Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§426h–1 Definitions

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - IN GENERAL › § 426h–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Gives meanings for key terms used in sections 426e and 426f through 426h–1. Erosion control program — the national program for developing and showing ways to stop shoreline erosion that those sections set up. Secretary — the Secretary of the Army. Separable element — the meaning found in section 2213(f) of this title. Shore — any shoreline of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and lakes, estuaries, or bays directly connected to them. Shore protection project — a project to protect shores, such as beach nourishment and replacing sand.

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Title 33, §426h–1

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In section 426e and 426f to 426h–1 of this title, the following definitions apply:

(1)The term “erosion control program” means the national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program established under this section.

(2)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Army.

(3)The term “separable element” has the meaning provided by section 2213(f) of this title.

(4)The term “shore” includes each shoreline of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, and lakes, estuaries, and bays directly connected therewith.

(5)The term “shore protection project” includes a project for beach nourishment, including the replacement of sand.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 426h–1

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73