16 U.S.C. § 665a — Maintenance of adequate water levels in upper Mississippi River
submitted 92 years ago by ch. 55 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 108 words · no verdicts yet
When operating Corps of Engineers facilities on the upper Mississippi River, the Army Department must consider fish, wildlife, and habitat needs. As far as possible without specified harm, it must operate pool levels as if navigation occurred all year.
In the management of existing facilities (including locks, dams, and pools) in the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, administered by the United States Corps of Engineers of the Department of the Army, that Department is directed to give full consideration and recognition to the needs of fish and other wildlife resources and their habitat dependent on such waters, without increasing additional liability to the Government, and, to the maximum extent possible without causing damage to levee and drainage districts, adjacent railroads and highways, farm lands, and dam structures, shall generally operate and maintain pool levels as though navigation was carried on throughout the year.
Source credit: (Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 5A, as added June 19, 1948, ch. 528, 62 Stat. 497.)
- 1934Enacted · Act of Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55 · 62 Stat. 497
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