Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Dec 18, 2025
§ 404.28 - Is it possible to expedite the completion of an appraisal investigation or feasibility study?

Yes. If Reclamation determines that a community or groups of communities to be served by a proposed rural water supply project has urgent and compelling water needs, Reclamation will, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite appraisal investigations and reports and feasibility studies and reports conducted under this program.

authority: Public Law 109-451 (43 U.S.C. 2401
source: 73 FR 67782, Nov. 17, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 43 CFR 404.28