US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  42
                       IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE -- WATER
                            RIGHTS AND RECLAMATION
                                  CHAPTER 20
                        RECLAMATION OF CAREY ACT LANDS
    42-2007.  ACTION BY THE DEPARTMENT ON PROPOSAL FOR SEGREGATION. It shall
be the duty of the department to satisfy itself as to the financial ability of
the applicant to do the things which will be required to be done in the event
the application is approved.
    In case of approval, the department shall file in the local land office a
request for the withdrawal of the land described in said proposal.
    No request on which the department of water resources has reported
adversely, either as to the water supply, the feasibility of the construction,
the cost or capacity of the works or as to the character of the lands sought
to be irrigated, shall be approved by the department.