Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 06, 2026

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Dec 18, 2025
§ 423.17 - How will Reclamation reopen closed areas?

An authorized official may reopen to public use any Reclamation facilities, lands, and waterbodies, or portions thereof. The authorized official may do this at any time with advance or subsequent public notice, except as required by other statute or regulation, and must document the reopening as provided in § 423.15.

authority: 43 U.S.C. 373a and 373b
source: 73 FR 75349, Dec. 11, 2008, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 43 CFR 423.17