The following words or phrases have the following meanings
in this subchapter unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Fall--for the measurement points listed in §298.430(c)(3)
- (5), (9), and (12) - (19) of this title (relating to Environmental
Flow Standards), the period of time September through October, inclusive
and for all other measurement points, the period of time October through
November, inclusive.
(2) Inflow regime--a freshwater inflow pattern, at
the most downstream point on the Nueces River where the river enters
the Nueces Bay and Delta, that includes quantities and frequencies
that vary throughout the year.
(3) Modeled permitting frequency--the frequencies at
which specific volumes of freshwater inflows occur in the commission's
water availability models for the Nueces river basin at the time the
first water right application subject to this subchapter is processed.
(4) Nueces Bay--a secondary bay of Corpus Christi Bay.
(5) Nueces Delta-- a complex array of channels, pools,
marshes, and tidal flats in the upper end of Nueces Bay that lies
generally to the north of the Nueces River and includes area receiving
inflows from the Rincon Bayou and overflow channels from the river.
(6) Spring--the period of time April through June,
inclusive.
(7) Sound ecological environment--maintains, to some
reasonable level, the physical, chemical, and biological attributes
and processes of the natural system.
(8) Summer-- for the measurement points listed in §298.430(c)(3)
- (5), (9), and (12) - (19) of this title (relating to Environmental
Flow Standards), the period of time July through August, inclusive
and for all other measurement points, the period of time July through
September, inclusive.
(9) Target frequency--the frequency at which specific
target volumes of freshwater inflows occur, and which are used for
the sole purpose of providing additional freshwater inflows to Nueces
Bay and Nueces Delta through voluntary strategies.
(10) Target Volume--volumes of freshwater inflows specified
in §298.430(a)(3) of this title (relating to Environmental Flow
Standards) which are used for water rights permitting and to establish
targets for the purpose of providing additional freshwater inflows
to Nueces Bay and Delta through voluntary strategies.
(11) Winter--for the measurement points listed in §298.430(c)(3)
- (5), (9), and (12) - (19) of this title (relating to Environmental
Flow Standards), the period of time November through March, inclusive
and for all other measurement points, the period of time December
through March, inclusive.
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