33 U.S.C. § 513 : US Code - Section 513: Notice, hearings, and findings

Search 33 U.S.C. § 513 : US Code - Section 513: Notice, hearings, and findings

Whenever any bridge shall, in the opinion of the Secretary, at
any time unreasonably obstruct such navigation, it shall be the
duty of the Secretary, after notice to interested parties, to hold
a hearing at which the bridge owner, those interested in water
navigation thereunder or therethrough, those interested in either
railroad or highway traffic thereover, and any other party or
parties in interest shall have full opportunity to offer evidence
and be heard as to whether any alteration of such bridge is needed,
and if so what alterations are needed, having due regard to the
necessity of free and unobstructed water navigation and to the
necessities of the rail or highway traffic. If, upon such hearing,
the Secretary determines that any alterations of such bridge are
necessary in order to render navigation through or under it
reasonably free, easy, and unobstructed, having due regard also for
the necessities of rail or highway traffic thereover, he shall so
find and shall issue and cause to be served upon interested parties
an order requiring such alterations of such bridge as he finds to
be reasonably necessary for the purposes of navigation.