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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 11 — Bridges Over Navigable Waters

§ 514. Submission and approval of general plans and specifications

Statutory text

After the service of an order under this subchapter, it shall be the duty of the bridge owner to prepare and submit to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary, general plans and specifications to provide for the alteration of such bridge in accordance with such order, and for such additional alteration of such bridge as the bridge owner may desire to meet the necessities of railroad or highway traffic, or both. The Secretary may approve or reject such general plans and specifications, in whole or in part, and may require the submission of new or additional plans and specifications, but when the Secretary shall have approved general plans and specifications, they shall be final and binding upon all parties unless changes therein be afterward approved by the Secretary and the bridge owner.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 76–409 § 4 · 54 Stat. 497

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 514

    June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 4, 54 Stat. 498

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 4, 54 Stat. 498

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. submission and approval of general plans and specifications It shall be the duty of the bridge owner to prepare and submit to the Secretary, within ninety days after service of his order, general plans and specifications to provide for the alteration of such bridge in accordance with such order, and for such additional alteration of such bridge as the bridge owner may desire to meet the Rejection or approval. necessities of railroad or highway traffic, or both. The Secretary may approve or reject such general plans and specifications, in whole or in part, and may require the submission of new or additional plans and specifications, but when the Secretary shall have approved general plans and specifications, they shall be final and binding upon all parties unless changes therein be afterward approved by the Secretary and the bridge owner.

  2. Water Resources Development Act of 1976

    Pub. L. 94–587 § 119 · 90 Stat. 2917

    Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 514

    Pub. L. 94–587 substituted provision for preparation and submission of general plans and specifications within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary after the service of an order for provision for such action within ninety days after service of his order

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 94–587 substituted provision for preparation and submission of general plans and specifications within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary after the service of an order for provision for such action within ninety days after service of his order.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 119. Section 4 of the Act of June 21, 1940, as amended (54 Stat, 498; 33 U.S.C. 514), is amended in the first sentence by striking out “It shall be the duty of the bridge owner to prepare and submit to the Secretary, within ninety days after service of his order” and inserting in lieu thereof “After the service of an order under this Act, it shall be the duty of the bridge owner to prepare and submit to the Secretary of Transportation, within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary”.

  3. Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015

    Pub. L. 114–120 title III § 306(b)(4)(B) · 130 Stat. 27

    Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 514

    Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “Secretary of Transportation”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “Secretary of Transportation”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) in section 4 (33 U.S.C. 514), by striking “Secretary of Transportation” and inserting “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating”;

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1976–2016 · 2 rounds

2016

Pub. L. 114–120 substituted “Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating” for “Secretary of Transportation”.

1976

Pub. L. 94–587 substituted provision for preparation and submission of general plans and specifications within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary after the service of an order for provision for such action within ninety days after service of his order.

Credits

1940–2016 · 3 acts
  1. 1940June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 4, 54 Stat. 498
  2. 1976Pub. L. 94–587, § 119, , 90 Stat. 2924
  3. 2016Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 306(b)(4)(B), , 130 Stat. 55.
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(June 21, 1940, ch. 409, § 4, 54 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 94–587, § 119, , 90 Stat. 2924; Pub. L. 114–120, title III, § 306(b)(4)(B), , 130 Stat. 55.)

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