§ 983. — Functions of Corporation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC983]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 19--SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY
Sec. 983. Functions of Corporation
(a) Construction of deep-water navigation works in Saint Lawrence River;
conditions precedent
The Corporation is authorized and directed to construct, in United
States territory, deep-water navigation works substantially in
accordance with the ``Controlled single stage project, 238-242'' (with a
controlling depth of twenty-seven feet in channels and canals and locks
at least eight hundred feet long, eighty feet wide, and thirty feet over
the sills), designated as ``works solely for navigation'' in the joint
report dated January 3, 1941, of the Canadian Temporary Great Lakes-
Saint Lawrence Basin Committee and the United States Saint Lawrence
Advisory Committee, in the International Rapids section of the Saint
Lawrence River together with necessary dredging in the Thousand Islands
section; and to operate and maintain such works in coordination with the
Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada, created by chapter 24 of the
acts of the fifth session of the Twenty-first Parliament of Canada 15-
16, George VI (assented to December 21, 1951): Provided, That the
Corporation shall not proceed with the aforesaid construction unless and
until--
(1) the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority of Canada, provides
assurances satisfactory to the Corporation that it will complete the
Canadian portions of the navigation works authorized by section 10,
chapter 24 of the acts of the fifth session of the Twenty-first
Parliament of Canada 15-16, George VI, 1951, as nearly as possible
concurrently with the completion of the works authorized by this
section;
(2) the Corporation has received assurances satisfactory to it
that the State of New York, or an entity duly designated by it, or
other licensee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in
conjunction with an appropriate agency in Canada, as nearly as
possible concurrently with the navigation works herein authorized,
will construct and complete the dams and power works approved by the
International Joint Commission in its order of October 29, 1952
(docket 68) or any amendment or modification thereof.
(b) Coordination of activities regarding power projects
The Corporation shall make necessary arrangements to assure the
coordination of its activities with those of the Saint Lawrence Seaway
Authority of Canada and the entity designated by the State of New York,
or other licensee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
authorized to construct and operate the dams and power works authorized
by the International Joint Commission in its order of October 29, 1952
(docket 68) or any amendment or modification thereof.
(May 13, 1954, ch. 201, Sec. 3, 68 Stat. 93; Pub. L. 95-91, title IV,
Sec. 402(a)(1)(A), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 583.)
Transfer of Functions
``Federal Energy Regulatory Commission'' substituted for ``Federal
Power Commission'' in subsecs. (a)(2) and (b), on authority of Pub. L.
95-91, title IV, Sec. 402(a)(1)(A), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 583, which is
classified to section 7172(a)(1)(A) of Title 42, The Public Health and
Welfare.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 984 of this title.
