§ 460z-9. — Water utilization; transportation of wastes; easements.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460z-9]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXXXIV--OREGON DUNES NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
Sec. 460z-9. Water utilization; transportation of wastes,
easements
(a) Water utilization
The Secretary is authorized and directed, subject to applicable
water quality standards now or hereafter established, to permit, subject
to reasonable rules and regulations, the investigation for,
appropriation, storage, and withdrawal of ground water, surface water,
and lake, stream, and river water from the recreation area and the
conveyance thereof outside the boundaries of the recreation area for
beneficial use in accordance with applicable laws of the United States
and of the State of Oregon if permission therefor has been obtained from
the State of Oregon before March 23, 1972: Provided, That nothing herein
shall prohibit or authorize the prohibition of the use of water from
Tahkenitch or Siltcoo Lakes in accordance with permission granted by the
State of Oregon prior to March 23, 1972, in connection with certain
industrial plants developed or being developed at or near Gardiner,
Oregon.
(b) Transportation and storage of wastes
The Secretary is authorized and directed, subject to applicable
water quality standards now or hereafter established, to permit, subject
to reasonable rules and regulations, transportation and storage in
pipelines within and through the recreation area of domestic and
industrial wastes in accordance with applicable laws of the United
States and of the State of Oregon if permission therefor has been
obtained from the State of Oregon before March 23, 1972.
(c) Easements and rights for the disposal of wastes
The Secretary is further authorized, subject to applicable water
quality standards now or hereafter established, to grant such additional
easements and rights, in terms up to perpetuity, as in his judgment
would be appropriate and desirable for the effective use of the rights
to water and the disposal of waste provided for herein and for other
utility and private purposes if permission therefor has been obtained
from the State of Oregon, subject to such reasonable terms and
conditions as he deems necessary for the protection of the scenic,
scientific, historic, and recreational features of the recreation area.
(Pub. L. 92-260, Sec. 11, Mar. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 101.)
