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Page 17 of 52 11. REGULATORY COMPLIANCE The Recipient agrees to comply or assist Reclamation with all regulatory compliance requirements and all applicable state, Federal, and local environmental and cultural and paleontological resource protection laws and regulations as applicable to this project. These may include, but are not limited to, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including the Council on Environmental Quality and Department of the Interior regulations implementing NEPA, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, consultation with potentially affected Tribes, and consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office. If the Recipient begins project activities that require environmental or other regulatory compliance approval prior to receipt of written notice from the Grants Officer that all such clearances have been obtained, then Reclamation reserves the right to initiate remedies for non-compliance as defined by 2 CFR 200.338 up to and including unilateral termination of this agreement. 12. AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS [Public Law 111-11, Section 9504(a)(3)(B)] The Recipient shall not use any associated water savings to increase the total irrigated acreage of the Recipient or otherwise increase the consumptive use of water in the operation of the Recipient, as determined pursuant to the law of the State in which the operation of Recipient is located. 13. TITLE TO IMPROVEMENTS [Public Law 111-11, Section 9504(a)(3)(D)] If the activities funded under this Agreement result in an infrastructure improvement to a federally owned facility, the Federal Government shall continue to hold title to the facility and improvements to the facility. 14. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS [Public Law 111-11, Section 9504(a)(3)(E)(iv.)] The non -Federal share of the cost of operating and maintaining any infrastructure improvement funded through this Agreement shall be 100 percent. 15. LIABILITY [Public Law 111-11, Section 9504(a)(3)(F)] (a) IN GENERAL. Except as provided under chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code (commonly known as the "Federal Tort Claims Act"), the United States shall not be liable for monetary damages of any kind for any injury arising out of an act, omission, or occurrence that arises in relation to any facility created or improved under this Agreement, the title of which is not held by the United States. (b) TORT CLAIMS ACT. Nothing in this section increases the liability of the United States beyond that provided in chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code (commonly known as the "Federal Tort Claims Act'). Agreement No. R20AP00075 Agreement Template (03/2019)