§757f — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Based on studies under sections 757a–757f and 665, the Secretary of the Interior must recommend to the Secretary of Health and Human Services how to remove or reduce pollutants that harm fish and wildlife in interstate or navigable waters and their tributaries. Those recommendations and any enforcement by HHS must aim to improve water quality and must consider other lawful uses of the waters.

Title 16, §757f

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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.

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.

§757f Studies on Pollution; Recommendations to Secretary of Health and Human Services