Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§426l Protection of Lake Ontario
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - IN GENERAL › § 426l
Summary
The Army must have the Chief of Engineers make and send to Congress a plan to protect Lake Ontario shorelines with steps to take, fair cost‑sharing ideas, and rules for managing lake levels. Until Congress acts, federal agencies must try to minimize shoreline harm, and $2,000,000 is authorized.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §426l
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(a)The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to develop a plan for shoreline protection and beach erosion control along Lake Ontario, and report on such plan to the Congress as soon as practicable. Such report shall include recommendations on measures of protection and proposals for equitable cost sharing, together with recommendations for regulating the level of Lake Ontario to assure maximum protection of the natural environment and to hold shoreline damage to a minimum.
(b)Until the Congress receives and acts upon the report required under subsection (a) of this section, all Federal agencies having responsibilities affecting the level of Lake Ontario shall, consistent with existing authority, make every effort to discharge such responsibilities in a manner so as to minimize damage and erosion to the shoreline of Lake Ontario.
(c)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000.
(d)This section may be cited as the “Lake Ontario Protection Act of 1976.”
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 426l
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73