33 U.S.C. § 426l — Protection of Lake Ontario

submitted 50 years ago by Pub. L. 94-587 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 189 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of the Army must create a plan to protect Lake Ontario's shoreline from erosion and report it to Congress. Until Congress acts on that plan, federal agencies must try to minimize shoreline damage. Congress authorizes $2,000,000 for this work, called the "Lake Ontario Protection Act of 1976."

(a) Plan for shoreline protection. The Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, must develop a plan to protect Lake Ontario's shoreline and control beach erosion, and report that plan to Congress as soon as practical. The report must recommend protective measures and fair ways to share costs, and it must also recommend how to regulate Lake Ontario's water level to best protect the natural environment while keeping shoreline damage to a minimum. (b) Minimizing damage in the meantime. Until Congress receives and acts on that report, every federal agency whose responsibilities affect Lake Ontario's water level must, within its existing authority, try its best to carry out those responsibilities in a way that minimizes damage and erosion to the Lake Ontario shoreline. (c) Authorization of appropriations. Congress authorizes $2,000,000 to carry out this section. (d) Short title. This section may be called the "Lake Ontario Protection Act of 1976."

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(a) Plan for shoreline protection and beach erosion control; report to Congress

The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to develop a plan for shoreline protection and beach erosion control along Lake Ontario, and report on such plan to the Congress as soon as practicable. Such report shall include recommendations on measures of protection and proposals for equitable cost sharing, together with recommendations for regulating the level of Lake Ontario to assure maximum protection of the natural environment and to hold shoreline damage to a minimum.

(b) Minimization of damage and erosion to Lake Ontario shoreline

Until the Congress receives and acts upon the report required under subsection (a) of this section, all Federal agencies having responsibilities affecting the level of Lake Ontario shall, consistent with existing authority, make every effort to discharge such responsibilities in a manner so as to minimize damage and erosion to the shoreline of Lake Ontario.

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000.

(d) Short title

This section may be cited as the “Lake Ontario Protection Act of 1976.”

Source credit: (Pub. L. 94–587, § 180, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2939.)

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1976Enacted · Pub. L. 94-587 · 90 Stat. 2939

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