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43 U.S.C. § 390h–14 — Groundwater study

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43 U.S.C. § 390h–14 — Groundwater study

**(a) Investigation, analysis, and report** In furtherance of the High Plains Groundwater Demonstration Program Act of 1983 (98 Stat. 1675) [[43 U.S.C. 390g](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section390g&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Geological Survey, shall conduct an investigation and analysis of the impacts of existing Bureau of Reclamation projects on the quality and quantity of groundwater resources. Based on such investigation and analysis, the Secretary shall prepare a reclamation groundwater management and technical assistance report which shall include— (1) a description of the findings of the investigation and analysis, including the methodology employed; (2) a description of methods for optimizing Bureau of Reclamation project operations to ameliorate adverse impacts on groundwater,11 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon. and (3) the Secretary’s recommendations, along with the recommendations of the Governors of the affected States, concerning the establishment of a groundwater management and technical assistance program in the Department of the Interior in order to assist Federal and non-Federal entity development and implementation of groundwater management plans and activities. **(b) Consultation with Governors** In conducting the investigation and analysis, and in preparation of the report referred to in this section, the Secretary shall consult with the Governors of the affected States. **(c) Report** The report shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate within three

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**(a) Investigation, analysis, and report** In furtherance of the High Plains Groundwater Demonstration Program Act of 1983 (98 Stat. 1675) [[43 U.S.C. 390g](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section390g&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the Geological Survey, shall conduct an investigation and analysis of the impacts of existing Bureau of Reclamation projects on the quality and quantity of groundwater resources. Based on such investigation and analysis, the Secretary shall prepare a reclamation groundwater management and technical assistance report which shall include— (1) a description of the findings of the investigation and analysis, including the methodology employed; (2) a description of methods for optimizing Bureau of Reclamation project operations to ameliorate adverse impacts on groundwater,11 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon. and (3) the Secretary’s recommendations, along with the recommendations of the Governors of the affected States, concerning the establishment of a groundwater management and technical assistance program in the Department of the Interior in order to assist Federal and non-Federal entity development and implementation of groundwater management plans and activities. **(b) Consultation with Governors** In conducting the investigation and analysis, and in preparation of the report referred to in this section, the Secretary shall consult with the Governors of the affected States. **(c) Report** The report shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations and Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate within three years of the appropriation of funds authorized by [section 390h–15 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section390h-15&num=0&edition=prelim).

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43 U.S.C. § 31 — Director of United States Geological Survey

**(a) Establishment of office; appointment and duties; examination of geological structure, mineral resources, and products of national domain; prohibitions in respect to lands and surveys** The Director of the United States Geological Survey, which office is established, under the Interior Department, shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. This officer shall have the direction of the United States Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain. The Director and members of the United States Geological Survey shall have no personal or private interests in the lands or mineral wealth of the region under survey, and shall execute no surveys or examinations for private parties or corporations. **(b) Examination of geological structure, mineral resources, and products outside national domain** The authority of the Secretary of the Interior, exercised through the United States Geological Survey of the Department of the Interior, to examine the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain, is expanded to authorize such examinations outside the national domain where determined by the Secretary to be in the national interest.

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43 U.S.C. § 390g — Groundwater recharge of aquifers; demonstration program

The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”), acting through the Bureau of Reclamation (hereinafter referred to as the “Bureau”), shall, in two phases, conduct an investigation of and establish demonstration projects for groundwater recharge of aquifers in the States of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming (such States to be hereinafter referred to as the “High Plains States”) and in the other States referred to in [section 391 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section391&num=0&edition=prelim) (hereinafter referred to as “other Reclamation Act States”), as provided by sections 390g to 390g–8 of this title: Provided, That funds made available pursuant to sections 390g to 390g–8 of this title shall not be used for the study or construction of groundwater recharge demonstration projects in the High Plains States and other Reclamation Act States which would utilize water originating in the drainage basin of the Great Lakes. The Bureau shall consult with the United States Geological Survey and other appropriate agencies and departments of the United States and of the High Plains States and other Reclamation Act States in order to carry out sections 390g to 390g–8 of this title.

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43 U.S.C. § 390g — Groundwater recharge of aquifers; dem-

Page 100 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 390f the event that the Government concludes that it can no longer usefully and economically main- tain and operate such facility, the responsible department or agency of the Government is au- thorized to negotiate a contract with the af- fected local interest under which the local inter- est may continue to operate such part of the fa- cility as is necessary for utilization of the stor- age space allocated to it, under terms which will protect the public interest and provided that the Government is effectively absolved from all li- ability in connection with such operation. (Pub. L. 88–140, § 3, Oct. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 249.) § 390f. Revision of leases or agreements to evi- dence conversion of rights to use of storage rights Upon application of any affected local interest its existing lease or agreement with the Govern- ment will be revised to evidence the conversion of its rights to the use of the storage as pre- scribed in sections 390c to 390f of this title. (Pub. L. 88–140, § 4, Oct. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 250.) § 390g. Groundwater recharge of aquifers; dem- onstration program The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter re- ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), acting through the Bureau of Reclamation (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Bureau’’), shall, in two phases, con- duct an investigation of and establish dem- onstration projects for groundwater recharge of aquifers in the States of Colorado, Kansas, Ne- braska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming (such States to be herein- after referred to as the ‘‘High Plains States’’) and in the other States referred to in section 391 of this title (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘other Reclamation Act States’’), as provided by sec- tions 390g to 390g–8 of this tit

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