16 USC § 665 - Investigations as to effect of sewage, industrial wastes; reports

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s665"
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title: "16 USC § 665 - Investigations as to effect of sewage, industrial wastes; reports"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "665"
section_name: "Investigations as to effect of sewage, industrial wastes; reports"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 5, 48 Stat. 402; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1081; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 5, 48 Stat. 402; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1081; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1946—Act , amended section generally to provide for investigations as to the effect of sewage and industrial waste on wildlife.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

“United States Bureau of Mines” substituted in text for “Bureau of Mines” pursuant to , set out as a note under , Mineral Lands and Mining. For provisions relating to closure and transfer of functions of the United States Bureau of Mines, see Transfer of Functions note set out under .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

See Transfer of Functions note set out under .