25 CFR § 171.705 - What criteria must be met for my land to be granted an Annual Assessment Waiver?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s171.705"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 171.705 - What criteria must be met for my land to be granted an Annual Assessment Waiver?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "171.705"
section_name: "What criteria must be met for my land to be granted an Annual Assessment Waiver?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "LAND AND WATER"
part_number: "171"
part_name: "IRRIGATION OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2; 25 U.S.C. 9; 25 U.S.C. 13; 25 U.S.C. 381; Act of April 4, 1910, 36 Stat. 270, as amended (codified at 25 U.S.C. 385); 25 U.S.C. 386a; Act of June 22, 1936, 49 Stat. 1803 (codified at 25 U.S.C. 389 )."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 11036, Feb. 29, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "171"
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# 171.705 What criteria must be met for my land to be granted an Annual Assessment Waiver?

For your land to be granted an Annual Assessment Waiver, we must determine that our irrigation facilities are not capable of delivering adequate irrigation water to your farm unit. Inadequate water supply due to natural conditions or climate is not justification for us to grant an Annual Assessment Waiver.