§ 390g-1. — Phase I of groundwater recharge demonstration program.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 43USC390g-1]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12--RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 390g-1. Phase I of groundwater recharge demonstration
program
(a) Development of detailed plan of demonstration projects; requisite
features of plan
During phase I, the Bureau, in consultation with the High Plains
States and other Reclamation Act States and other appropriate
departments and agencies of the United States, including the United
States Geological Survey, shall develop a detailed plan of demonstration
projects the purpose of which is to determine whether various recharge
technologies may be applied to diverse geologic and hydrologic
conditions represented in the High Plains States and other Reclamation
Act States. In the preparation and development of such plan, the Bureau
shall make maximum use of data, planning studies and other technical
resources and assistance available from State and local entities:
Provided, That contributions of such technical resources and assistance
may be counted as part of the inkind services or other State
contribution, but shall otherwise be provided without compensation to
the State or local entity. This plan shall contain the selection of not
less than a total of twelve demonstration project sites in High Plains
States and not less than a total of nine demonstration project sites in
other Reclamation Act States. Demonstration project sites shall be
confined to areas having a declining water table, an available surface
water supply, and a high probability of physical, chemical, and economic
feasibility for recharge of the groundwater reservoir. The plan shall
provide for demonstration of the application of recharge technology and
the selection of water sources, determination of necessary physical
works and the operation of water replacement systems, formulation of a
monitoring program, identification of any economic, legal,
intergovernmental, and environmental issues and projection of planning
problems associated with such systems, and recommendation of legislative
and administrative actions as may be necessary to carry out phase II.
(b) Recommendation of demonstration projects
During phase I the Bureau is authorized and directed to recommend
demonstration projects to be designed, constructed, and operated during
phase II.
(c) Preliminary selection of projects
Within six months, after the enactment of an appropriation Act to
carry out phase I, the Secretary shall make a preliminary selection of
projects to receive further planning and development and shall initiate
such further planning and development for those selected projects.
(Pub. L. 98-434, Sec. 3, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1675; Pub. L. 104-66,
title I, Sec. 1081(c), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 721.)
Amendments
1995--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-66 struck out subsec. (d) which read
as follows: ``Within twenty-four months after the date of enactment of
an appropriation Act to carry out phase I, the Secretary shall transmit
a report to Congress containing the recommendations made pursuant to
subsection (b) of this section and a detailed statement of his findings
and conclusions.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 390g-2 of this title.
