Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§503 “unusual or Emergency Conditions” Defined
Title 43 › CHAPTER 12 — RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT › SUBCHAPTER XI — MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY › § 503
Summary
Defines "unusual or emergency conditions" as failures or events—like equipment damage, natural disasters, epidemics, strikes, embargoes, or enemy action—that threaten water or power service.
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Title 43, §503
Public Lands, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The term “unusual or emergency conditions”, as used in section 502 of this title, shall be construed to mean canal bank failures, generator failures, damage to transmission lines; or other physical failures or damage, or acts of God, or of the public enemy, fires, floods, drought, epidemics, strikes, or freight embargoes, or conditions, causing or threatening to cause interruption in water or power service.
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Citation
43 U.S.C. § 503
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102