---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 8.7"
title: "43"
number: "8.7"
heading: "Interior deviations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/8.7"
---

# §8.7. Interior deviations.


On Department of the Interior projects, a bureau director or secretarial officer may authorize acquisition of easements in lieu of fee title to property to allow reservoir inundation of lands if the acquisition meets a combined total of at least five conditions listed in [§ 8.3](/cfr/43/8.3.md) and in this section:

- (a) **The reservoir was originally constructed before February 21, 1962.**
- (b) **The current reservoir has utilized more than de minimis acquisition of easements for inundation.**
- (c) **The acquisition of less than fee title is in the best interests of the United States.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[90 FR 4671, Jan. 16, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 7, 32 Stat. 389, sec. 14, 53 Stat. 1197; 43 U.S.C. 421, 389.

### Source

Source: 31 FR 9108, July 2, 1966, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[90 FR 4671, Jan. 16, 2025]