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Are water tanks considered infrastructure?  Yes,the BABA provisions apply if the water tank is installed or constructed on public land to primarily benefit wildlife, or the cattle used in managing the successional state of the wildlife habitat. The tank would fall into be considered infrastructure that allows the recipient to serve the public purpose of managing the publicly owned and operated property.  If the water tank were being installed on private property for the benefit of providing water to free roaming wildlife, installation of a guzzler for bighorn sheep for example, the BABA provisions would apply because the water benefits the wildlife which the recipient, in this case a state agency, manages to fulfill their mission resulting in a benefit to the public.

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