Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§122a Water quality of Crater Lake; studies and investigations; report to Congress
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIV— - CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK › § 122a
Summary
The Interior Secretary must quickly study Crater Lake’s water quality and act to keep it pristine. Within two years, and then every two years for ten years, the Secretary must report the results and any actions to appropriate Congressional committees.
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Title 16, §122a
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to promptly instigate studies and investigations as to the status and trends of change of the water quality of Crater Lake, and to immediately implement such actions as may be necessary to assure the retention of the lake’s natural pristine water quality. Within two years of the effective date of this provision, and biennially thereafter for a period of ten years, the Secretary shall report the results of such studies and investigations, and any implementation actions instigated, to the appropriate committees of the Congress.
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The
Effective Date
of this provision, referred to in text, probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 97–250, which was approved Sept. 8, 1982.
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16 U.S.C. § 122a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73