CFR > Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands > CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (parts 402 to 432) > PART 418—OPERATING CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR THE NEWLANDS RECLAMATION PROJECT, NEVADA > 418.1—Definitions.

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.