[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR654.15]

[Page 541]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 654_OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B_Federal Financially-Assisted Projects
 
Sec. 654.15  Operation and maintenance.

    Sponsor(s) are to operate and maintain completed project measures 
in:
    (a) Compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local laws, 
regulations, and ordinances.
    (b) Compliance with any applicable conditions set forth in the 
instruments by which the landrights were acquired for installing, 
operating, and maintaining the project measures.
    (c) A manner that will not significantly degrade the environment and 
will permit project measures to serve the purpose for which they were 
installed as set forth in the watershed or RC&D measure plan.
    (d) Compliance with the time frames and O&M work items established 
in the plan of O&M and inspection reports.
    (e) Accordance with agreements with NRCS on admission charges and 
user fees for public recreation and/or fish and wildlife facility. 
Admission or user fees shall be charged only as necessary to produce 
revenues required to amortize the sponsor(s)' share of installation 
costs and to provide adequate O&M for that portion of the project 
measures pertaining to public recreation and/or fish and wildlife 
facility. Sponsor(s)' admission or user fee charges require prior NRCS 
approval throughout the life of the O&M agreement.
    (f) Accordance with the schedule for withdrawal of water in water 
impounding structures as specified in the watershed or RC&D measure plan 
or other legal documents.
    (g) A manner consistent with the project objectives.