[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR418.1]

[Page 561]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
      CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 418--OPERATING CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR THE NEWLANDS RECLAMATION PROJECT, NEVADA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 418.1  Definitions.

    Bureau means the Bureau of Reclamation.
    Decrees means the Alpine decree (United States v. Alpine Land and 
Reservoir Co., 503 F. Supp. 877 (D. Nev. 1980)) and the Orr Ditch decree 
(United States v. Orr Water Ditch Co., Equity No. A-3 (D. Nev.))
    District means the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District or any other 
approved Newlands Project operator.
    Eligible land means Project land which at the time of delivery has a 
valid water right and either:
    (1) Is classified as irrigable under Bureau land classification 
standards (Reclamation Instruction Series 510); or
    (2) Has a paid out Project water right.
    Full reservoir means 295,500 acre-feet in Lahontan Reservoir using 
Truckee River diversions. The Reservoir can fill above 295,500 acre-feet 
to 316,500 acre-feet with Carson River inflow and the use of flash 
boards. Intentional storage on the flash boards will occur only after 
the peak runoff.
    Project means the Newlands Irrigation Project in western Nevada.