§ 419a. — Management practices to extend capacity and useful life of dredged material disposal areas.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC419a]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--IN GENERAL
Sec. 419a. Management practices to extend capacity and useful
life of dredged material disposal areas
The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
shall utilize and encourage the utilization of such management practices
as he determines appropriate to extend the capacity and useful life of
dredged material disposal areas such that the need for new dredged
material disposal areas is kept to a minimum. Management practices
authorized by this section shall include, but not be limited to, the
construction of dikes, consolidation and dewatering of dredged material,
and construction of drainage and outflow facilities.
(Pub. L. 94-587, Sec. 148, Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2931.)
