---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460u–11"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460u–11"
heading: "Legal cooling, process, or surface drainage into Little Calumet River; Federal, State or local air and water pollution standards not affected"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460u-11"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXIX — Indiana Dunes National Park"
---

# §460u–11. Legal cooling, process, or surface drainage into Little Calumet River; Federal, State or local air and water pollution standards not affected

- (a) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as prohibiting any otherwise legal cooling, process, or surface drainage into the part of the Little Calumet River located within the [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3): Provided, That this subsection shall not affect nor in any way limit the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1)’s authority and responsibility to protect [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) resources.
- (b) The authorization of lands to be added to the [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) by the Ninety-fourth Congress and the administration of such lands as part of the [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) shall in and of itself in no way operate to render more restrictive the application of Federal, [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), or local air and water pollution standards to the uses of property outside the boundaries of the [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3), nor shall it be construed to augment the control of water and air pollution sources in the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Indiana beyond that required pursuant to applicable Federal, [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), or local law.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–761, § 11, formerly § 12, as added and renumbered Pub. L. 94–549, § 1(8), (9), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2531, 2533; amended Pub. L. 116–6, div. E, title I, § 115(a)(1)(B), Feb. 15, 2019, 133 Stat. 232.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2019—Pub. L. 116–6 substituted “Park” for “lakeshore” wherever appearing.