Notes on river and harbor improvements generally : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on river and harbor improvements generally : US Code - Notes

SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
540. Investigations and improvements; control by Department
of the Army; wildlife conservation.
540a. Availability of appropriations for attendance by
military personnel at meetings and for printing
survey reports.
541. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors;
establishment; duties and powers generally.
542. Review by Board of Engineers of reports on
examinations and surveys and special reports.
543. Employment of civil engineers on western and
northwestern rivers.
544, 544a. Repealed.
544b. Employment of physicians to examine employees; fee or
employment basis; validation of prior agreements.
544c. Minority group participation in construction of the
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project; annual report
to Congress.
545. Preliminary examinations and reports; surveys;
contents of report to Congress generally.
545a. Discontinuance.
546. Investigation of stream flow and watersheds; surveys
in connection with dams.
546a. Information as to configuration of shore line.
547. Reports as to local benefits of improvement and
recommendations as to local cooperation.
547a. Inclusion of regional economic development benefits in
economic analysis for purposes of computing economic
justification of project.
548, 549. Omitted or Repealed.
550. Report on water terminal and transfer facilities.
551. Policy of Government as to terminal facilities for new
projects.
552. Repealed.
553. Freight statistics.
554. Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information
to person in local charge of improvement; penalty.
555. Duty of shipowners and officers to furnish information
required by Secretary of the Army.
555a. Petroleum product information.
(a) Disclosure to States.
(b) Requests for disclosure.
(c) Modes of disclosure.
(d) Confidentiality of disclosed information.
(e) Definitions.
(f) Omitted.
556. Printing reports generally.
557. Payment of costs of printing.
557a. Publication of pamphlets, maps, brochures, and other
material.
557b. Sale of publications, charts, or other material;
deposit of proceeds.
558. Proceeds from sale or transfer of property acquired.
558a. Repealed.
558b. Exchange of land or property.
558b-1. Application to authorized works of flood control.
558c. Rights-of-way over United States land.
559. Disposition of rentals for Government plants.
560. Contributions from private parties; return of excess.
561. Advances by private parties; repayment.
561a. Contributions from local interests; reduction to meet
lowered cost.
562. Channel depths and dimensions defined.
562a. Project depths for national defense purposes;
waterways for general commerce.
563, 564. Omitted or Repealed.
565. River and harbor improvement by private or municipal
enterprise.
566. Improvement by or under authority of State of New
Jersey.
567. Navigation and flood control improvements by
Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
567a. Flood and pollution control compacts between certain
States.
567b. Pollution of Potomac drainage basin; control by State
compacts.
567b-1. Amended compact.
568. Limitation on power of committee of Congress to
consider projects.
569. Personal equipment for employees; use of funds for
purpose.
569a. Temporary employment of experts or consultants;
compensation.
569b. Contracts; architect and engineering services;
surveying and mapping services.
569c. Services of volunteers.
569d. Safety award and promotional materials.
(a) Promotion of safety program.
(b) Employee recognition.
(c) Authorization of appropriations.
569e. Use of private sector resources in surveying and
mapping.
569f. Debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of
"Made in America" labels.
570. Default in contract; disposition of amounts collected.
571. Crediting reimbursements for lost, stolen, or damaged
property.
572. Collection and removal of drift in Baltimore Harbor.
573, 574. Repealed or Omitted.
575. Availability of appropriations for expenses incident
to operation of power boats or vessels; expenses
defined; certification of expenditures.
576. Revolving fund; establishment; availability;
reimbursement; transfer of funds; limitation.
576a. Purchase of passenger motor vehicles by Corps of
Engineers.
576b. Lease authority.
577. Small river and harbor improvement projects.
(a) Allotment from appropriations for construction.
(b) Limitation on allotment.
(c) Lands, easements, and rights-of-way;
indemnification; assurances of local
cooperation.
(d) Sharing of costs by non-Federal interests.
(e) Completeness of project.
(f) Low water access navigation channels from
existing channel of Mississippi River.
577a. Small-boat navigation projects; charter fishing craft.
577b. Cost of operation and maintenance of general
navigation features of small boat harbor projects;
applicable projects.
578. Disposal of surplus property for development of public
port or industrial facilities.
(a) Conveyance by Secretary of the Army.
(b) Purchase price; conditions, reservations or
restrictions.
(c) Notice of proposed conveyance.
(d) Delegation of authority.
(e) Deposit of proceeds.
579. Repealed.
579a. Project deauthorizations.
(a) Funds to be obligated for construction to avoid
deauthorization.
(b) Transmission to Congress of list of
unconstructed projects or separable elements
authorized but not receiving obligations
during 10 fiscal years preceding transmission;
two-year updates of list.
(c) Deauthorized list; publication in Federal
Register.

