§ 390h. Program to Investigate Reclamation and Reuse of Wastewater and Groundwater; General Authority

(a) Program established

     The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter "Secretary"), acting pursuant to the Reclamation Act of 1902 (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388) and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto (hereafter "Federal reclamation laws"), is directed to undertake a program to investigate and identify opportunities for reclamation and reuse of municipal, industrial, domestic, and agricultural wastewater, and naturally impaired ground and surface waters, for the design and construction of demonstration and permanent facilities to reclaim and reuse wastewater, and to conduct research, including desalting, for the reclamation of wastewater and naturally impaired ground and surface waters.

(b) States included

     Such program shall be limited to the States and areas referred to in section 1 of the Reclamation Act of 1902 (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388) [43 U.S.C. 391] as amended, and the State of Hawaii.

(c) Agreements and regulations

     The Secretary is authorized to enter into such agreements and promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of sections 390h to 390h–16 of this title.

(d) San Luis Unit of Central Valley Project, California

     The Secretary shall not investigate, promote or implement, pursuant to sections 390h to 390h–16 of this title, any project intended to reclaim and reuse agricultural wastewater generated in the service area of the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project, California, except those measures recommended for action by the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program in the report entitled A Management Plan for Agricultural Subsurface Drainage and Related Problems on the Westside San Joaquin Valley (September 1990).

(Pub. L. 102–575, title XVI, § 1602, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4664; Pub. L. 106–566, title I, § 104(a), Dec. 23, 2000, 114 Stat. 2819.)

References in Text

     The Reclamation Act of 1902 (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388), referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, as amended which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.

     Hereafter, referred to in subsec. (a), means hereafter in title XVI of Pub. L. 102–575, Oct. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 4663, which enacted sections 390h to 390h–16 of this title.

     2000—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–566 inserted ", and the State of Hawaii" before period at end.

     Pub. L. 106–566, title I, § 101, Dec. 23, 2000, 114 Stat. 2818, provided that: "This title [amending this section] may be cited as the `Hawaii Water Resources Act of 2000’."

     Pub. L. 105–321, § 1(a), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 3020, provided that: "This Act [enacting section 390h–16 of this title, amending section 564w–1 of Title 25, Indians, and enacting and amending provisions listed in a table of National Wildlife Refuges set out under section 668dd of Title 16, Conservation] may be cited as the `Oregon Public Lands Transfer and Protection Act of 1998’."

     Pub. L. 104–266, § 1, Oct. 9, 1996, 110 Stat. 3290, provided that: "This Act [enacting sections 390h–12a to 390h–12p of this title and amending sections 390h–1 to 390h–3, 390h–9, and 390h–13 to 390h–15 of this title] may be cited as the `Reclamation Recycling and Water Conservation Act of 1996’."

     Section 1601 of title XVI of Pub. L. 102–575 provided that: "This title [enacting sections 390h to 390h–15 of this title] may be referred to as the `Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act’."

     This section is referred to in sections 390h–1, 390h–2, 390h–4, 390h–7, 390h–8, 390h–9, 390h–13 of this title.