Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§620a–2 Establishment of Nonexcess Irrigable Acreage for Participating Projects
Title 43 › CHAPTER 12B — COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT › § 620a–2
Summary
The Secretary must limit water from six participating Colorado River storage projects to 160 acres of class 1 land (or the equivalent in other land classes) per single owner.
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Title 43, §620a–2
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The Secretary shall, for the Animas-La Plata, Dolores, Dallas Creek, San Miguel, West Divide, and Seedskadee participating projects of the Colorado River storage project, establish the nonexcess irrigable acreage for which any single ownership may receive project water at one hundred and sixty acres of class 1 land or the equivalent thereof, as determined by the Secretary, in other land classes.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section consists of subsec. (d) of section 501 of Pub. L. 90–537. Subsecs. (a), (b), and (e) of section 501 are classified to section 620, 620 note, 620a, 620a–1, 620c–1, and 620k note of this title. Subsecs. (c) and (f) of section 501 are not classified to the Code. Section was enacted as part of the Colorado River Basin Project Act, and not as part of act Apr. 11, 1956, popularly known as the Colorado River Storage Project Act, which comprises this chapter.
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43 U.S.C. § 620a–2
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102