execute them for the purposes of Chapters 1 (commencing with Section
12570) and 2 (commencing with Section 12639) of this part.  The
department shall have authority and is hereby authorized to enter
into an agreement with the local agency pursuant to Section 12585.4.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 12585.2 and 12585.3 the
local agency may receive credit against its share of the costs of
lands, easements, and rights-of-way required for the project which
were acquired by the local agency after July 1, 1967.



12663.  The plan of improvement for flood control and water
conservation on Cache Creek, including Clear Lake, in Yolo and Lake
Counties, is hereby adopted and authorized generally in accordance
with the recommendations relating thereto contained in the interim
report of the Department of Water Resources entitled "Comparison of
Alternative Wilson Valley and Guinda Projects on Cache Creek," dated
April, 1958, at an estimated cost to the State of such sum as may be
appropriated for state co-operation by the Legislature upon the
recommendation and advice of the department.



12664.  The project for the Beach-Stone Lake Unit of the Morrison
Creek Stream Group Flood Control Project is adopted and authorized
substantially in accordance with the plans developed by the County of
Sacramento at such estimated cost to the state as may be
appropriated for state cooperation by the Legislature upon the
recommendation and advice of the department.  This authorization
shall not be deemed to confer preference on this project over the
needs of other statewide programs in appropriation of available
funds.


12665.  With respect to the project authorized in Section 12664, the
County of Sacramento shall acquire the lands, easements, and
rights-of-way, even though the project report has not been submitted
by the Secretary of the Army or other authorized official to the
Congress for project authorization, and may make application to the
department for reimbursement pursuant to Section 12829 upon inclusion
of the Beach-Stone Lake Unit of the Morrison Creek Stream Group
Flood Control Project as part of a flood control project authorized
by Congress.  Prior to the acquisition of any lands, easements, or
rights-of-way for the project, the County of Sacramento shall execute
an agreement with the department under which it agrees to hold the
state harmless from damages due to the construction, operation, or
maintenance of the project.



12666.  The project for flood protection on the streams in the
vicinity of Fairfield, California, is adopted and authorized
substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of
Engineers in House Document No.  91-159, 91st Congress, First
Session, and adopted and authorized by the act of Congress approved
December 31, 1970 (Public Law 91-611) at an estimated cost to the
state of such sums as may be appropriated for state participation by
the Legislature upon the recommendation and advice of the Reclamation
Board.  This authorization shall not be deemed to confer preference
on this project over the needs of other statewide programs in
appropriations of available funds.  No state funds shall be
appropriated until federal advanced engineering and design funds are
available.
   Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12585.4, the Reclamation
Board shall have the authority and is hereby authorized to enter
into a loan agreement with the local agency pursuant to Section
12585.4.  The state is authorized to pay 50 percent of the nonfederal
capital costs of the recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement
features of the project pursuant to Section 12847.



12667.  The project for flood control known as the Merced County
Streams Project is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance
with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in his report
dated November 25, 1970, and adopted and authorized by the Act of
Congress approved December 31, 1970 (Public Law 91-611) at an
estimated cost to the state of such sums as may be appropriated for
state participation by the Legislature upon the recommendation and
advice of the Reclamation Board.  This authorization shall not be
deemed to confer preference on this project over the needs of other
statewide programs in appropriations of available funds.  No state
funds shall be appropriated until federal construction funds are
available,  and no state funds shall be appropriated for any portion
or unit of the project until the responsible local agency has
provided assurances of financial capability to complete the
recreational acquisition and development program for that portion or
unit, as detailed in the project report.
   The Legislature affirms the topographical and hydrologic
characteristics of the Merced County Stream Group for which provision
for participation in reservoirs has been made in Section 12826 and
determines that the Merced County Streams Project is a project of the
Merced County Stream Group, as defined and excepted in Section
12826.  The Reclamation Board may loan the local agency the funds
necessary to pay the local portion of the costs of the lands,
easements, and rights-of-way.  The rate of interest on the loan shall
be the current rate for the Pooled Money Investment Account.  All
other provisions of Section 12585.4 shall be applicable to a loan to
the local agency under this section.
   Any money previously appropriated to the department for the Merced
Stream Channel Improvement shall be available for the purposes of
this section, including that reappropriated from the Special Account
for Capital Outlay in Item 3860-490-036(2) of the Budget Act of 1986
(Chapter 186 of the Statutes of 1986).



