§ 426o-1. — Great Lakes dredging levels adjustment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC426o-1]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--IN GENERAL
Sec. 426o-1. Great Lakes dredging levels adjustment
(a) Definition of Great Lake
In this section, the term ``Great Lake'' means Lake Superior, Lake
Michigan, Lake Huron (including Lake St. Clair), Lake Erie, and Lake
Ontario (including the St. Lawrence River to the 45th parallel of
latitude).
(b) Dredging levels
In operating and maintaining Federal channels and harbors of, and
the connecting channels between, the Great Lakes, the Secretary shall
conduct such dredging as is necessary to ensure minimal operation depths
consistent with the original authorized depths of the channels and
harbors when water levels in the Great Lakes are, or are forecast to be,
below the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985.
(Pub. L. 106-541, title III, Sec. 343, Dec. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 2613.)
``Secretary'' Defined
Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L.
106-541, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
