43 USC § 620f - Powerplant operations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s620f"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 620f - Powerplant operations"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "620f"
section_name: "Powerplant operations"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "COLORADO RIVER STORAGE PROJECT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 7, 70 Stat. 109; Pub. L. 87–483, § 18, June 13, 1962, 76 Stat. 102.)"
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# § 620f. Powerplant operations

43 U.S.C. 61743 U.S.C. 618

The hydroelectric powerplants and transmission lines authorized by this chapter to be constructed, operated, and maintained by the Secretary shall be operated in conjunction with other Federal powerplants, present and potential, so as to produce the greatest practicable amount of power and energy that can be sold at firm power and energy rates, but in the exercise of the authority hereby granted he shall not affect or interfere with the operation of the provisions of the Colorado River Compact, the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, the Boulder Canyon Project Act [ et seq.], the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act [ et seq.], and any contract lawfully entered into under said Compacts and Acts. Subject to the provisions of the Colorado River Compact, neither the impounding nor the use of water for the generation of power and energy at the plants of the Colorado River storage project shall preclude or impair the appropriation of water for domestic or agricultural purposes pursuant to applicable State law.

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**Source Credit**: (Apr. 11, 1956, ch. 203, § 7, 70 Stat. 109; Pub. L. 87–483, § 18, June 13, 1962, 76 Stat. 102.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Boulder Canyon Project Act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 617 et seq.) of chapter 12A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

The Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 618 et seq.) of chapter 12A of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 618 of this title and Tables.

### Amendments

1962— substituted “into” for “unto”.