§ 59h. — Northern Embarcadero area, San Francisco, California.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC59h]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 1--NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER II--WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME
Sec. 59h. Northern Embarcadero area, San Francisco, California
That portion of the Northern Embarcadero area, beginning at the
intersection of the northwesterly line of Bryant Street with the
southwesterly line of Spear Street, which intersection lies on the line
of jurisdiction of the San Francisco Port Authority; following thence
westerly and northerly along said line of jurisdiction as described in
the State of California Harbor and Navigation Code Section 1770, as
amended in 1961, to its intersection with the easterly line of Van Ness
Avenue produced northerly; thence northerly along said easterly line of
Van Ness Avenue produced to its intersection with the United States
Government pier-head line; thence following said pier-head line easterly
and southerly to its intersection with the northwesterly line of Bryant
Street produced northeasterly; thence southwesterly along said
northwesterly line of Bryant Street produced to the point of beginning,
is hereby declared to be nonnavigable waters within the meaning of the
laws of the United States, and the consent of Congress is hereby given
for the filling in of all or any part of the described area. This
declaration shall apply only to portions of the above-described area
which are bulkheaded and filled or are occupied by permanent pile-
supported structures. Plans for bulkheading and filling and permanent
pile-supported structures shall be approved by the Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, on the basis of engineering
studies to determine the location and structural stability of the
bulkheading and filling and permanent pile-supported structures in order
to preserve and maintain the remaining navigable waterway. Local
interests shall reimburse the Federal Government for any engineering
costs incurred under this section.
(Pub. L. 90-483, title I, Sec. 114, Aug. 13, 1968, 82 Stat. 736.)
References in Text
Section 1770 of the State of California Harbor and Navigation Code
was repealed by Cal. Stats. 1970, ch. 385, p. 799, Sec. 2.
