Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 12B — Colorado River Storage Project
§ 620f. Powerplant operations
Statutory text
The hydroelectric powerplants and transmission lines authorized by this chapter to be constructed, operated, and maintained by the Secretary shall be operated in conjunction with other Federal powerplants, present and potential, so as to produce the greatest practicable amount of power and energy that can be sold at firm power and energy rates, but in the exercise of the authority hereby granted he shall not affect or interfere with the operation of the provisions of the Colorado River Compact, the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, the Boulder Canyon Project Act [43 U.S.C. 617 et seq.], the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act [43 U.S.C. 618 et seq.], and any contract lawfully entered into under said Compacts and Acts. Subject to the provisions of the Colorado River Compact, neither the impounding nor the use of water for the generation of power and energy at the plants of the Colorado River storage project shall preclude or impair the appropriation of water for domestic or agricultural purposes pursuant to applicable State law.
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.
Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 7, 70 Stat. 109 · 70 Stat. 109
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 620f
Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 7, 70 Stat. 109
Source evidence
Code source credit
Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 7, 70 Stat. 109Pub. L. 87–483 § 18 · 76 Stat. 96
Substituted · 43 U.S.C. § 620f
Pub. L. 87–483 substituted “into” for “unto”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 87–483 substituted “into” for “unto”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 18. The Act of April 11, 1956, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: (i) In section 1, subsection (2), after the words “Central Utah (initial phase)” delete the colon and insert in lieu thereof a comma and the words “San Juan-Chama (initial stage),” and after the word “Lyman” insert the words “Navajo Indian,”; (ii) in section 2 delete the words “San Juan-Chama, Navajo,” from the first sentence; (iii) in section 5, subsection (e), in the phrase “herein or hereinafter authorized” delete the word “hereinafter” and insert in lieu thereof the word “hereafter”; (iv) in section 7 in the phrase “and any contract lawfully entered unto under said compacts and Acts” delete the word “unto” and insert in lieu thereof the word “into”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Boulder Canyon Project Act, referred to in text, is act Dec. 21, 1928, ch. 42, 45 Stat. 1057, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 617 et seq.) of chapter 12A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 617t of this title and Tables.
The Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, referred to in text, is act July 19, 1940, ch. 643, 54 Stat. 774, which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 618 et seq.) of chapter 12A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 618o of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1962—Pub. L. 87–483 substituted “into” for “unto”.
Credits
1956–1962 · 2 acts
- 1956Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 7, 70 Stat. 109
- 1962Pub. L. 87–483, § 18, , 76 Stat. 102.
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(Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 7, 70 Stat. 109; Pub. L. 87–483, § 18, , 76 Stat. 102.)