---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 414.6"
title: "43"
number: "414.6"
heading: "Environmental compliance and funding of Federal costs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/414.6"
---

# §414.6. Environmental compliance and funding of Federal costs.

- (a) **Ensuring environmental compliance.** The Secretary will complete environmental compliance documentation, compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended; and will integrate the requirements of other statutes, laws, and executive orders as required for Federal actions to be taken under this part.
- (b) **Responsibility for environmental compliance work.** Authorized entities seeking to enter into a Storage and Interstate Release Agreement under this part may prepare the appropriate documentation and compliance document for a proposed Federal action, such as execution of a proposed Storage and Interstate Release Agreement. The compliance documents must meet the standards set forth in Reclamation's national environmental policy guidance before they can be adopted.
- (c) **Responsibility for funding of Federal costs.** All costs incurred by the United States in evaluating, processing, and/or executing a Storage and Interstate Release Agreement under this part must be funded in advance by the authorized entities that are party to that agreement.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 553; 43 U.S.C. 391, 485 and 617; 373 U.S. 546; 376 U.S. 340.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 59006, Nov. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted.