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16 U.S.C. § 460uu–49 — Water rights

submitted 39 years ago by Pub. L. 100-225 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 175 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress reserves for the United States the minimum water needed to fulfill the purposes of the monument, conservation area, and wilderness areas, dated from December 31, 1987. This does not disturb existing or already-pending water rights, and it does not force the Park Service to allow new wells.

(a) Congress reserves to the United States the minimum amount of water needed to carry out the purposes for which this law creates the national monument, conservation area, and wilderness areas. This reserved water right has a priority date of December 31, 1987. (b) This section does not affect any water right that already existed or was validly vested, and does not affect water-right applications pending as of December 31, 1987, that are later granted. However, this does not require the National Park Service to allow new groundwater wells to be drilled inside the national monument. (c) This section does not set a precedent for any future land designations, and does not change how any other law or designation is interpreted.
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(a) Reservation to United States of minimum amount of water required

Congress expressly reserves to the United States the minimum amount of water required to carry out the purposes for which the national monument, the conservation area, and the wilderness areas are designated under this subchapter. The priority date of such reserved rights shall be December 31, 1987.

(b) Effect on existing valid or vested water rights

Nothing in this section shall affect any existing valid or vested water right, or applications for water rights which are pending as of December 31, 1987, and which are subsequently granted: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require the National Park Service to allow the drilling of ground water wells within the boundaries of the national monument.

(c) Construction of section as precedent with regard to future designations

Nothing in this section shall be construed as establishing a precedent with regard to any future designations, nor shall it affect the interpretation of any other Act or any designation made pursuant thereto.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 100–225, title V, § 509, Dec. 31, 1987, 101 Stat. 1549.)

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  • 1987Enacted · Pub. L. 100-225 · 101 Stat. 1549

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