(a) “CEQA” means the California Environmental Quality Act.

(b) “Department” in reference to the government of this State, means the Department of Conservation in the Resources Agency.

(c) “Director” means the Director of Conservation.

(d) “Eligible Activity” means any one of the four purposes listed in Section 3860 of the Public Resources Code.

(e) “Eligible Jurisdiction” per Section 3855(b) of the Public Resources Code means counties and cities identified as having methane gas hazards in the study conducted by the State Oil and Gas Supervisor pursuant to Article 4.1 (commencing with Section 3240) of the Public Resources Code.

(f) “Final Application” means the application that is filed after the Department has approved a preapplication and has notified the eligible jurisdiction of its grant award.

(g) “Notice of Intent to File” means a brief project description and an estimate of the anticipated project expenditures to be covered by a grant award. This notice will be used by the Director to determine the number of jurisdictions that plan to request a grant award and the equitable amount of grant monies that ultimately may be applied for by each eligible jurisdiction.

(h) “Methane Gas Hazards” per Section 3855(a) of the Public Resources Code means collections of biogenic or thermogenic gases identified as hazards in the study conducted by the State Oil and Gas Supervisor pursuant to Article 4.1 (commencing with Section 3240) of the Public Resources Code.

(i) “Mitigation Project” is an eligible activity that identifies the potential adverse impact of accumulations of methane gas and implements measures to reduce or eliminate those impacts.

(j) “Preapplication” means a report that contains a detailed project preapplication as described in Section 1793(e) of this chapter. This preapplication will be used by the Director to evaluate project proposals.