§ 1591. — Salinity control policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1591]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 32A--COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II--MEASURES UPSTREAM FROM IMPERIAL DAM
Sec. 1591. Salinity control policy
(a) Implementation by Secretary of the Interior
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 program
The 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 agencies
In 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, Sec. 201, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 270; Pub.
L. 98-569, Sec. 1, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2933.)
References in Text
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (a),
which was formerly classified to chapter 23 (Sec. 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 (Sec. 1251 et seq.) of Title 33.
Amendments
1984--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 Amendment
Section 6 of Pub. L. 98-569 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].''
