Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 26 — Estuarine Areas
§ 1224. Commercial and industrial development considerations; reports to Congress; recommendations
Statutory text
In planning for the use or development of water and land resources, all Federal agencies shall give consideration to estuaries and their natural resources, and their importance for commercial and industrial developments, and all project plans and reports affecting such estuaries and resources submitted to the Congress shall contain a discussion by the Secretary of the Interior of such estuaries and such resources and the effects of the project on them and his recommendations thereon. The Secretary of the Interior shall make his recommendations within ninety days after receipt of such plans and reports.
Legislative history
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Pub. L. 90–454 § 4 · 82 Stat. 625
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1224
(Pub. L. 90–454, § 4, Aug. 3, 1968, 82 Stat. 627.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 90–454, § 4, Aug. 3, 1968, 82 Stat. 627.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
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