7 CFR §654.15
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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.