Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§2266 Canadian tidal power study

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - WATER RESOURCES STUDIES › § 2266

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must lead studies, after talking with NOAA, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, other agencies, and the National Research Council, about how possible tidal power projects in Canada’s Bay of Fundy might affect the United States and must send the results to Congress. The work has two parts. By October 1, 1988, study effects on tides and on beaches and estuaries and say what more needs study. By October 1, 1990, study other environmental, social, economic, and institutional impacts and what steps in Canada and the U.S. could reduce harm. The law provides $1,100,000 for the first part and $8,900,000 for the second, available until spent.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §2266

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(a)The Secretary, after consultation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and other appropriate governmental agencies, and the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, is authorized and directed to undertake studies to identify the impacts on the United States of potential Canadian tidal power development in the Bay of Fundy, and submit such studies to the appropriate committees of the Congress.

(b)The Secretary shall conduct the studies authorized in subsection (a) of this section in two phases:

(1)Studies to be completed not later than October 1, 1988, to (A) identify effects of any such projects on tidal ranges and resulting impacts to beaches and estuarine areas, and (B) identify further studies which would be needed to meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection; and

(2)Studies to be completed not later than October 1, 1990, to (A) determine further environmental, social, economic, and institutional impacts of such tidal power development, and (B) determine what measures could be taken in Canada and the United States to offset or minimize any adverse impacts of such development on the United States.

(c)In the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, or in any fiscal year thereafter, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary the sum of $1,100,000 for the purposes of subsection (b)(1) of this section, and the sum of $8,900,000 for the purposes of subsection (b)(2) of this section, such sums to remain available until expended.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 2266

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73