Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§390g–3 Evaluation of Water Quality Impacts
Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 390g–3
Summary
The Secretary (through the Bureau) and the EPA must agree to study how groundwater recharge demonstration projects affect surface water and groundwater quality. EPA must work with the U.S. Geological Survey, use state and local data and help, and finish the study so it can go into the Secretary’s report to Congress.
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Title 43, §390g–3
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The Secretary, acting through the Bureau, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (hereinafter referred to as the “Administrator”) shall enter into a memorandum-of-understanding to provide for an evaluation of the impacts to surface water and groundwater quality resulting from the groundwater recharge demonstration projects constructed pursuant to sections 390g to 390g–8 of this title. The Administrator shall consult with the United States Geological Survey and shall make maximum use of data, studies, and other technical resources and assistance available from State and local entities in conducting the evaluation. The evaluation of water quality impacts shall be completed so as to be included in the Secretary’s summary report to the Congress referred to in section 390g–2(c)(2) of this title.
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Amendments
1992—Pub. L. 102–575 substituted “summary report” for “final report”.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 390g–3
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102