Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§460rrr–6 Effect
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXXIX— - RIO GRANDE NATURAL AREA › § 460rrr–6
Summary
The subchapter does not change or conflict with the Rio Grande Compact (May 31, 1939; 53 Stat. 785, ch. 155). It does not allow regulating private land in the Natural Area, require streamflow, create a federal reserved water right, impose stricter federal water-quality standards, or stop Colorado from obtaining an instream flow under state law.
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Title 16, §460rrr–6
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Nothing in this subchapter—
(1)amends, modifies, or is in conflict with the Rio Grande Compact, consented to by Congress in the Act of May 31, 1939 (53 Stat. 785, ch. 155);
(2)authorizes the regulation of private land in the Natural Area;
(3)authorizes the imposition of any mandatory streamflow requirements;
(4)creates an express or implied Federal reserved water right;
(5)imposes any Federal water quality standard within or upstream of the Natural Area that is more restrictive than would be applicable had the Natural Area not been established; or
(6)prevents the State of Colorado from acquiring an instream flow through the Natural Area under the terms, conditions, and limitations of State law to assist in protecting the natural environment to the extent and for the purposes authorized by State law.
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Act of
May 31, 1939, referred to in par. (1), is act
May 31, 1939, ch. 155, 53 Stat. 785, which is not classified to the Code.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 460rrr–6
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73