12668.  (a) The project for flood control on the San Joaquin River
is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with P.L.
98-63, at a federal cost of approximately eight million dollars
(,000,000), for the accomplishment of selective clearing and
snagging work in the San Joaquin Channel, from Friant Dam to the
Stockton Deep Water Channel, and in that area of the North Fork of
the Kings River and Mendota Pool from the southerly boundary of the
James Reclamation District No. 1606 to Mendota Dam.  Because of the
unique situation presented by this project, the department shall
maintain and operate, on behalf of the state, the work performed by
the Corps of Engineers on this project, and the cost of that
maintenance and operation shall be borne by the state.
   (b) Any assurance agreement entered into between the Secretary of
the Army and the Reclamation Board for this project shall provide for
mitigation of the impact of the project with the objective of
providing a net long-term enhancement of the riparian habitat and
fishery in the project area.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature, in reviewing future
projects, to improve the capacity of the San Joaquin River to provide
for mitigation of the impact of the project and net long-term
enhancement of the riparian habitats and fisheries in the project
area.
   (d) The Legislature finds and declares that the local
responsibility of maintenance of this and future federal projects in
and along the San Joaquin River may be better, more efficiently, and
more fairly fulfilled by geographically larger, or regional, local
public entities.  The Legislature, therefore, directs the Reclamation
Board, in coordination with the department, to study the possibility
  of creating, by a joint powers agreement or by special act of the
Legislature,  one or more regional districts to undertake at a future
time local maintenance responsibility for this project.  The
Reclamation Board shall report its findings to the Legislature not
later than December 31, 1985.



12669.  The plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes
on the Fresno County Stream Group identified as the Redbank-Fancher
Creeks Flood Control Project, including the Redbank Creek Detention
Basin, is hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance
with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document
Numbered 98-147, at an estimated cost to the state of such sum as may
be appropriated for state cooperation by the Legislature upon
recommendation and advice of the department or Reclamation Board,
except that no nonflood control  application of water may occur
within the Redbank Creek Detention Basin except for landscape
irrigation or  dust control.  The preconstruction environmental
assessment by the United States Army Corp of Engineers shall include
the conduct of field permeability tests and consideration of the
recommendations set forth in the "Evaluation Of Impacts On The THAN
Site By The Proposed Redbank Creek Flood Detention Basin," 1988, of
the State Department of Health Services, Toxic Substances Control
Division.  Basin design criteria and operational procedures shall
include, but not be limited to, the detailed post excavation soils
mapping, installation and monitoring of observation wells, and
creation of a contingency fund, as indicated by the environmental
assessment and as required for compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section
21000) of the Public Resources Code).  If state bond act moneys are
available for flood control purposes, the Legislature may appropriate
those moneys for this project.  This authorization shall not be
deemed to confer preference on this project over the needs of other
statewide programs in the appropriation of available funds.  Funds
shall be appropriated pursuant to this authorization only upon the
act of Congress adopting and authorizing the project as substantially
described in House Document Numbered 98-147.  The  Legislature
affirms the topographical and hydrological characteristics of the
Fresno County Stream Group for which provision for participation in
reservoirs has been made in Section 12868 and determines that the
Redbank-Fancher Creeks Flood Control Project is a project on the
Fresno County Stream Group, as defined and excepted in Section 12826.
  The department or Reclamation Board may loan the local agency the
funds necessary to pay the local portion of the costs of the lands,
easements, and rights-of-way, less the credit provided by Section
12585.3.  The rate of interest on the loan shall be the current rate
for the Pooled Money Investment Account.  The department or
Reclamation Board may pay 50 percent of the nonfederal capital costs
of the recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement features of the
project.



