16 U.S.C. § 757f — Studies on pollution; recommendations to Secretary of Health and Human Services
submitted 61 years ago by Pub. L. 89-304 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 100 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of the Interior must use specified studies to recommend ways to eliminate or reduce pollution harmful to fish and wildlife in interstate or navigable waters and their tributaries. The recommendations and enforcement measures must improve water quality while considering all other legitimate uses of the waters.
Based on studies under sections 757a–757f and section 665, the Secretary of the Interior must recommend to the Secretary of Health and Human Services ways to eliminate or reduce polluting substances harmful to fish and wildlife in interstate or navigable waters or their tributaries. The recommendations and any enforcement measures the Secretary of Health and Human Services begins because of them must be designed to improve the quality of those waters and must consider all other legitimate uses of those waters.
The Secretary of the Interior shall, on the basis of studies carried out pursuant to sections 757a to 757f of this title and section 665 of this title, make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services concerning the elimination or reduction of polluting substances detrimental to fish and wildlife in interstate or navigable waters or the tributaries thereof. Such recommendations and any enforcement measures initiated pursuant thereto by the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall be designed to enhance the quality of such waters, and shall take into consideration all other legitimate uses of such waters.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–304, § 6, Oct. 30, 1965, 79 Stat. 1126; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b), Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695.)
- 1965Enacted · Pub. L. 89-304 · 79 Stat. 1126
- 1979Amended · Pub. L. 96-88 · 93 Stat. 695
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-304 on 1965-10-30.
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