33 U.S.C. § 467f–1 — Lock and dam security
submitted 19 years ago by Pub. L. 110-114 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 128 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must set security standards for locks and dams, including barriers that stop boats. The Secretary can help owners improve security if they ask and pay for it. The law lets the Secretary partner with a nonprofit group and sets aside $3,000,000 for this work.
(a) Standards The Secretary must set standards for lock and dam* security, working with FEMA*, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Coast Guard. This includes testing and certifying "vessel exclusion barriers" — barriers meant to keep boats out.
(b) Site surveys If a lock or dam owner asks, the Secretary must give technical help to improve security, but the owner has to pay the Secretary back for it (this is "reimbursable").
(c) Cooperative agreement The Secretary may partner with a nonprofit alliance of public and private groups whose mission is promoting safe waterways and seaports, to carry out the testing and certification work, and to do site surveys, under this section.
(d) Authorization of appropriations Congress authorized $3,000,000 to carry out this section.
The Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Coast Guard, shall develop standards for the security of locks and dams, including the testing and certification of vessel exclusion barriers.
At the request of a lock or dam* owner, the Secretary shall provide technical assistance, on a reimbursable basis, to improve lock or dam security.
The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with a nonprofit alliance of public and private organizations that has the mission of promoting safe waterways and seaports to carry out testing and certification activities, and to perform site surveys, under this section.
There is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out this section.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–114, title V, § 5024, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1203.)
- 2007Enacted · Pub. L. 110-114 · 121 Stat. 1203
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 110-114 on 2007-11-08.
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