14 U.S.C. § 563 — Notification of certain determinations

(a) General rule. At least 90 days before making a final decision that a waterway, or part of one, is navigable for Coast Guard jurisdiction, the Commandant^* must notify (1) the Governor of each State where it is located, (2) the public, and (3) the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

(b) Required contents. Each notice sent to the committees under subsection (a)(3) must include (1) an analysis of whether vessels operating on the waterway or part of it would be inspected or similarly regulated by State or local officials; (2) an analysis of whether operators of commercial vessels there would be licensed or similarly regulated by State or local officials; and (3) an estimate of the Coast Guard’s yearly operating costs for that waterway or part.