---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 404.53"
title: "43"
number: "404.53"
heading: "Does this rule provide authority for the transfer of pre-existing facilities from Federal to private ownership, or from private to Federal ownership?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/404.53"
---

# §404.53. Does this rule provide authority for the transfer of pre-existing facilities from Federal to private ownership, or from private to Federal ownership?


No. This rule does not authorize the transfer of pre-existing facilities or pre-existing components of any water system from Federal to private ownership, or from private to Federal ownership.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Public Law 109-451 (43 U.S.C. 2401 et seq. )

### Source

Source: 73 FR 67782, Nov. 17, 2008, unless otherwise noted.