Central Valley Project Sample Clauses

Central Valley Project. Other highlights are visits to the Feather River Fish Hatchery, Red Bluff Diversion Dam, Spring Creek Debris Dam and several ecosystem restoration projects.

Central Valley Project. 1.1.2 State Water Project

Central Valley Project. The CVP is the largest Federal Reclamation project. The CVP was originally authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1935 and reauthorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937, which provided that the dams and reservoirs of the CVP “shall be used, first, for river regulation, improvement of navigation and flood control; second, for irrigation and domestic uses; and, third, for power” (Pub. L. No. 75-392, 50 Stat. 844, 850). The CVP was reauthorized in 1992 through the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA; Pub. L. No. 102-575, 106 Stat. 4600, Title 34). CVPIA 3406(a) amended the CVP authorizations to provide that the dams and reservoirs of the CVP should now be used “first, for river regulation, improvement of navigation, and flood control; second, for irrigation and domestic uses and fish and wildlife mitigation, protection and restoration purposes; and, third, for power and fish and wildlife enhancement.” The CVPIA includes authorization for actions to benefit fish and wildlife intended to implement the purposes of Title 34. Specifically, Section 3406(b)(1), which is implemented through the Anadromous Fish Restoration Program (AFRP), provides for modification of the CVP operations to meet the fishery restoration goals of the CVPIA, so long as the operations are not in conflict with the fulfillment of the Secretary’s contractual obligations to provide CVP water for other authorized purposes. Furthermore, CVPIA Section 3604(b) provides, “The Secretary [of the Interior], immediately upon the enactment of this title, shall operate the Central Valley Project to meet all obligations under State and Federal law, including but not limited to the Federal Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq., and all decisions of the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) establishing conditions on applicable licenses and permits for the project.”

Central Valley Project. The term “Central Valley Project” means the federal reclamation project operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation pursuant to federal reclamation law (Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388)) and acts amendatory or supplementary thereto.