[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR1.11]

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                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 1_GENERAL--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1.11  Engineering services.

    (a) Federal participation. Costs of engineering services performed 
by the State highway department or any instrumentality or entity 
referred to in paragraph (b) of this section may be eligible for Federal 
participation only to the extent that such costs are directly 
attributable and properly allocable to specific projects.
    (b) Governmental engineering organizations. The State highway 
department may utilize, under its supervision, the services of well-
qualified and suitably equipped engineering organizations of other 
governmental instrumentalities for making surveys, preparing plans, 
specifications and estimates, and for supervising the construction of 
any project.
    (c) Railroad and utility engineering organizations. The State 
highway department may utilize, under its supervision, the services of 
well-qualified and suitably equipped engineering organizations of the 
affected railroad companies for railway-highway crossing projects and of 
the affected utility companies for projects involving utility 
installations.
    (d) [Reserved]
    (e) Responsibility of the State highway department. The State 
highway department is not relieved of its responsibilities under Federal 
law and the regulations in this part in the event it utilizes the 
services of any engineering organization under paragraphs (b), (c) or 
(d) of this section.

[25 FR 4162, May 11, 1960, as amended at 53 FR 18276, May 23, 1988; 57 
FR 60728, Dec. 22,1992; 66 FR 58666, Nov. 23, 2001]