30 CFR § 401.1 - Purpose.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s401.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 401.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "401.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
part_number: "401"
part_name: "STATE WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 10303."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 23114, May 31, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "401"
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# 401.1 Purpose.
The regulations in this part are issued pursuant to title I of the Water Research Act of 1984 (Pub. L. 98-242, 98 Stat. 97) which authorizes appropriations to, and confers authority upon, the Secretary of the Interior to promote a national program of water-resources research.