---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 86.18"
title: "50"
number: "86.18"
heading: "How can I ensure that a BIG-funded facility continues to serve its intended purpose for its useful life?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/86.18"
---

# §86.18. How can I ensure that a BIG-funded facility continues to serve its intended purpose for its useful life?

- (a) When you design and build your BIG-funded facility, you must consider the features, location, materials, and technology in reference to the geological, geographic, and climatic factors that may have an impact on its useful life.
- (b) You must record the Federal interest in real property that includes a BIG-funded capital improvement according to the assurances required in the grant application and guidance from the Regional WSFR Office.
- (c) If we direct you to do so, you must require that subgrantees record the Federal interest in real property that includes a BIG-funded capital improvement.
- (d) If we do not direct you to act as required by [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, you may require subgrantees to record the Federal interest in real property that includes a BIG-funded capital improvement.
- (e) You must state in your subaward that subgrantees must not alter the ownership, purpose, or use of the BIG-funded facility as described in the project statement without the approval of you and the WSFR Regional Office.
- (f) You may impose other requirements on subgrantees, as allowed by law, to reduce State liability for the BIG-funded facility. Examples are insurance, deed restrictions, and a security interest agreement, which uses subgrantee assets to secure performance under the grant.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 777c, g, and g-1.

### Source

Source: 80 FR 26161, May 6, 2015, unless otherwise noted.