12669.1.  The Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District may, in
lieu of the Reclamation Board, give assurances satisfactory to the
Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation required by House
Document Numbered 98-147 will be furnished in connection with the
project for flood control adopted and authorized in Section 12669.




12669.2.  The Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District, in
conjunction with  the Department of the Army, may, in lieu of the
Reclamation Board, execute the  plans and project referred to in
Section 12669 and may make modifications and amendments to the plans
as may be necessary to execute the plans for the purposes of Chapter
1 (commencing with Section 12570) and this part.



12670.  The Cache Creek Settling Basin Unit of the plan of
improvement for flood control and other purposes on Cache Creek is
hereby adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in the report dated April
27, 1981, and adopted and authorized by the Act of Congress approved
November 17, 1986 (Public Law 99-662), at an estimated cost to the
state of such sums as may be appropriated for state participation by
the Legislature upon the recommendation and advice of the Reclamation
Board.  This authorization shall not be deemed to confer preference
on this project over the needs of other statewide programs in
appropriation of available funds.  Notwithstanding Section 12585.5,
the state shall pay all of the nonfederal costs required by Public
Law 99-662.  Notwithstanding Sections 12642 and 12828, the state
shall maintain and operate the unit and, through the Reclamation
Board, shall hold the United States harmless from damages due to the
construction of the works.  Notwithstanding Section 12847, the state
may pay all of the nonfederal capital costs of the recreation and
fish and wildlife enhancement features of the unit.



12670.2.  (a) The project for flood protection on the Sacramento
River for the City of West Sacramento is adopted and authorized
substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of
Engineers, in the report "Sacramento Metro Area, California" dated
June 29, 1992, and as adopted and authorized by the act of Congress
approved October 31, 1992 (Public Law 102-580), at an estimated cost
to the state of the sum that may be appropriated by the Legislature
for state participation, upon the recommendation and advice of the
department or the Reclamation Board.
   (b) The department or the Reclamation Board may pay 50 percent of
the nonfederal capital costs of the recreation and fish and wildlife
enhancement features of the project.



12670.3.  The City of West Sacramento, or a joint power authority
formed by the City of West Sacramento and Reclamation Districts 537
and 900, may, in lieu of the Reclamation Board, give assurances
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that the local cooperation
required by the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (Public Law
102-580) will be furnished in connection with the project for flood
control adopted and authorized in Section 12670.2.



12670.4.  The City of West Sacramento, or joint power authority
formed by the City of West Sacramento and Reclamation Districts 537
and 900, in conjunction with the Department of the Army, may, in lieu
of the Reclamation Board, carry out the plans and project referred
to in Section 12670.2 and may make modification and amendments to the
plans as may be necessary to carry out the plans for the purposes of
Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and this chapter.



12670.7.  (a) The project for flood protection along the Feather
River and Yuba River is adopted and authorized substantially in
accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers of the
United States Army Corps of Engineers, in the report entitled "Yuba
River Basin Investigation, California Feasibility Report."
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 12585.5, the
nonfederal engineering costs and the nonfederal design costs required
by Section 2215 (b) and (c) of Title 33 of the United States Code,
with regard to the project described in subdivision (a), are eligible
for reimbursement by the state before federal and state
authorization and before the appropriation of construction funds by
Congress.
   (c) Funds shall be appropriated for the project in the annual
Budget Act.



12670.8.  (a) The project for flood protection measures on the Upper
Guadalupe River in Santa Clara County is adopted and authorized
substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of
Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers in a report
dated August 19, 1998, or as that report may be subsequently
modified, at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be
appropriated by the Legislature for state cooperation, upon the
recommendation and advice of the department.  The department may pay
50 percent of the nonfederal capital costs of the recreation and fish
and wildlife enhancement features of the project.
   (b) The Santa Clara Valley Water District shall give assurances
satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that local cooperation
required by the final report of the Chief of Engineers of the United
States Army Corps of Engineers will be furnished by the district in
connection with the project for flood control adopted and authorized
in subdivision (a).
   (c) The Santa Clara Valley Water District, in conjunction with the
Department of the Army, shall carry out the plans and project and
may make modifications and amendments to the plans as necessary to
carry out the plans for the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with
Section 12570) and this chapter.



