Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§468 Withdrawal of Notice Given and Modification of Applications and Contracts Made Prior to February 13, 1911
Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER IX — CONSTRUCTION CHARGES › § 468
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can cancel any public notice given before February 13, 1911. He can also change or cancel water-right applications or water-use contracts made before that date and then act as if those notices never existed.
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Title 43, §468
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The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, withdraw any public notice issued prior to February 13, 1911, under section 419 of this title, and he may agree to such modification of water-right applications duly filed prior to February 13, 1911, or contracts with water users’ associations and others, entered into prior to February 13, 1911, as he may deem advisable, or he may consent to the abrogation of such water-right applications and contracts, and proceed in all respects as if no such notice has been given.
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43 U.S.C. § 468
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102