43 U.S.C. § 503 — "Unusual or emergency conditions" defined
U.S.C. Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS 43 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 12 - RECLAMATION AND IRRIGATION OF LANDS BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUBCHAPTER XI - MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF WORKS GENERALLY Sec. 503 - "Unusual or emergency conditions" defined From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§503. "Unusual or emergency conditions" defined
The term "unusual or emergency conditions", as used in section 502 of this title, shall be construed to mean canal bank failures, generator failures, damage to transmission lines; or other physical failures or damage, or acts of God, or of the public enemy, fires, floods, drought, epidemics, strikes, or freight embargoes, or conditions, causing or threatening to cause interruption in water or power service.
(June 26, 1948, ch. 676, §2, 62 Stat. 1052.)