Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 9 — Protection of Navigable Waters and of Harbor and River Improvements Generally
§ 426l. Protection of Lake Ontario
Statutory text
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.
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.
Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000.
Short title
This section may be cited as the “Lake Ontario Protection Act of 1976.”
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Water Resources Development Act of 1976
Pub. L. 94–587 § 180 · 90 Stat. 2917
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 426l
(Pub. L. 94–587, § 180, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2939.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 94–587, § 180, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2939.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 180 (a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief Lake Ontario Protection Act of 1976. Plan, report to Congress. 33 USC 426l. 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) 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. (c) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section Appropriation authorization. $2,000,000. (d) This section may be cited as the “Lake Ontario Protection Act Citation of section. of 1976”.
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