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33 U.S.C. § 2265 — Columbia River/Arkansas River Basin transfers

submitted 40 years ago by Pub. L. 99-662 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 151 words · no verdicts yet

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This section bars federal study of specified interbasin water transfers unless all affected governors approve. A separate five-year rule applies to transfers from the Arkansas River Basin.

(a) A federal agency may not study or participate in studying a regional or river-basin plan, or a federal water and related land project plan, whose goal is transferring water from the Columbia River Basin to another region or major United States river basin unless all affected governors approve. (b) For five years after November 17, 1986, a federal agency may not study or participate in studying such a plan whose goal is transferring water from the Arkansas River Basin to another region or major United States river basin unless all affected governors approve.
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(a)

No Federal agency shall study or participate in the study of any regional or river basin plan or any plan for any Federal water and related land resource project which has as its objective the transfer of water from the Columbia River Basin to any other region or any other major river basin of the United States, unless such study is approved by the Governors of all affected States.

(b)

For a period of 5 years after November 17, 1986, no Federal agency shall study or participate in the study of any regional or river basin plan or any plan for any Federal water and related land resource project which has as its objective the transfer of water from the Arkansas River Basin to any other region or any other major river basin of the United States, unless such study is approved by the Governors of all affected States.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 99–662, title VII, § 715, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4161.)

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  • 1986Enacted · Pub. L. 99-662 · 100 Stat. 4161

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 99-662 on 1986-11-17.

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