33 U.S.C. § 566 : US Code - Section 566: Improvement by or under authority of State of New Jersey

Search 33 U.S.C. § 566 : US Code - Section 566: Improvement by or under authority of State of New Jersey

Authority is given to the State of New Jersey, or, through it, to
any commission, individual, corporation, or municipality, singly or
collectively, designated by the legislature of said State, or by a
commission appointed or authorized by said legislature, to improve
the channels on the New Jersey seacoast, or any portion of said
coast, or the waters adjacent thereto, lying between thirty-eight
degrees fifty-six minutes and forty degrees twenty minutes north
latitude, by dredging, or by the construction of piers, jetties, or
breakwaters, or other river and harbor work of any description or
nature adapted to attain the ends now pursued by the United States
Government for the advantage of said coast or the relief of
commerce: Provided, That such operations shall not encroach upon
those portions of said coast, or the channels adjacent thereto, for
which the United States Government may undertake similar work
according to its own plans: And provided, That the plans for said
work shall be placed on file with the Chief of Engineers of the
Department of the Army for thirty days, during which time he is
authorized to disapprove said plans and forbid such work if, in his
judgment, the improvements when completed will interfere with
navigation or with any works of the United States Government
commenced or proposed to be made: Provided further, That no tolls
or other charges upon commerce shall be imposed by those making
such improvements: And provided further, That this section shall
not be construed as affecting in any way the jurisdiction and
control of the Federal Government over any waters that may be
improved in pursuance of the provisions thereof, nor as exempting
such waters from the operation of the laws heretofore or hereafter
enacted by Congress for the preservation and protection of
navigable waters. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section
is expressly reserved.