Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§757f Studies on pollution; recommendations to Secretary of Health and Human Services
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 9A— - PRESERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES › § 757f
Summary
From studies under sections 757a–757f and 665, Interior Secretary must recommend to HHS how to reduce pollutants harming fish and wildlife in interstate or navigable waters and tributaries. HHS must improve water quality and consider all other legitimate uses.
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Title 16, §757f
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The Secretary of the Interior shall, on the basis of studies carried out pursuant to sections 757a to 757f of this title and section 665 of this title, make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services concerning the elimination or reduction of polluting substances detrimental to fish and wildlife in interstate or navigable waters or the tributaries thereof. Such recommendations and any enforcement measures initiated pursuant thereto by the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall be designed to enhance the quality of such waters, and shall take into consideration all other legitimate uses of such waters.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted in text for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, see note set out under section 755 of this title.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 757f
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73