[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR654.41]

[Page 469]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 654--OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart D--Emergency Watershed Protection
 
Sec. 654.41  Performance of operation and maintenance.

    (a) Arrangement. O&M is a prerequisite for approval of Federal 
emergency assistance when:
    (1) The emergency measure needs to be operated and maintained in 
order to serve its intended purpose, or
    (2) The emergency measure needs to be operated and maintained to 
insure that it will not become hazardous.
    (b) Time of operation and maintenance. The sponsor(s)' obligations 
for O&M begin when the measure is installed and extend for the duration 
of the time required for the emergency measure to serve the purpose for 
which it is installed.
    (c) Performance. Operation and maintenance is to be performed in a 
manner that will protect the environment and otherwise comply with NRCS, 
State, and local requirements. The method of performing O&M is at the 
option of the sponsor(s).