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§1591 Salinity Control Policy

Title 43 › Chapter 32A— COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL › Subchapter II— MEASURES UPSTREAM FROM IMPERIAL DAM › § 1591

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must carry out the Colorado River salinity control policy set at the Denver conference on April 26–27, 1972. The EPA approved that policy on June 9, 1972 under section 10 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The Secretary must move quickly to study, plan, and carry out the salinity control program described in the Secretary’s February 1972 report. When choosing new projects or added parts, the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture must favor those that cut salinity at the lowest cost per unit. The Secretary, the EPA Administrator, and the Secretary of Agriculture must work together and coordinate their actions.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §1591

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(a)The Secretary of the Interior shall implement the salinity control policy adopted for the Colorado River in the “Conclusions and Recommendations” published in the Proceedings of the Reconvened Seventh Session of the Conference in the Matter of Pollution of the Interstate Waters of the Colorado River and Its Tributaries in the States of California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming, held in Denver, Colorado, on April 26–27, 1972, under the authority of section 10 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1160), and approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on June 9, 1972.
(b)The Secretary is hereby directed to expedite the investigation, planning, and implementation of the salinity control program generally as described in chapter VI of the Secretary’s report entitled, “Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program, February 1972”. In determining the relative priority of implementing additional units or new self-contained portions of units authorized by section 1592 of this title, the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, shall give preference to those additional units or new self-contained portions of units which reduce salinity of the Colorado River at the least cost per unit of salinity reduction.
(c)In conformity with subsection (a) and the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency under Federal laws, the Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Agriculture are directed to cooperate and coordinate their activities effectively to carry out the objective of this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (a), which was formerly classified to chapter 23 (§ 1151 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, was revised generally by Pub. L. 92–500, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, and is classified generally to chapter 25 (§ 1251 et seq.) of Title 33.

Amendments

1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–569 inserted “In determining the relative priority of implementing additional units or new self-contained portions of units authorized by section 1592 of this title, the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, shall give preference to those additional units or new self-contained portions of units which reduce salinity of the Colorado River at the least cost per unit of salinity reduction.”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1984 Amendment Pub. L. 98–569, § 6, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2939, provided that: “The

Amendments

made by this Act [amending this section and section 620d, 1543, 1592, 1593, 1595, and 1598 of this title] shall take effect upon enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 1984].”

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 1591

Title 43 — Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60