33 U.S.C. § 577 : US Code - Section 577: Small river and harbor improvement projects

Search 33 U.S.C. § 577 : US Code - Section 577: Small river and harbor improvement projects

(a) Allotment from appropriations for construction
The Secretary of the Army is authorized to allot from any
appropriations hereafter made for rivers and harbors not to exceed
$35,000,000 for any one fiscal year for the construction of small
river and harbor improvement projects not specifically authorized
by Congress which will result in substantial benefits to navigation
and which can be operated consistently with appropriate and
economic use of the waters of the Nation for other purposes, when
in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers such work is advisable, if
benefits are in excess of the cost.
(b) Limitation on allotment
Not more than $4,000,000 shall be allotted for the construction
of a project under this section at any single locality and the
amount allotted shall be sufficient to complete the Federal
participation in the project under this section.
(c) Lands, easements, and rights-of-way; indemnification;
assurances of local cooperation
Local interests shall provide without cost to the United States
all necessary lands, easements and rights-of-way for all projects
to be constructed under the authority of this section. In addition,
local interests may be required to hold and save the United States
free from damages that may result from the construction and
maintenance of the project and may be required to provide such
additional local cooperation as the Chief of Engineers deems
appropriate. A State, county, municipality or other responsible
local entity shall give assurance satisfactory to the Chief of
Engineers that such conditions of cooperation as are required will
be accomplished.
(d) Sharing of costs by non-Federal interests
Non-Federal interests may be required to share in the cost of the
project to the extent that the Chief of Engineers deems that such
cost should not be borne by the Federal Government in view of the
recreational or otherwise special or local nature of the project
benefits.
(e) Completeness of project
Each project for which money is allotted under this section shall
be complete in itself and not commit the United States to any
additional improvement to insure its successful operation, other
than routine maintenance, and except as may result from the normal
procedure applying to projects authorized after submission of
survey reports, and projects constructed under the authority of
this section shall be considered as authorized projects.
(f) Low water access navigation channels from existing channel of
Mississippi River
This section shall apply to, but not be limited to, the provision
of low water access navigation channels from the existing channel
of the Mississippi River to harbor areas heretofore or now
established and located along the Mississippi River.