§ 701m. — Insufficient Congressional authorization; preparations for and modification of project.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC701m]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 15--FLOOD CONTROL
Sec. 701m. Insufficient Congressional authorization;
preparations for and modification of project
In any case where the total authorization for a project heretofore
or hereafter authorized by Congress is not sufficient to complete plans
that may have been made the Chief of Engineers is authorized in his
discretion to plan and make expenditures on preparations for the
project, such as the purchase of lands, easements, and rights-of-way;
readjustments of roads, railroads, and other utilities; removal of
towns, cemeteries, and dwellings from reservoir sites; and the
construction of foundations. The Chief of Engineers is also authorized
in his discretion to modify the plan for any dam or other work
heretofore or hereafter authorized so that such dam or work will be
smaller than originally planned with a view to completing a useful
improvement within an authorization: Provided, That the smaller
structure shall be located on the chosen site so that it will be
feasible at some future time to enlarge the work in order to permit the
full utilization of the site for all purposes of conservation such as
flood control, navigation, reclamation, the development of hydroelectric
power, and the abatement of pollution.
(Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 377, Sec. 2, 55 Stat. 638.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 702a-12 of this title.
