Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§459h–5 Beach erosion control and hurricane protection; study and formulation of plans; activities by Chief of Engineers, Department of Army
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXIII— - NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459h–5
Summary
The Interior and Army Secretaries can work together to study and plan beach erosion control and hurricane protection. Army Corps work on seashore must follow a plan the Interior Secretary accepts that fits sections 459h to 459h–10.
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Title 16, §459h–5
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The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army may cooperate in the study and formulation of plans for beach erosion control and hurricane protection of the seashore. Any such protective works or spoil deposit activities undertaken by the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, shall be carried out within the seashore in accordance with a plan that is acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior and that is consistent with the purposes of sections 459h to 459h–10 of this title.
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16 U.S.C. § 459h–5
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73