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The following sections were added to the Water Code in 1991 to establish coordination between The Resources Agency, the Department of Water Resources, The Reclamation Board, and the Department of Fish and Game to assure that flood protection activities result in no net loss of riparian, wildlife, or fishery habitat.
12306. This chapter applies to special flood control projects subject to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12310) and to the payment of delta levee subventions under Part 9 (commencing with Section 12980).
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1140, Sec. 1.)
12306.5. The Resources Agency shall supervise the implementation of the programs subject to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1140, Sec. 1.)
12307. (a) The Resources Agency, the department, the Reclamation Board, and the Department of Fish and Game shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to coordinate the implementation of the programs subject to this chapter.
(b) The memorandum of understanding shall provide that the Department of Fish and Game shall enforce any mitigation requirements involving programs subject to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1140, Sec. 1.)
12308. The Resources Agency shall report to the Legislature not later than January 15 of each year all of the following information for each plan approved pursuant to this part:
(a) The name of each local agency submitting a plan, the island or tract involved, and a map of the island or tract indicating the work and the mitigation sites.
(b) The amount of money allocated to the plan, and the amount of money spent on project construction and on project mitigation.
(c) The number of acres of riparian, wildlife, and fisheries habitat and the number of lineal feet of shaded aquatic areas disturbed by projects funded under this part.
(d) The number and quality of acres of replacement habitat provided as mitigation.
(e) An annual assessment as to whether the cumulative impact of projects funded pursuant to this part has resulted in no net long-term loss of riparian, wildlife, or fisheries habitat. If the Resources Agency determines that a net long-term loss has occurred, it shall include in its assessment the necessary steps to correct those deficiencies.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1140, Sec. 1.)