Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§467b Investigation reports to Governors
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VII— - DAM INSPECTION PROGRAM › § 467b
Summary
The Secretary must promptly tell the dam’s State Governor what inspectors found and must immediately report any hazards. If the owner asks, the Secretary may, via the Chief of Engineers, do detailed studies that the owner must repay, and must, on request, advise the Governor about quick fixes.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §467b
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
As soon as practicable after inspection of a dam, the Secretary shall notify the Governor of the State in which such dam is located the results of such investigation. In any case in which any hazardous conditions are found during an inspection, upon request by the owner, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may perform detailed engineering studies to determine the structural integrity of the dam, subject to reimbursement of such expense by the owner of such dam. The Secretary shall immediately notify the Governor of any hazardous conditions found during an inspection. The Secretary shall provide advice to the Governor, upon request, relating to timely remedial measures necessary to mitigate or obviate any hazardous conditions found during an inspection.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 4 of Pub. L. 92–367 was renumbered section 5 and is classified to section 467c of this title.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–303 inserted section catchline. 1986—Pub. L. 99–662 inserted “In any case in which any hazardous conditions are found during an inspection, upon request by the owner, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may perform detailed engineering studies to determine the structural integrity of the dam, subject to reimbursement of such expense by the owner of such dam.”
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33 U.S.C. § 467b
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73