SUBCHAPTER II - PAY AND ALLOWANCES; TRAVELING EXPENSES AND
SUBSISTENCE
581. Hiring special means of transportation.
582. Repealed.
583. Payment of allowances, etc., incident to change of
station of Engineer officers from appropriation for
improvements.
583a. Payment of pay and allowances of officers of Corps of
Engineers from appropriation for improvements.
584, 584a. Repealed.

SUBCHAPTER III - ACQUISITION OF LAND AND MATERIALS
591. Condemnation, purchase, and donation of land and
materials.
592. Condemnation of land in aid of person, company,
corporation, municipal or private.
593. Condemnation of land in aid of State or State agency.
594. When immediate possession of land may be taken.
595. Consideration of benefits in assessing compensation.
595a. Compensation for taking or condemnation of property
for public improvements; fair market value; partial
taking; effective date.
596. Repealed.
597. Acquisition of lands for water resource development
projects; information as to probable timing for
acquisition; public meetings; regulations.
598. Resettlement of displaced families, individuals, and
business concerns.
(a) Acquisition of land; condemnation expenses;
bond.
(b) Acquisition provisions.
(c) Conveyance to State, public or private
nonprofit body.

SUBCHAPTER IV - PARTICULAR WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS
601. Mississippi River; regulation of reservoirs at
headwaters.
602. Maintenance of channel of South Pass of Mississippi
River.
603. Repealed.
603a. Removal of snags and debris, and straightening,
clearing, and protecting channels in navigable
waters.
604. Removal of snags, etc., from Mississippi River.
605. Operation of snag boats on Upper Mississippi River.
606. Removal of snags, and so forth, from Ohio River.
607. Removal of drift from New York Harbor.
607a. Appropriations; separate project.
608. Construction of fishways.
609. Sluices and other work in dams for development of
water power.
610. Control of aquatic plant growths.
(a) In general.
(b) Appropriations.
(c) Support.

SUBCHAPTER V - PROSECUTION OF WORK GENERALLY
621. By what methods river and harbor work may be
authorized to be prosecuted.
622. Contracts, etc., with private industry for
implementation of projects for improvements and
dredging; reduction of federally owned fleet.
(a) Contracts for dredging and related work.
(b) Reduction of federally owned fleet.
(c) Program to increase use of private hopper
dredges.
623. Repealed.
624. Limitation on improvement work by private contract.
(a) Determinations respecting comparison of private
contract price with estimation of cost of
performance of work by Government plant or by
well-equipped contractor.
(b) Considerations involved in determinations of
estimation of cost of performance of work by
Government plant.
(c) Considerations involved in determinations of
estimation of cost of performance of work by
well-equipped contractor.
625. Repealed.
626. Prosecution of work when appropriation insufficient.
627. Application of appropriation when separate works are
included therein.
628. Expenditure for dredging within harbor lines.
629. Contract for hire of dredging plant.
630. Limitation on expenditure for purchase of dredges.
631. Transfer of property between projects.
632. Omitted.
633. Protection, alteration, reconstruction, relocation, or
replacement of structures and facilities; contract
standards; reasonable costs.