Functional Area: Asset Sustainment
Action Item 28
Determine where opportunities exist for mutually beneficial transfer of title to project sponsors in order to eliminate Reclamation’s responsibility and costs for those facilities, and encourage any that are appropriate.
Team Lead: Randy Chandler, Deputy Area Manager, Phoenix Area Office, Lower Colorado Region
Team Members:
- James Hess, Associate Director Operations, Commissioner’s Office
- Margot Selig, Economist, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, Lower Colorado Region
- Donna Tegelman, Manager, Regional Resources, Division of Resources Management, Mid-Pacific Region
- Don Olsen, Chief, Water Resources Group, Resource Management Division, Upper Colorado Region
- Roxanne Peterson, Supervisor, Land and Resource Services, Great Plains Region
- Dick Stevenson, Branch Chief, Water Rights & Contracts, Mid-Pacific Region
- Ben Simon, Dept. of the Interior
Objectives:
- Make recommendations in order to identify where there may be opportunities for mutually beneficial title transfers to project sponsors in order to eliminate Reclamation’s responsibility and costs for those facilities.
Tasks:
- Review and update 2003 report titled “Evaluation of the Title Transfer Program of the Bureau of Reclamation.”
- Identify obstacles or barriers experienced in past Transfer efforts (i.e. lessons learned).
- Explore ways to eliminate or stream line Title Transfer process.
- Explore potential “carrots” that may encourage Transfers.
- Develop criteria that might lead to success of partial or complete title transfer of projects.
- Meet with stakeholders to get feedback on draft criteria.
- Make recommendations for program improvements.
Milestones:
- Sept 2006: Complete evaluation of past transfer barriers, review of 2003 report and the development of “carrots” and criteria for more successes.
- March 2007: Draft recommendations report will be available for review.
- June 2007: Report of recommendations will be completed.
Products: (If you would like to provide comments on any draft products, visit the Draft Products page.)
No products available at this time.
Last Updated:
January 10, 2007