43 U.S.C. § 1591 : US Code - Section 1591: Salinity control policy

Search 43 U.S.C. § 1591 : US Code - Section 1591: Salinity control policy

(a) Implementation by Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of the Interior shall implement the salinity
control policy adopted for the Colorado River in the "Conclusions
and Recommendations" published in the Proceedings of the Reconvened
Seventh Session of the Conference in the Matter of Pollution of the
Interstate Waters of the Colorado River and Its Tributaries in the
States of California, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico,
and Wyoming, held in Denver, Colorado, on April 26-27, 1972, under
the authority of section 10 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1160), and approved by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency on June 9, 1972.
(b) Expeditious investigation, planning, and implementation of
salinity control program
The Secretary is hereby directed to expedite the investigation,
planning, and implementation of the salinity control program
generally as described in chapter VI of the Secretary's report
entitled, "Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program,
February 1972". In determining the relative priority of
implementing additional units or new self-contained portions of
units authorized by section 1592 of this title, the Secretary or
the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, shall give
preference to those additional units or new self-contained portions
of units which reduce salinity of the Colorado River at the least
cost per unit of salinity reduction.
(c) Cooperation with other Federal agencies
In conformity with subsection (a) of this section and the
authority of the Environmental Protection Agency under Federal
laws, the Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Agriculture are directed to
cooperate and coordinate their activities effectively to carry out
the objective of this subchapter.