33 U.S.C. § 59n : US Code - Section 59N: Hudson River, Hudson County, New Jersey

Search 33 U.S.C. § 59n : US Code - Section 59N: Hudson River, Hudson County, New Jersey

(a) If the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers, finds that the proposed project to be erected at the
location to be declared nonnavigable under this section is in the
public interest, on the basis of engineering studies to determine
the location and structural stability of any bulkheading and
filling and permanent pile-supported structure, in order to
preserve and maintain the remaining navigable waterway and on the
basis of environmental studies conducted pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.], then
that portion of the Hudson River in Hudson County, State of New
Jersey, bounded and described as follows is hereby declared to be
nonnavigable water of the United States within the meaning of the
laws of the United States, and the consent of Congress is hereby
given to the filling in of all or any part thereof and the erection
of permanent pile-supported structures thereon:
Such portion is in the township of North Bergen in the county
of Hudson and State of New Jersey, and is more particularly
described as follows: At a point in the easterly right-of-way of
New Jersey Shore Line Railroad (formerly New Jersey Junction
Railroad) said point being located northerly, measured along said
easterly right-of-way, 81.93 feet from Station 54+42.4 as shown
on construction drawing dated May 23, 1931, of River Road, filed
in the Office of the Hudson County Engineer, Jersey City, New
Jersey:
thence (1) northerly and along said easterly right-of-way on a
bearing of north 12 degrees 11 minutes 14 seconds east, a
distance of 280 feet to a point;
thence (2) south 75 degrees 28 minutes 24 seconds east, a
distance of 310 feet to a point;
thence (3) south 17 degrees 15 minutes 41 seconds east, a
distance of 101.70 feet to a point;
thence (4) south 62 degrees 18 minutes 12 seconds east a
distance of 355.64 feet to a point in the exterior solid fill
line of April 7, 1903, and the bulkhead line of April 28, 1904,
on the Hudson River;
thence (5) along said exterior solid fill and bulkhead lines
south 28 degrees 55 minutes 51 seconds west, a distance of 523
feet to a point in the northerly line of lands now or formerly of
New York State Realty and Terminal Company;
thence (6) north 61 degrees 34 minutes 29 seconds west, and
along said northerly line of the New York State Realty and
Terminal Company, a distance of 590.08 feet to a point in the
aforementioned easterly right-of-way of the New Jersey Shore Line
Railroad;
thence (7) northerly and along said easterly right-of-way of
the New Jersey Shore Line Railroad on a curve to the left a
radius of 995.09 feet, an arc length of 170.96 feet to a point
therein;
thence (8) northerly, still along the same, on a bearing of
north 12 degrees 11 minutes 14 seconds east, a distance of 81.93
feet to the point and place of beginning.
Said parcel containing 8 acres being the same more or less.
(b) The declaration in subsection (a) of this section shall apply
only to portions of the above-described area which are either
bulkheaded and filled or occupied by permanent pile-supported
structures. Plans for bulkheading and filling and permanent pile-
supported structures shall be approved by the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers. Local interests shall
reimburse the Federal Government for engineering and all other
costs incurred under this section.