2013 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 32A - COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL (§§ 1571 - 1599)
Subchapter II - MEASURES UPSTREAM FROM IMPERIAL DAM (§§ 1591 - 1599)
Section 1591 - Salinity control policy
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 32A - COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL SUBCHAPTER II - MEASURES UPSTREAM FROM IMPERIAL DAM Sec. 1591 - Salinity control policy |
Contains | section 1591 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 93-320, title II, §201, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 270; Pub. L. 98-569, §1, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2933. |
Statutes at Large References | 86 Stat. 816 88 Stat. 270 98 Stat. 2933, 2939 |
Public Law References | Public Law 92-500, Public Law 93-320, Public Law 98-569 |
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The Secretary of the Interior shall implement the salinity control policy adopted for the Colorado River in the "Conclusions and Recommendations" published in the Proceedings of the Reconvened Seventh Session of the Conference in the Matter of Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the Colorado River and Its Tributaries in the States of California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming, held in Denver, Colorado, on April 26–27, 1972, under the authority of section 10 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1160), and approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on June 9, 1972.
(b) Expeditious investigation, planning, and implementation of salinity control programThe Secretary is hereby directed to expedite the investigation, planning, and implementation of the salinity control program generally as described in chapter VI of the Secretary's report entitled, "Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program, February 1972". In determining the relative priority of implementing additional units or new self-contained portions of units authorized by section 1592 of this title, the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, shall give preference to those additional units or new self-contained portions of units which reduce salinity of the Colorado River at the least cost per unit of salinity reduction.
(c) Cooperation with other Federal agenciesIn conformity with subsection (a) of this section and the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency under Federal laws, the Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Agriculture are directed to cooperate and coordinate their activities effectively to carry out the objective of this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 93–320, title II, §201, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 270; Pub. L. 98–569, §1, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2933.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (a), which was formerly classified to chapter 23 (§1151 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, was revised generally by Pub. L. 92–500, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, and is classified generally to chapter 25 (§1251 et seq.) of Title 33.
AMENDMENTS1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–569 inserted "In determining the relative priority of implementing additional units or new self-contained portions of units authorized by section 1592 of this title, the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, shall give preference to those additional units or new self-contained portions of units which reduce salinity of the Colorado River at the least cost per unit of salinity reduction.".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENTPub. L. 98–569, §6, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2939, provided that: "The amendments made by this Act [amending this section and sections 620d, 1543, 1592, 1593, 1595, and 1598 of this title] shall take effect upon enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 1984]."
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