PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Protects the right to use the waters of the Snake River and its tributaries above the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area for any useful purpose now or in the future, whether the water is used up or not—examples include household, city, livestock, irrigation, mining, power, and industrial uses. It also bans imposing any required river flow below Hells Canyon Dam under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act or rules made under that law.

Title 16, §460gg–3

Conservation, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)No provision of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act [16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.], nor of this subchapter, nor any guidelines, rules, or regulations issued hereunder, shall in any way limit, restrict, or conflict with present and future use of the waters of the Snake River and its tributaries upstream from the boundaries of the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area created hereby, for beneficial uses, whether consumptive or nonconsumptive, now or hereafter existing, including, but not limited to, domestic, municipal, stockwater, irrigation, mining, power, or industrial uses.

(b)No flow requirements of any kind may be imposed on the waters of the Snake River below Hells Canyon Dam under the provisions of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act [16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.], of this subchapter, or any guidelines, rules, or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 90–542, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 906, which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§ 1271 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1271 of this title and Tables.

§460gg–3 Present and Future Use of Snake River