33 U.S.C. § 983 : US Code - Section 983: Functions of Corporation

Search 33 U.S.C. § 983 : US Code - Section 983: Functions of Corporation

(a) Construction of deep-water navigation works in Saint Lawrence
River; conditions precedent
The Corporation is authorized and directed to construct, in
United States territory, deep-water navigation works substantially
in accordance with the "Controlled single stage project, 238-242"
(with a controlling depth of twenty-seven feet in channels and
canals and locks at least eight hundred feet long, eighty feet
wide, and thirty feet over the sills), designated as "works solely
for navigation" in the joint report dated January 3, 1941, of the
Canadian Temporary Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Basin Committee and
the United States Saint Lawrence Advisory Committee, in the
International Rapids section of the Saint Lawrence River together
with necessary dredging in the Thousand Islands section; and to
operate and maintain such works in coordination with the Saint
Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada, created by chapter 24 of the
acts of the fifth session of the Twenty-first Parliament of Canada
15-16, George VI (assented to December 21, 1951): Provided, That
the Corporation shall not proceed with the aforesaid construction
unless and until -
(1) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada, provides
assurances satisfactory to the Corporation that it will complete
the Canadian portions of the navigation works authorized by
section 10, chapter 24 of the acts of the fifth session of the
Twenty-first Parliament of Canada 15-16, George VI, 1951, as
nearly as possible concurrently with the completion of the works
authorized by this section;
(2) the Corporation has received assurances satisfactory to it
that the State of New York, or an entity duly designated by it,
or other licensee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in
conjunction with an appropriate agency in Canada, as nearly as
possible concurrently with the navigation works herein
authorized, will construct and complete the dams and power works
approved by the International Joint Commission in its order of
October 29, 1952 (docket 68) or any amendment or modification
thereof.
(b) Coordination of activities regarding power projects
The Corporation shall make necessary arrangements to assure the
coordination of its activities with those of the Saint Lawrence
Seaway Authority of Canada and the entity designated by the State
of New York, or other licensee of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, authorized to construct and operate the dams and power
works authorized by the International Joint Commission in its order
of October 29, 1952 (docket 68) or any amendment or modification
thereof.