12670.10.  The project for flood protection along the American River
is adopted and authorized substantially in accordance with the
recommendations of the Chief of Engineers, in the report entitled
"American River Watershed, California" dated June 27, 1996, and as
adopted and authorized by Congress on October 12, 1996, in Section
101 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-303), at
an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be appropriated
by the Legislature for state participation, upon the recommendation
and advice of the department or the Reclamation Board.



12670.11.  (a) (1) The project for flood damage reduction and
environmental restoration in the American River watershed in
Sacramento County is adopted and authorized substantially in
accordance with Congressional approval and the final report of the
Chief of Engineers dated November 5, 2002, as authorized by Section
128 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004
(P.L. 108-137), at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may
be appropriated for state cooperation by statute, upon the
recommendation and advice of the department or the Reclamation Board.

   (2) The project includes the construction of a new bridge with an
estimated cost of sixty-six million dollars (,000,000), of which
thirty-six million dollars (,000,000) is allocated to flood damage
reduction and dam safety.
   (3) The state's share of the bridge project cost shall be at least
five million, two hundred thousand dollars (,200,000), but not
more than nine million dollars (,000,000), of the project amount
that is allocated to flood damage reduction.
   (4) The calculation of the state's share of the funding pursuant
to paragraph (3) shall be determined by the federal government's
allocation of the costs of the bridge to the dam safety features of
the project.
   (b) The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency shall enter into an
agreement with the department pursuant to which the agency agrees to
indemnify and hold and save harmless the state, its officers, agents,
and employees for any and all liability for damages that may arise
out of the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance,
repair, and rehabilitation of the project.
   (c) The City of Folsom shall serve as the nonfederal sponsor of
the bridge authorized as part of the project and shall enter into an
agreement with the department to receive the state's proportionate
share of the cost of the bridge and to indemnify and hold and save
harmless the state, its officers, agents, and employees for any and
all liability for damages that may arise out of the planning, design,
construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of
the bridge.


12670.12.  With regard to the project for flood control authorized
in Section 12670.10, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency may
join the department or the Reclamation Board in providing the
Secretary of the Army with the assurances of nonfederal cooperation
required by the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, and may, in
conjunction with the Department of the Army, carry out the project
with the modifications and amendments that may be necessary to
fulfill the purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and
this chapter.  The Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency shall be
reimbursed pursuant to Section 12585.5 for any project costs that the
agency advances on behalf of the department or the Reclamation
Board, provided that prior to any such reimbursement, the agency
shall execute an agreement with the department under which it agrees
to indemnify and hold the state harmless from damages due to the
construction, operation, or maintenance of the project and agrees to
operate, maintain, repair, replace, and rehabilitate the project.




12670.14.  The following projects in areas within the City of
Sacramento and the Counties of Sacramento and Sutter are adopted and
authorized at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may be
appropriated by the Legislature for state participation upon the
recommendation and advice of the department or the Reclamation Board:

   (a) The project for flood control in the Natomas and North
Sacramento areas adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 9159
of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 1993 (Public Law
102-396) substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the
Chief of Engineers in the report entitled "American River Watershed
Investigation" dated July 1, 1992.
   (b) The project for flood control along the American and
Sacramento Rivers adopted and authorized by Congress in Section 101
(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 substantially
in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in
the report entitled "American River Watershed Project, California"
dated June 27, 1996, as modified by Congress in Section 366 of the
Water Resources Development Act of 1999, and as further modified to
include the project features necessary to provide a 200-year level of
flood protection along the American and Sacramento Rivers and within
the Natomas Basin as described in the final engineer's report dated
April 19, 2007, adopted by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency.

