Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§1224 Commercial and Industrial Development Considerations; Reports to Congress; Recommendations
Title 16 › CHAPTER 26 — ESTUARINE AREAS › § 1224
Summary
Federal agencies must consider estuaries and their natural resources when planning or developing water and land projects. When plans or reports about such projects go to Congress, the Secretary of the Interior must describe the estuaries, explain how the project would affect them, and give recommendations within 90 days of getting the documents.
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Title 16, §1224
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In planning for the use or development of water and land resources, all Federal agencies shall give consideration to estuaries and their natural resources, and their importance for commercial and industrial developments, and all project plans and reports affecting such estuaries and resources submitted to the Congress shall contain a discussion by the Secretary of the Interior of such estuaries and such resources and the effects of the project on them and his recommendations thereon. The Secretary of the Interior shall make his recommendations within ninety days after receipt of such plans and reports.
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16 U.S.C. § 1224
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102