16 U.S.C. § 460jj–4 — Application of State water laws

submitted 48 years ago by Pub. L. 95-450 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 58 words · no verdicts yet

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Colorado and the federal government share authority over streams in the Arapaho area. Regular legal rules decide who controls the water. This law doesn't claim or deny any federal exemption from Colorado water law.

Which government - Colorado or the United States - controls the water in a stream within the Arapaho National Recreation Area is decided by ordinary legal rules, the same ones that would apply anywhere else. This subchapter doesn't say, one way or the other, whether the federal government is exempt from Colorado's water laws.

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The jurisdiction of the State of Colorado and the United States over waters of any stream included in the Arapaho National Recreation Area shall be determined by established principles of law. Nothing in this subchapter shall constitute an express or implied claim or denial on the part of the Federal Government as to exemption from State water laws.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–450, § 8, Oct. 11, 1978, 92 Stat. 1097.)

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1978Enacted · Pub. L. 95-450 · 92 Stat. 1097

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 95-450 on 1978-10-11.

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