Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-73not60

§390h–8 Lake Cheraw Water Reclamation and Reuse Study

Title 43 › Chapter 12— RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 390h–8

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Secretary, working with the State of Colorado and local or regional groups, to study ways to reclaim Lake Cheraw’s water or to reduce pollution that could hurt groundwater or the Arkansas River. The federal share of the study costs may not be more than 50 percent. The Secretary must send the report to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Natural Resources within two years after money is appropriated under sections 390h to 390h–39.

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Title 43, §390h–8

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(a)The Secretary is authorized, in cooperation with the State of Colorado and appropriate local and regional entities, to conduct a study to assess and develop means of reclaiming the waters of Lake Cheraw, Colorado, or otherwise ameliorating, controlling and mitigating potential negative impacts of pollution in the waters of Lake Cheraw on groundwater resources or the waters of the Arkansas River.

(b)The Federal share of the costs of the study authorized by this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the total.

(c)The Secretary shall submit the report authorized by this section to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives not later than two years after appropriation of funds authorized by sections 390h to 390h–39 of this title.

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1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Natural Resources” for “Interior and Insular Affairs” before “of the House”.

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43 U.S.C. § 390h–8

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60