§ 2319. — Reservoir management.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC2319]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 36--WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2319. Reservoir management
The Secretary shall ensure that, in developing or revising reservoir
operating manuals of the Corps of Engineers, the Corps shall provide
significant opportunities for public participation, including
opportunities for public hearings. The Secretary shall issue regulations
to implement this section, including a requirement that all appropriate
informational materials relating to proposed management decisions of the
Corps be made available to the public sufficiently in advance of public
hearings. Not later than January 1, 1992, the Secretary shall transmit
to Congress a report on measures taken pursuant to this section.
(Pub. L. 101-640, title III, Sec. 310, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4639;
Pub. L. 104-303, title II, Sec. 233, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3704.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1990, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986
which comprises this chapter.
Amendments
1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-303, Sec. 233(1), struck out heading
and text of subsec. (a). Text read as follows: ``Not later than 2 years
after November 28, 1990, the Secretary shall establish for major
reservoirs under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers a technical
advisory committee to provide to the Secretary and Corps of Engineers
recommendations on reservoir monitoring and options for reservoir
research. The Secretary shall determine the membership of the committee,
except that the Secretary may not appoint more than 6 members and shall
ensure a predominance of members with appropriate academic, technical,
or scientific qualifications. Members shall serve without pay, and the
Secretary shall provide any necessary facilities, staff, and other
support services in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(5 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.).''
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-303, Sec. 233(2), struck out ``(b) Public
Participation.--'' before ``The Secretary shall ensure'', and
substituted ``section'' for ``subsection'' in two places.
``Secretary'' Defined
Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L.
101-640, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