   (c) The project to modify Folsom Dam adopted and authorized by
Congress in Section 101(a)(6) of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1999, as described in the United States Army Corps of Engineers
Supplemental Information Report for the American River Watershed
Project, California, dated March 1996, as modified by the report
entitled "Folsom Dam Modification Report, New Outlets Plan," dated
March 1998, prepared by the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, and
as further modified by the Post-Authorization Change Report,
American River Watershed Project (Folsom Dam Modification and Folsom
Dam Raise Projects), dated March 2007, adopted by Congress in Section
3023 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007.
   (d) (1) The project for flood control, environmental restoration,
and recreation along south Sacramento County streams adopted and
authorized by Congress in Section 101(a)(7) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1999 as described in the report of the Chief of
Engineers entitled "South Sacramento County Streams, California"
dated October 6, 1998.
   (2) Notwithstanding Section 12657, at the discretion of the
Reclamation Board, the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency may
provide, for the project described in paragraph (1), the assurances
of local cooperation satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army, in
accordance with Section 12657, in lieu of assurances by the
Reclamation Board.


12670.16.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency's share of the nonfederal
capital costs of the projects for flood control authorized in Section
12670.14 shall be calculated in accordance with Section 12585.5, and
the agency shall be reimbursed pursuant to Section 12585.5 for any
costs of project features that the agency advances on behalf of the
department or Reclamation Board if either of the following
requirements is met:
   (1) The advances are made in response to a federal request for
payment of the nonfederal share of the cost of the project.
   (2) If the advances are made for project features that have not
yet been authorized by Congress, the Reclamation Board has received a
written determination by the federal government that the project
features will likely be authorized by Congress and, if so authorized,
the advances will be eligible for credit toward the nonfederal share
of the cost of these features.
   (b) Prior to any reimbursement pursuant to subdivision (a), the
agency shall execute an agreement with the department under which it
agrees to indemnify and hold the state harmless from damages due to
the construction, operation, or maintenance of those projects and
agrees to operate, maintain, repair, replace, and rehabilitate those
projects, or provide the agreement of its appropriate member agency
to do so.


12670.20.  (a) The projects for flood protection and integrated
resource management in the Colusa Basin are adopted and authorized
substantially in accordance with the "Colusa Basin Water Management
Program" dated February 1995 and its final environmental
documentation, at an estimated cost to the state of the sum that may
be appropriated by the Legislature for state participation, upon the
recommendation and advice of the department or the Reclamation Board.

   (b) The state, any local public agency, or other entity may
cooperate with any federal agency with regard to the planning,
design, environmental compliance, financing, and construction of
projects authorized in subdivision (a).
   (c) No state funds shall be expended for the projects described in
subdivision (a) unless both of the following requirements are met:
   (1) Required environmental documentation has been completed.
   (2) The Reclamation Board has approved the Colusa Basin Water
Management Program and the projects described in subdivision (a).
   (d) Except as specified in subdivision (c), for projects
authorized in subdivision (a), the state shall pay both of the
following:
   (1) That portion of nonfederal capital costs attributable to flood
control required by Section 12585.5, or that may be required by
amendment to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570).
   (2) That portion of nonfederal costs for fish, wildlife, and
recreational enhancement features established by Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 12840).
   (e) If required by the Secretary of the Interior, the Reclamation
Board may give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the
Interior that the local cooperation authorized in subdivision (b)
will be furnished by the state in connection with the flood control
and fish, wildlife, and recreational enhancement features of the
projects described in subdivision (a).  Assurances provided pursuant
to this subdivision may not be made until the local agency, by
binding agreement with the Reclamation Board, has agreed to assume
all obligations under Sections 12585 to 12585.5, inclusive, and
Section 12642, or that may be required by amendment to Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 12570).
   (f) The Colusa Basin Drainage District, or other appropriate local
agency, shall establish and maintain a coordinated land use planning
and decisionmaking process within the watershed to avoid unmitigated
hydraulic impacts.