§ 620. — Upper Colorado River Basin; purpose of development of water resources; initial units; construction of Wayne N. Aspinall unit contingent upon certification; participating projects; Rainbow Bridge National Monument.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC620]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 12B--COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT
Sec. 620. Upper Colorado River Basin; purpose of development of
water resources; initial units; construction of Wayne N.
Aspinall unit contingent upon certification; participating
projects; Rainbow Bridge National Monument
In order to initiate the comprehensive development of the water
resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin, for the purposes, among
others, of regulating the flow of the Colorado River, storing water for
beneficial consumptive use, making it possible for the States of the
Upper Basin to utilize, consistently with the provisions of the Colorado
River Compact, the apportionments made to and among them in the Colorado
River Compact and the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, respectively,
providing for the reclamation of arid and semiarid land, for the control
of floods, and for the generation of hydroelectric power, as an incident
of the foregoing purposes, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized
(1) to construct, operate, and maintain the following initial units of
the Colorado River storage project, consisting of dams, reservoirs,
powerplants, transmission facilities and appurtenant works: Wayne N.
Aspinall, Flaming Gorge, Navajo (dam and reservoir only), and Glen
Canyon: Provided, That the Wayne N. Aspinall Dam shall be constructed to
a height which will impound not less than nine hundred and forty
thousand acre-feet of water or will create a reservoir of such greater
capacity as can be obtained by a high waterline located at seven
thousand five hundred and twenty feet above mean sea level, and that
construction thereof shall not be undertaken until the Secretary has, on
the basis of further engineering and economic investigations, reexamined
the economic justification of such unit and, accompanied by appropriate
documentation in the form of a supplemental report, has certified to the
Congress and to the President that, in his judgment, the benefits of
such unit will exceed its costs; and (2) to construct, operate, and
maintain the following additional reclamation projects (including power-
generating and transmission facilities related thereto), hereinafter
referred to as participating projects: Central Utah (initial phase and
the Uintah unit), San Juan-Chama (initial stage), Emery County, Florida,
Hammond, La Barge, Lyman, Navajo Indian, Paonia (including the Minnesota
unit, a dam and reservoir on Muddy Creek just above its confluence with
the North Fork of the Gunnison River, and other necessary works),
Animas-La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, San Miguel,
Seedskadee, Savery-Pot Hook, Bostwick Park, Fruitland Mesa, Silt and
Smith Fork: Provided further, That as part of the Glen Canyon Unit the
Secretary of the Interior shall take adequate protective measures to
preclude impairment of the Rainbow Bridge National Monument.
(Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, Sec. 1, 70 Stat. 105; Pub. L. 87-483, Sec. 18,
June 13, 1962, 76 Stat. 102; Pub. L. 88-568, Sec. 1, Sept. 2, 1964, 78
Stat. 852; Pub. L. 90-537, title V, Sec. 501(a), Sept. 30, 1968, 82
Stat. 896; Pub. L. 96-375, Sec. 7, Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1507; Pub. L.
96-470, title I, Sec. 108(c), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2239.)
Codification
The provisions of subsec. (a) of section 501 of Pub. L. 90-537 which
amended this section are only a part of said subsec. (a). The remainder
of said subsec. (a) amended section 620a of this title and enacted
provisions set out as notes under this section and section 620k of this
title.
Amendments
1980--Pub. L. 96-470 struck out proviso that construction of Uintah
unit of Central Utah project not be undertaken by the Secretary until he
has completed a feasibility report on such unit and submitted it to
Congress, along with his certification that, in his judgment, the
benefits of such unit or segment will exceed the cost and that such unit
is physically and financially feasible, and that the Congress has
authorized appropriations for construction thereof.
Pub. L. 96-375 substituted ``Wayne N. Aspinall'' for ``Curecanti''.
1968--Pub. L. 90-537 added Uintah unit to initial phase in Central
Utah project, substituted ``Animas-La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, West
Divide, San Miguel'' for ``Pine River Extension'', and inserted proviso
prohibiting construction of Uintah unit of Central Utah project until a
feasibility study is made, a determination is made that its benefits
will exceed its costs and an authorization for appropriations is made by
Congress.
1964--Pub. L. 88-568 included Savery-Pot Hook, Bostwick Park, and
Fruitland Mesa as participating projects.
1962--Pub. L. 87-483 included San Juan-Chama (initial stage) and
Navajo Indian as participating projects in cl. (2).
Short Title
Act Apr. 11, 1956, which enacted this chapter, is popularly known as
the ``Colorado River Storage Project Act''.
Purpose of 1968 Amendment
Section 501(a) of Pub. L. 90-537 provided that the amendment of this
section and section 620a of this title by such section 501(a) were made
in order to provide for the construction, operation, and maintenance of
the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project, Colorado-New Mexico;
the Dolores, Dallas Creek, West Divide, and San Miguel Federal
reclamation projects, Colorado; and the Central Utah project (Uintah
Unit), Utah, as participating projects under the Colorado River Storage
Project Act, and to provide for the completion of planning reports on
other participating projects.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 620b, 620c, 1595 of this
title.
