[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 18, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 18CFR2.7]

[Page 19-20]
 
           TITLE 18--CONSERVATION OF POWER AND WATER RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 2_GENERAL POLICY AND INTERPRETATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.7  Recreational development at licensed projects.

    The Commission will evaluate the recreational resources of all 
projects under Federal license or applications therefor and seek, within 
its authority, the ultimate development of these resources, consistent 
with the needs of the area to the extent that such development is not 
inconsistent with the primary purpose of the project. Reasonable 
expenditures by a licensee for public recreational development pursuant 
to an approved plan, including the purchase of land, will be included as 
part of the project cost. The Commission will not object to licensees 
and operators of recreational facilities within the boundaries of a 
project charging reasonable fees to users of such facilities in order to 
help defray the cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining such 
facilities. The Commission expects the licensee to assume the following 
responsibilities:
    (a) To acquire in fee and include within the project boundary enough 
land to assure optimum development of the recreational resources 
afforded by the project. To the extent consistent with the other 
objectives of the license, such lands to be acquired in fee for 
recreational purposes shall include the lands adjacent to the exterior 
margin of any project reservoir plus all other project lands specified 
in any approved recreational use plan for the project.
    (b) To develop suitable public recreational facilities upon project 
lands and waters and to make provisions for adequate public access to 
such project facilities and waters and to include therein consideration 
of the needs of persons with disabilities in the design and construction 
of such project facilities and access.
    (c) To encourage and cooperate with appropriate local, State, and 
Federal agencies and other interested entities in the determination of 
public recreation needs and to cooperate in the preparation of plans to 
meet these needs, including those for sport fishing and hunting.
    (d) To encourage governmental agencies and private interests, such 
as operators of user-fee facilities, to assist in carrying out plans for 
recreation, including operation and adequate maintenance of recreational 
areas and facilities.
    (e) To cooperate with local, State, and Federal Government agencies 
in planning, providing, operating, and

[[Page 20]]

maintaining facilities for recreational use of public lands administered 
by those agencies adjacent to the project area.
    (f)(1) To comply with Federal, State and local regulations for 
health, sanitation, and public safety, and to cooperate with law 
enforcement authorities in the development of additional necessary 
regulations for such purposes.
    (2) To provide either by itself or through arrangement with others 
for facilities to process adequately sewage, litter, and other wastes 
from recreation facilities including wastes from watercraft, at 
recreation facilities maintained and operated by the licensee or its 
concessionaires.
    (g) To ensure public access and recreational use of project lands 
and waters without regard to race, color, sex, religious creed or 
national origin.
    (h) To inform the public of the opportunities for recreation at 
licensed projects, as well as of rules governing the accessibility and 
use of recreational facilities.

[Order 313, 30 FR 16198, Dec. 29, 1965, as amended by Order 375-B, 35 FR 
6315, Apr. 18, 1970; Order 508, 39 FR 16338, May 8, 1974; Order 2002, 68 
FR 51115, Aug. 25, 2003]