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<br />z <br />'7. Reclamation will not approve applications for discharges which may <br />load facilities beyond their designed capacity. Plans for facility upgrades <br />associated w1,th urban storm water discharge will be subiect to review and <br />approval by Reclamation. Such upgrades will be accomplished by the <br />applicant/beneficiary to Reclamation's standards and ac applicant/beneficiary <br />expense. <br />8. All authorizing documents will be individually reviewed and approved <br />by the field solicitor's office and will contain an approved liability <br />provision. <br />9. Unlicensed discharges will be investigated and eliminated within <br />staffing and budget constraints. <br />RES PONSIHILITIES AND PROCEDURES: <br />1. General: <br />a. Area Managers are hereby delegated authority to sign <br />licensing/permitting documents related to the discharge of urban storm water <br />- into Reclamation drainage facilities. Redelegation of this authority will be. <br />at the Area Manager's discretion. .other supporting documents will be signed <br />in accordance with existing delegations of authority. <br />b. The area office will take the lead in accepting and processing <br />applications for urban storm water discharge. The regional office will <br />provide expertise, support, and_ guidance and will facilitate legal review by <br />the field solicitor's office. The regional office may assume a co-lead role <br />upon request from the area office. <br />2. Area offices will: <br />a. Accept applications and assure that they are complete. <br />b. Determine the scope of Reclamation's interest in the land <br />underlying the facility in question (fee title, easement, or 1890 right-of- <br />wayl. <br />c. Determine whether applications are compatible with authorized <br />project purposes and whether the affected Reclamation facility is still needed <br />for authorized project purposes. <br /> <br />d. Attempt, xithin staffing and budget limitations, to identify and <br />eliminate any existing unlicensed discharges on the facility in question prior <br />to licensing any new discharge. <br />e. Assign a coordinator to process the application and coordinate . <br />with water districts, other area office specialists, the regional office, <br />local governments, other Federal/state agencies, and interested parties. <br />f. Obtain baseline information and draft all appropriate authorizing <br />documents. <br />g. Establish a system for tracking and collecting administrative <br />costs and fair market value fees. <br />h. Forward a complete application and draft documents to the <br />regional office for review by regional office and field solicitor. <br />