What is a project or State-Federal levee?
A project or State-Federal levee is a levee that is part of the facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control (SPFC). Facilities of the SPFC include levees, weirs, channels, and other features of the federal and state authorized flood control facilities located in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River drainage basins for which the Central Valley Flood Protection Board (CVFPB) or the Department of Water Resources (DWR) has given the assurances of nonfederal cooperation to the United States required for the project, and those facilities identified in Section 8361 of the Water Code. Also, levees that protect lands lying within the Tulare Lake Basin, including the Kings River, and the Kern River Basin are not State-Federal levees, even though geographically, these lands are considered part of the Central Valley. The facilities of the State Plan of Flood Control are listed and described in the State Plan of Flood Control Descriptive Document.
