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[CITE: 16USC577b]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 577b. Preserving water level of lakes and streams of public 
        lands in northern Minnesota; reservoirs; water power
        
    In order to preserve the shore lines, rapids, waterfalls, beaches, 
and other natural features of the region in an unmodified state of 
nature, no further alteration of the natural water level of any lake or 
stream within or bordering upon the designated area shall be authorized 
by any permit, license, lease, or other authorization granted by any 
official or commission of the United States, which will result in 
flooding lands of the United States within or immediately adjacent to 
the Superior National Forest, unless and until specific authority for 
granting such permit, license, lease, or other authorization shall have 
first been obtained by special Act from the Congress of the United 
States covering each such project: Provided, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed as interfering with the duties of the 
International Joint Commission created pursuant to the convention 
concerning the boundary waters between the United States and Canada and 
concluded between the United States and Great Britain on January 11, 
1909, and action taken or to be taken in accordance with provisions of 
the convention, protocol, and agreement between the United States and 
Canada, which were signed at Washington on February 24, 1925, for the 
purpose of regulating the levels of the Lake of the Woods: Provided, 
That with the written approval and consent of the Forest Service of the 
Department of Agriculture, reservoirs not exceeding one hundred acres in 
area may be constructed and maintained for the transportation of logs or 
in connection with authorized recreational uses of national-forest 
lands, and maximum water levels not higher than the normal high-water 
mark may be maintained temporarily where essential strictly for logging 
purposes, in the streams between lakes by the construction and operation 
of small temporary dams: Provided, however, That nothing herein shall be 
construed to prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from listing for 
homestead entry under the provisions of the Act of June 11, 1906 (34 
Stat. 233), any of the above-described lands found by him to be chiefly 
valuable for agriculture and not needed for public purposes: Provided 
further, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any 
proposed development for water-power purposes for which an application 
for license was pending under the terms of the Federal Power Act [16 
U.S.C. 791a et seq.] on or before January 1, 1928.

(July 10, 1930, ch. 881, Sec. 3, 46 Stat. 1021.)

                       References in Text

    Act of June 11, 1906 (34 Stat. 233), referred to in text, which was 
classified to sections 506 to 508 and 509 of this title, was repealed by 
Pub. L. 87-869, Sec. 4, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157.
    The Federal Power Act, referred to in text, was in the original the 
``Federal Water Power Act'', which was redesignated the Federal Power 
Act by section 791a of this title. The Federal Power Act is act June 10, 
1920, ch. 285, 41 Stat. 1063, as amended, and is classified generally to 
chapter 12 (Sec. 791a et seq.) of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see section 791a of this title 
and Tables.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Functions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of 
Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of 
Agriculture by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1953, Sec. 1, eff. June 4, 1953, 18 
F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 577c, 1133 of this title.
