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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 53 — Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control

§ 4006. Protection of States’ rights

Statutory text

(a)

Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to adversely affect existing State regulatory or enforcement power which has been granted to any State through the Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.] or Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 [16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.].

(b)

Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to expand the regulatory or enforcement power of the Federal Government which has been delegated to any State through the Clean Water Act or Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998

    Pub. L. 105–383 title VI § 607 · 112 Stat. 3411

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 4006

    Pub. L. 105–383, title VI, § 607, formerly § 606, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3450

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 105–383, title VI, § 607, formerly § 606, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3450

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 606. 16 USC 1451 note. PROTECTION OF STATES’ RIGHTS. (a) Nothing in this title shall be interpreted to adversely affect existing State regulatory or enforcement power which has been granted to any State through the Clean Water Act or Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. (b) Nothing in this title shall be interpreted to expand the regulatory or enforcement power of the Federal Government which has been delegated to any State through the Clean Water Actor Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Clean Water Act, referred to in text, is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, , 86 Stat. 816, also known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§ 1251 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of this title and Tables.

The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, referred to in text, is title III of Pub. L. 89–454, as added by Pub. L. 92–583, , 86 Stat. 1280, which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§ 1451 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1451 of Title 16 and Tables.

Codification

Section was formerly set out in a note under section 1451 of Title 16, Conservation.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 607 of Pub. L. 105–383 was renumbered section 608 and is classified to section 4007 of this title.

Credits

1998–2022 · 2 acts
  1. 1998Pub. L. 105–383, title VI, § 607, formerly § 606, , 112 Stat. 3450
  2. 2022renumbered § 607, Pub. L. 117–144, § 2(a)(1), , 136 Stat. 1266.
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(Pub. L. 105–383, title VI, § 607, formerly § 606, , 112 Stat. 3450; renumbered § 607, Pub. L. 117–144, § 2(a)(1), , 136 Stat. 1266.)

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