§ 665. — Investigations as to effect of sewage, industrial wastes; reports.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC665]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5A--PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE
SUBCHAPTER I--GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH
Sec. 665. Investigations as to effect of sewage, industrial
wastes; reports
The Secretary of the Interior, through the Fish and Wildlife Service
and the United States Bureau of Mines, is authorized to make such
investigations as he deems necessary to determine the effects of
domestic sewage, mine, petroleum, and industrial wastes, erosion silt,
and other polluting substances on wildlife, and to make reports to the
Congress concerning such investigations and of recommendations for
alleviating dangerous and undesirable effects of such pollution. These
investigations shall include (1) the determination of standards of water
quality for the maintenance of wildlife; (2) the study of methods of
abating and preventing pollution, including methods for the recovery of
useful or marketable products and byproducts of wastes; and (3) the
collation and distribution of data on the progress and results of such
investigations for the use of Federal, State, municipal, and private
agencies, individuals, organizations, or enterprises.
(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 402; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III,
Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Aug. 14, 1946,
ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1080; Pub. L. 102-285, Sec. 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106
Stat. 172.)
Amendments
1946--Act Aug. 14, 1946, amended section generally to provide for
investigations as to the effect of sewage and industrial waste on
wildlife.
Change of Name
``United States Bureau of Mines'' substituted in text for ``Bureau
of Mines'' pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102-285, set out as a
note under section 1 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
Transfer of Functions
See Transfer of Functions note set out under section 661 of this
title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 757f of this title; title 33
section 1444.
