{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-654.11","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 654.11","heading":"Sponsor(s)' responsibility.","body":"(a) On non-Federal land, sponsor(s) are responsible for financing and performing without cost to the Federal Government, needed operation and maintenance (O\u0026M) of project measures installed with Federal financial assistance.\n(b) The Federal agency administering Federal land involving project measures is responsible either for performing or requiring the performance of O\u0026M on land administered by that agency. If project measures benefit both Federal and non-Federal land or interests, the O\u0026M may be performed by the Federal agency, the sponsor(s), or both as mutually agreed by the Federal agency, sponsor(s), and NRCS. If O\u0026M of project measures is performed by mutual agreement, the cost of O\u0026M may be shared by the Federal agency and sponsor(s) as agreed.\n(c) The sponsor(s) shall obtain NRCS approval before modifying a project measure of changing land use to fulfill a different purpose.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER VI—NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER F—SUPPORT ACTIVITIES","PART 654—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE","Subpart B—Federal Financially-Assisted Projects"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"d5018d3a17eee214137c285de2d7e7fef29aacf005d7fc2727d41fac96b193a6","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-654.10","next":"us/7-cfr-654.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}