Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/16/1278
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16 U.S. Code § 1278 - Restrictions on water resources projects | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Chapter 28. WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS
Section 1278. Restrictions on water resources projects
16 U.S. Code § 1278. Restrictions on water resources projects
(a) Construction projects licensed by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(b) Construction projects on rivers designated for potential addition to systemThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall not license the construction of any dam, water conduit, reservoir, powerhouse, transmission line, or other project works under the Federal Power Act, as amended [16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.], on or directly affecting any river which is listed in section 1276(a) of this title, and no department or agency of the United States shall assist by loan, grant, license, or otherwise in the construction of any water resources project that would have a direct and adverse effect on the values for which such river might be designated, as determined by the Secretary responsible for its study or approval—
(c) Activities in progress affecting river of system; notice to Secretary
(d) Grants under chapter 2003 of title 54
The Federal Power Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), is act June 10, 1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 12 (§ 791a et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this title and Tables.
In subsec. (d) text, the words “(78 Stat. 897; 16 U.S.C. 460l–5 et seq.)” were omitted following “chapter 2003 of title 54” in view of the amendment by Pub. L. 113–287. See 2014 Amendment note below.
2014—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 113–287 substituted “chapter 2003 of title 54” for “the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965”.
1994—Subsec. (b)(i). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives” for “Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States Congress”.
1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–590, § 505(a), substituted provisions relating to values present in the area on the date of designation of a river as a component of the System, for provisions relating to values present in the area on Oct. 2, 1968.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–590, § 505(b), added cl. (ii), redesignated former cl. (ii) as (iii), and substituted provisions relating to values present in the area on the date of designation of a river for study pursuant to section 1276 of this title for provisions relating to values present in the area on the date of approval of this chapter.
1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–407 inserted provision relating to licenses issued affecting the New River of North Carolina.
1975—Subsec. (b)(i). Pub. L. 93–621 inserted proviso that if any Act provides a time period for study in excess of the three fiscal year period, that period shall be substituted for the three complete fiscal year period provision of cl. (i).
1974—Subsec. (b)(i). Pub. L. 93–279, § 1(b)(3), substituted provisions that construction projects may not be licensed or assisted before Oct. 2, 1978, or for a three year period following inclusion of a river in the list of rivers for potential addition to the national wild and scenic river system, unless, prior to that period, the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, determined that such river should not be so included and notified the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs, before publication in the Federal Register, for provisions that such projects may not be licensed or assisted before Oct. 2, 1973, unless, prior to that period, the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, concluded that such river should not be so included and published notice to that effect in the Federal Register.
Subsec. (b)(ii). Pub. L. 93–279, § 1(b)(4), substituted “the report for which is submitted to the President and the Congress, is necessary” for “which is recommended to the President and the Congress for inclusion in the national wild and scenic rivers system, is necessary”.
“Federal Energy Regulatory Commission” substituted for “Federal Power Commission” in subsecs. (a), (b), and (c) pursuant to Pub. L. 95–91, § 402(a)(1)(A), which is classified to section 7172(a)(1)(A) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Federal Power Commission terminated and its functions with regard to licenses and permits for dams, reservoirs, or other works for development and improvement of navigation and for development and utilization of power across, along, from, or in navigable waters under part I of Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792 et seq.) transferred to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by sections 7172(a)(1)(A) and 7293 of Title 42.
36 CFR PART 297 - WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS