OPM--Submittal of Non-Standard Joint Funding Agreements


In Reply Refer To:
Mail Stop 441


				MEMORANDUM

							April 30, 1996

To: 	  Water Resources Division District Chiefs

From: 	  Catherine L. Hill  /s/
	  Assistant Chief Hydrologist for Operations

Subject:  OPM--Submittal of Non-Standard Joint Funding Agreements

All non-standard Joint Funding Agreements (JFA's) and related questions 
concerning them should be directed to your regional office.  In the past 
few months, there have been cases of districts bypassing their regions 
and sending non-standard JFA's directly to Headquarters.  Regions need 
to review non-standard JFA's initially to determine if problems exist 
with the format and content of the agreement.  The Branch of Operational 
Support will be glad to review these JFA's if a region deems this 
necessary.  In these cases, Headquarters will recommend any needed 
revisions in order to make the agreement acceptable for approval by this 
office and will forward it with comments to the appropriate Regional 
Program Officer/Program Analyst for return to the district involved.

Non-standard JFA's being resubmitted after revisions have been made 
should be forwarded for approval through your regional office, along 
with a cover memorandum explaining what requested changes have been 
made to the agreement.  If the Cooperator is unwilling to make any of 
the requested revisions, this fact needs to be fully explained in the 
cover memorandum.  Any special instructions concerning the agreement 
should also be included.

Following approval of the non-standard JFA by my office, the original 
agreement will be mailed back to the district for distribution to the 
Cooperator.  Both the district and the regional office will be sent a 
copy of the approved agreement.

Copy to: Regional Hydrologists
	 District Admin. Officers, WRD
	 Division Admin. Officer, WRD
	 Regional Admin. Officers, WRD
	 Program Analysts/Program Officers, WRD