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Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly referred to as the Clean Water Act)
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33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1387 |
Provides for the restoration and maintenance of the Nation?s waters. Authorizes EPA to establish
effluent limitations and requires permits for the discharge of pollutants from a point source to
navigable waters. EPA approves state and tribal limits for the maximum amount of a pollutant that a
water body can receive and still meet water quality standards for specified purposes, including fish
and wildlife.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
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42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675 |
Provides for the cleanup of hazardous waste by imposing liabilities and duties on responsible
parties, including federal agencies, and by authorizing the federal government to take cleanup
actions in response to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances.
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Endangered Species Act
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16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544 |
Provides for the conservation and recovery of species of plants and animals that the National Marine
Fisheries Service or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determines to be in danger of or soon to
become in danger of extinction. Includes measures to protect the habitats of these species.
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Migratory Bird Treaty Act
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16 U.S.C. §§ 703-712 |
Implements various treaties and conventions between the United States, Canada, Japan, Mexico,
and the former Soviet Union for the protection of migratory birds. Prohibits taking, killing, or
possessing migratory birds.
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National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
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142 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4347 |
Enacts measures to promote efforts to prevent or eliminate damage to the environment. Requires
federal agencies to examine the impacts of proposed major federal actions ?significantly affecting?
the environment.
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National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
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16 U.S.C. §§ 470 |
Encourages agencies and individuals to develop historic preservation programs, and requires
agencies to oversee any historic sites under their jurisdiction and consider the effects of its actions
on historic sites. Provides for tribes to designate an official to administer the preservation program
on tribal lands.
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Bonneville Project Act of 1937
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16 U.S.C. §§ 832-832l |
Authorizes the construction, maintenance and operation of the Bonneville Project to improve
navigation on the Columbia River, and for incidental purposes such as the production of electricity.
Creates the Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville) and authorizes it to market power
produced by the Project and to construct electricity transmission lines. Requires Bonneville to set its
rates in a way that considers the recovery of the cost of producing and transmitting electric energy
from the Federal Columbia River Power System.
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Columbia Basin Project Act
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16 U.S.C. §§ 835-835c-5 |
Makes the construction of Grand Coulee Dam subject to federal reclamation laws discussed in this
table, and authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take certain actions, including the sale and
exchange of lands and the administration of public lands in the project area, to, among other things,
protect project land.
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Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act
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16 U.S.C. §§ 838-838k |
Directs the Secretary of Energy, through the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration, to
operate and maintain the federal electric power transmission system in the Pacific Northwest and to
construct appropriate improvements and additions. Designates Bonneville as the marketing agent,
with some exceptions, of electric power generated by federal plants constructed by the Army Corps
of Engineers or the Bureau of Reclamation in the Pacific Northwest.
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Mitchell Act
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16 U.S.C. §§ 755-757 |
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish salmon-cultural stations in the Columbia River Basin
in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and to carry out other activities for the conservation of fishery
resources in the Columbia River Basin.
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Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act
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16 U.S.C. §§ 839-839h |
Enacts measures to assure the Pacific Northwest of an adequate, efficient, economical, and reliable
power supply, and includes provisions for the protection of fish and wildlife. Provides for the
formation of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council (Council) and
directs it to, among other things, develop a program to ?protect, mitigate, and enhance? fish and
wildlife of the Columbia River Basin. Requires the Administrator of the Bonneville Power
Administration to take steps to ?protect, mitigate, and enhance? fish and wildlife affected by the
development and operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System, while ensuring the Pacific
Northwest an adequate, efficient, economical, and reliable power supply. Requires federal agencies
responsible for managing, operating, or regulating hydroelectric facilities in the Columbia River Basin
to provide equitable treatment for fish and wildlife with the other purposes for which these facilities
are operated and managed, and to consider in their decision-making process, to the fullest extent
practicable, the Council?s fish and wildlife program.
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Federal Power Act
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16 U.S.C. §§ 791a-797, 798-824a, and 824b-825r |
Provides for the development, conservation, and use of the nation?s navigable waters, including the
development of waterpower resources, and, to that end, requires federal licenses for the
construction and operation of certain nonfederal hydroelectric projects. For projects using lands
within federal land reservations, such as national forests, licenses are subject to conditions
established by the relevant land management agency for protection of the lands. License conditions
must include a requirement for fish passage as prescribed by the Secretaries of the Interior and
Commerce. The license must also include conditions for the protection and enhancement of fish and
wildlife, based generally on recommendations made by federal and state fish and wildlife agencies.
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Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
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25 U.S.C. §§ 3001-3013 |
Establishes a process for agencies to return Native American remains and associated funery objects
to lineal descendants and affiliated Indian tribes, and regulates the ownership and control of Native
American cultural items that are excavated or discovered on federal or tribal lands after November
16, 1990.
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