Federal · Title 43 — Public Lands

43 U.S.C. § 510: Definitions

Read the full statutory text
to assess and determine the general condition of the project facility; and to estimate the value of property, and the size of the population, that would be at risk if the project facility fails, is breached, or otherwise allows flooding to occur. The term “project facility” means any part or incidental feature of a project, excluding high- and significant-hazard dams, constructed under the Federal reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902 ( 32 Stat. 388 , chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act ( 43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.) 1 . 1 So in original. Probably should be another closing parenthesis before the final period. The term “reserved works” mean 2 any project facility at which the Secretary carries out the operation and maintenance of the project facility. 2 So in original. Probably should be “means”. The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation. The term “transferred works” means a project facility, the operation and maintenance of which is carried out by a non-Federal entity, under the provisions of a formal operation and maintenance transfer contract. The term “transferred works operating entity” means the organization which is contractually responsible for operation and maintenance of transferred works. intended to ensure the continued safe, dependable, and reliable delivery of authorized project benefits; and greater than 10 percent of the contractor’s or the transferred works operating entity’s annual operation and maintenance budget for the facility, or greater than $100,000.

Verify at the official source: Federal legislative text

Facing this? Know exactly what happens next.

MOFRD turns this code section into your situation: the deadlines that apply to you, the forms your county uses, and the resolution paths people in your position actually take. Free for 3 days — no card required.

This page is legal information, not legal advice. Code text is sourced from official publications and may lag amendments — always confirm at the official source linked above. Plain-English summaries and relationship data are AI-derived and reviewed on an ongoing basis; verify with a licensed attorney before acting.