[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: 43CFR418.27]

[Page 577-578]
 
                    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. 418.27  Distribution system operation.

    (a) The District must permit only its authorized employees or agents 
to open and close individual turnouts and operate the distribution 
system facilities. After obtaining Bureau approval, the District may 
appoint agents to operate individual headgates on a specific lateral if 
it can be shown that the water introduced to the lateral by a District 
employee is completely scheduled and can be fully accounted for with a 
reasonable allowance for seepage and evaporation losses.

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    (b) If agents need to adjust the scheduled delivery of water to the 
lateral to accommodate variable field conditions, weather, etc., they 
must immediately notify the District so proper adjustments can be made 
in the distribution system. Each agent must keep an accurate record of 
start and stop times for each delivery and the flow during delivery. 
This record will be given to the District for proper accounting of water 
delivered.
    (c) The program of using agents to operate individual headgates will 
be reviewed on a regular basis by the District and the Bureau. If it is 
found that problems such as higher than normal losses, water not 
accounted for, etc., have developed on an individual lateral, the 
program will be suspended and the system operated by District employees 
until the problems are resolved.

                               Enforcement