§ 440. — Regulations as to use of water and requirements as to cultivation and reclamation of land; cancellation for noncompliance with requirements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC440]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER VI--WATER RIGHT APPLICATIONS AND LAND ENTRIES
Sec. 440. Regulations as to use of water and requirements as to
cultivation and reclamation of land; cancellation for
noncompliance with requirements
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make general rules
and regulations governing the use of water in the irrigation of the
lands within any project, and may require the reclamation for
agricultural purposes and the cultivation of one-fourth the irrigable
area under each water-right application or entry within three full
irrigation seasons after the filing of water-right application or entry,
and the reclamation for agricultural purposes and the cultivation of
one-half the irrigable area within five full irrigation seasons after
the filing of the water-right application or entry, and shall provide
for continued compliance with such requirements. Failure on the part of
any water-right applicant or entryman to comply with such requirements
shall render his application or entry subject to cancellation.
(Aug. 13, 1914, ch. 247, Sec. 8, 38 Stat. 688.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 475 of this title.
