Sec. 6. Special use permits not required for routine maintenance and minor improvements of acequias
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Special use permits shall not be required for the presence of or use of water from a qualified acequia on Federal land or for routine maintenance and minor improvements conducted by a community user, governing body or employee of a qualified acequia on a qualified acequia on Federal land. For purposes of this section, routine maintenance and minor improvements on a qualified acequia on Federal land are— cleaning, maintenance, repair, or replacement in kind of infrastructure; annual ditch cleaning, including removal of silt; and any other traditional activity that preserves the state of the qualified acequia, as agreed to in writing by the Secretary concerned and the governing body of the qualified acequia.