§ 59e. — Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC59e]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 1--NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER II--WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME
Sec. 59e. Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana
Bayou Lafourche, in the State of Louisiana, between Canal Boulevard,
city of Thibodaux, Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana, and the head
of the bayou at its junction with the Mississippi River levee at the
city of Donaldsonville, Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, is
hereby declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States
within the meaning of the laws of the United States. The existing
project for Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, authorized by the Acts of August
30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028) and July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 480) is hereby
deauthorized in the reach of Bayou Lafourche herein declared
nonnavigable.
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is hereby
expressly reserved.
(Pub. L. 90-149, Nov. 22, 1967, 81 Stat. 507.)
References in Text
The provisions of the Acts of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1028) and
July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 480), referred to in text, authorizing the Bayou
Lafourche, Louisiana, project, are not classified to the Code.
Portion of Bayou Lafourche Declared To Be Navigable Waterway
Pub. L. 101-595, title III, Sec. 314, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2987,
provided that: ``Bayou Lafourche, in the State of Louisiana, between the
Percy Brown Road (Hwy 648), city of Thibodaux, parish of Lafourche, and
the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge crossing the bayou, city of
Thibodaux, parish of Lafourche, is declared to be navigable waterway of
the United States under chapter 11 of title 33, United States Code.''
