Subject: Reclamationwide Program Funding Criteria
Purpose: Provides direction on the charging of costs of appropriate Reclamationwide Program activities to assist in fostering consistency in practices throughout Reclamation.
Authority:Reclamation Project Act of 1902 and Supplementary Acts; Title 43 U.S.C. 377, Fact Finders' Act of 1924, Subsection O, as amended.
Contact: Office of Program and Policy Services, D-5000; Security, Safety and Law Enforcement Office, D-1400
2. Criteria. A number of Associated O&M Programs were established in the past, and several other Reclamationwide programs have since been established for activities that are:
3. Reclamationwide Programs.
(1) Resources Management Reclamationwide Programs
- Departmental Irrigation Drainage Program
- Drought Emergency Assistance Program
- Efficiency Incentives Program
- Environmental and Interagency Coordination Activities
- Environmental Program Administration
- General Planning Activities
- Land Resources Management
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Native American Affairs Program
- Negotiations/Administration of Water Marketing
- Power Program Services (costs of activities are paid by power customers, either through advance payments or reimbursement)
- Public Access and Safety Program
- Reclamation Law Administration
- Reclamation Recreation Management Act - Title XXVII
- Recreation and Fish and Wildlife Program Administration
- Science and Technology Program
- Soil and Moisture Conservation
- Technical Assistance to States
- Water Reclamation and Reuse Program - Title XVI
- Water Management and Conservation
- Wetlands Development
These programs are those that relate to Level 2 activities under the Water and Related Resources appropriations of the PBS, which include Water and Energy Management and Development (A10); Land Management and Development (A20); and Fish and Wildlife Management and Development (A30). These three Level 2 activities support the “resource management” aspects of Reclamation projects but do not support the O&M of project-specific water and power facilities. As such, these above outlined programs are to be funded on a nonreimbursable basis (unless otherwise noted) because of their inherent public/social benefits that they provide, although some individual program activities may require cost sharing.
(2) Facilities O&M Reclamationwide Programs
- Dam Safety Program
- Emergency Planning and Disaster Response Program
- Examination of Existing Structures Program
- Federal Building Seismic Safety Program
- Miscellaneous Flood Control
- O&M Program Management
- Site Security Program
These programs are those that relate to Level 2 activities under the Water and Related Resources appropriations of the PBS, which include Facility Operations (A40) and Facilities Maintenance and Rehabilitation (A50). These two Level 2 activities support the operation and maintenance (O&M) of project water and power facilities. However, these outlined programs are generally funded on a nonreimbursable basis because of the criteria and activities outlined in Section 2 of these Directives and Standards. Refer to the individual Directives and Standards indicated for these programs for the existing authorizations and/or rationale for the funding of these programs.
Supersedes (132) 1/17/01