[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: 43CFR414.6]

[Page 557]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
      CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 414--OFFSTREAM STORAGE OF COLORADO RIVER WATER AND DEVELOPMENT AND RELEASE OF INTENTIONALLY CREATED UNUSED APPORTIONMENT IN THE LOWER DIVISION STATES--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart C--Water Quality and Environmental Compliance
 
Sec. 414.6  Environmental compliance and funding of Federal costs.

    (a) Ensuring environmental compliance. The Secretary will complete 
environmental compliance documentation, compliance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973, as amended; and will integrate the requirements of other 
statutes, laws, and executive orders as required for Federal actions to 
be taken under this part.
    (b) Responsibility for environmental compliance work. Authorized 
entities seeking to enter into a Storage and Interstate Release 
Agreement under this part may prepare the appropriate documentation and 
compliance document for a proposed Federal action, such as execution of 
a proposed Storage and Interstate Release Agreement. The compliance 
documents must meet the standards set forth in Reclamation's national 
environmental policy guidance before they can be adopted.
    (c) Responsibility for funding of Federal costs. All costs incurred 
by the United States in evaluating, processing, and/or executing a 
Storage and Interstate Release Agreement under this part must be funded 
in advance by the authorized entities that are party to that agreement.