[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR203.43]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 DEFENSE
 
PART 203_EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT OF ARMY AND OTHER RESOURCES, NATURAL DISASTER 
 
 Subpart D_Rehabilitation Assistance for Flood Control Works Damaged by 
 
Sec.  203.43  Inspection of Federal flood control works.

    (a) Required inspections. A completed Federal flood control project, 
or completed functional portions thereof, is granted Active status in 
the RIP upon transfer of the operation and maintenance of the project 
(or functional portion thereof) to the non-Federal sponsor. Federal 
flood control works will be periodically inspected in accordance with 33 
CFR 208.10 and Engineer Regulation (ER) 1130-2-530, Flood Control 
Operations and Maintenance Policies. These periodic inspections of 
Federal flood control works are also, for simplicity, known as CEI's. If 
a Federal project is found to be inadequately maintained on a CEI, then 
it will be placed in an Inactive status in the RIP. [Note: This is a 
separate and distinct action from project deauthorization, which is not 
within the scope of PL 84-99 activities.] A Federal project will remain 
in an Inactive status until such

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time as an adequate maintenance program is restored, and the project is 
determined by the Corps to be adequately maintained.
    (b) Advice and reporting. Information on the results of CEI 
inspections will be furnished in writing to non-Federal sponsors, and 
will be maintained in Corps district offices. Non-Federal sponsors will 
be informed that a CEI rating of Unacceptable will cause the flood 
control work to be placed in an Inactive status, and not eligible for 
Rehabilitation Assistance. Non-Federal sponsors will be informed that 
maintenance deficiencies found during CEI's may negatively impact on 
eligibility of future Rehabilitation Assistance, and the degree of local 
cost-sharing participation in any proposed work. Follow-up inspections 
can be made by the Corps to monitor progress in correcting deficiencies 
when warranted.