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# 16 U.S.C. § 1311 - Rules and regulations

## Text

The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as he determines necessary and desirable to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 91–559, § 12, Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1471.)