[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: 43CFR426.19]

[Page 628]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
      CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 426--ACREAGE LIMITATION RULES AND REGULATIONS (Eff. 1-1-98)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 426.19  District responsibilities.

    A district that delivers irrigation water to nonexempt land under a 
contract with the United States must:
    (a) Provide information to landholders concerning the requirements 
of Federal reclamation law and these regulations;
    (b) Provide Reclamation, as required by these regulations or upon 
request, and in a form suitable to Reclamation, records and information 
as Reclamation may deem reasonably necessary to implement the RRA and 
other provisions of Federal reclamation law;
    (c) Be responsible for payments to Reclamation of all appropriate 
charges specified in these regulations. Districts must collect the 
appropriate charges from each landholder based on the landholder's 
acreage limitation status, landholdings, and entitlements, and must not 
average the costs over the entire district, unless the charges prove 
uncollectible from the responsible landholders;
    (d) Distribute, collect, and review landholder certification and 
reporting forms;
    (e) File and retain landholder certification and reporting forms. 
Districts must retain superseded landholder certification and reporting 
forms for 6 years; thereafter, districts may destroy such superseded 
forms, except:
    (1) Districts must keep on file the last fully completed standard 
certification or reporting form, in addition to the current verification 
form; or
    (2) If Reclamation specifically requests a district to retain 
superseded forms beyond 6 years.
    (f) Comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, with 
respect to landholder certification and reporting forms;
    (g) Annually summarize information provided on landholder 
certification and reporting forms on separate summary forms provided by 
Reclamation and submit these forms to Reclamation on or before the date 
established by the appropriate regional director;
    (h) Withhold deliveries of irrigation water to any landholder not 
eligible to receive irrigation water under the certification or 
reporting requirements or any other provision of Federal reclamation law 
and these regulations; and
    (i) Return to Reclamation, for deposit as a general credit to the 
Reclamation fund, all revenues received from the delivery of water to 
ineligible land. For purposes of these regulations only, this does not 
include revenues from any charges that may be assessed by the district 
to cover district operation, maintenance, and administrative expenses.