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USDA/NRCS RIN: 0578-AA72 Publication ID: Fall 2024 
Title: Tribe or Tribal Organization Sponsor Option for Watershed Projects 
Abstract:

The Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) amended its regulations for watershed projects to allow Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations to sponsor needed watershed projects for their areas.  Tribes or Tribal organizations do not always have eminent domain authority, which previously had been one of the requirements to be a watershed project sponsor.  This rule change provides an option to allow Tribes or Tribal organizations to become watershed project sponsors.  Being a sponsor of a watershed project is voluntary.  The regulatory change was made in response to requests to NRCS from approximately 30 Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations for watershed projects in 9 states.

 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 7 CFR 622    16 U.S.C. 1001 to 1008    7 U.S.C. 701b1     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: Pub. L. 83-566    Pub. L. 78-534   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Final Action Effective  08/14/2024 
Final Rule  08/14/2024  89 FR 65989   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Deirdre Holder
Branch Chief, Regulatory Analysis and PRA Requirements Branch
Department of Agriculture
Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250-0572
Phone:202 205-5851
Email: deirdre.holder@usda.gov