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Tribe or Tribal Organization Sponsor Option for Watershed Projects
The Natural Resources Conservation Service published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 14, 2024. It took effect on August 14, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is amending its regulations for watershed projects to allow Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations to sponsor needed watershed projects. While federally recognized Tribes generally maintain regulatory jurisdiction over their land and can therefore exert eminent domain, Alaska Native Corporations and Tribal organizations do not have eminent domain authority, which has been one of the requirements to be a watershed project sponsor. This rule change will provide an option to better allow federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, or Tribal organizations to become watershed project sponsors.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-17819
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Published
- August 14, 2024
- Takes effect
- August 14, 2024
- Dates
- Effective date: August 14, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket ID NRCS-2023-0020
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0578-AA72
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 7 CFR 622
- Topics
- Flood control; Grant programs-natural resources; Loan programs-natural resources; Soil conservation; Technical assistance; Watersheds
- Pages
- 3
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