43 U.S.C. § 1591 — Salinity control policy

Page 419 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 1592 (Pub. L. 93–320, title I, § 110, as added Pub. L. 96–336, § 6, Sept. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1064.) § 1580. Definitions As used in this subchapter: (a) Navajo Generating Station means— (1) the United States entitlement to a por- tion of the output of power and energy from the Navajo Generating Station, Page, Ari- zona, pursuant to United States participa- tion in that generating station; (2) in the event that said United States en- titlement is integrated with other gener- ating facilities, then Navajo Generating Sta- tion means that amount of power and energy from the integrated system which is attrib- utable to the United States Navajo entitle- ment; (3) when the Navajo Generating Station is replaced at the end of its useful life or an al- ternative resource is established, then Nav- ajo Generating Station means an amount of power and energy equivalent to the present United States entitlement from Navajo, from the replacement resource. (b) All terms used herein that are defined in the Colorado River Compact shall have the meanings therein defined. (Pub. L. 93–320, title I, § 111, as added Pub. L. 96–336, § 7, Sept. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1065.) SUBCHAPTER II—MEASURES UPSTREAM FROM IMPERIAL DAM § 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 Colo- rado River in the ‘‘Conclusions and Rec- ommendations’’ published in the Proceedings of the Reconvened Seventh Session of the Con- ference in the Matter of Pollution of the Inter- state Waters of the Colorado River and Its Trib- utaries in the States of California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyo- ming, 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 im- plementation of salinity control program The Secretary is hereby directed to expedite the investigation, planning, and implementation of the salinity control program generally as de- scribed in chapter VI of the Secretary’s report entitled, ‘‘Colorado River Water Quality Im- provement Program, February 1972’’. In deter- mining the relative priority of implementing ad- ditional 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 reduc- tion. (c) Cooperation with other Federal agencies In conformity with subsection (a) and the au- thority of the Environmental Protection Agency under Federal laws, the Secretary, the Adminis- trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Agriculture are directed to cooperate and coordinate their activities effec- tively to carry out the objective of this sub- chapter. (Pub. L. 93–320, title II, § 201, June 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 270; Pub. L. 98–569, § 1, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2933.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The 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. AMENDMENTS 1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–569 inserted ‘‘In deter- mining the relative priority of implementing addi- tional units or new self-contained portions of units au- thorized 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 re- duction.’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENT Pub. 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].’’ § 1592. Authorization to construct, operate, and maintain salinity control units and salinity control programs (a) Authority of Secretary The Secretary is authorized to construct, op- erate, and maintain the following salinity con- trol units and salinity control programs as the initial stage of the Colorado River Basin salin- ity control program: (1) The Paradox Valley unit, Montrose County, Colorado, consisting of facilities for collection and disposition of saline ground water of Par- adox Valley, including wells, pumps, pipelines, solar evaporation ponds, and all necessary ap- purtenant and associated works such as roads, fences, dikes, power transmission facilities, and permanent operating facilities, and consisting of measures to replace incidental fish and wildlife values foregone. (2) The Grand Valley unit, Colorado, con- sisting of measures and all necessary appur- tenant and associated works to reduce the seep- age of irrigation water from the irrigated lands of Grand Valley into the ground water and thence into the Colorado River. Measures shall include lining of canals and laterals, replacing canals and laterals with pipe, and the combining of existing canals and laterals into fewer and more efficient facilities implementing other