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# 42 U.S.C. § 10144 - Consideration of effect of acquisition of water rights
## Text
The Secretary shall give full consideration to whether the development, construction, and operation of a repository may require any purchase or other acquisition of water rights that will have a significant adverse effect on the present or future development of the area in which such repository is located. The Secretary shall mitigate any such adverse effects to the maximum extent practicable.
(Pub. L. 97425, title I, § 124, Jan. 7, 1983, 96 Stat. 2229.)