§ 2266. — Canadian tidal power study.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC2266]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 36--WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER IV--WATER RESOURCES STUDIES
Sec. 2266. Canadian tidal power study
(a) Study authority
The Secretary, after consultation with the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and other appropriate
governmental agencies, and the National Research Council of the National
Academy of Sciences, is authorized and directed to undertake studies to
identify the impacts on the United States of potential Canadian tidal
power development in the Bay of Fundy, and submit such studies to the
appropriate committees of the Congress.
(b) Study phases
The Secretary shall conduct the studies authorized in subsection (a)
of this section in two phases:
(1) Studies to be completed not later than October 1, 1988, to
(A) identify effects of any such projects on tidal ranges and
resulting impacts to beaches and estuarine areas, and (B) identify
further studies which would be needed to meet the requirements of
paragraph (2) of this subsection; and
(2) Studies to be completed not later than October 1, 1990, to
(A) determine further environmental, social, economic, and
institutional impacts of such tidal power development, and (B)
determine what measures could be taken in Canada and the United
States to offset or minimize any adverse impacts of such development
on the United States.
(c) Authorization of appropriations
In the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, or in any fiscal year
thereafter, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary the
sum of $1,100,000 for the purposes of subsection (b)(1) of this section,
and the sum of $8,900,000 for the purposes of subsection (b)(2) of this
section, such sums to remain available until expended.
(Pub. L. 99-662, title VII, Sec. 724, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4163.)
