Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§546a Information as to configuration of shore line
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 546a
Summary
Reports to Congress for early studies on improving a river mouth or inlet must include information about the shoreline’s shape and how the project is likely to change erosion or sand buildup (accretion) for at least 10 miles on each side of the entrance.
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Title 33, §546a
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Every report submitted to Congress in pursuance of any provision of law for preliminary examination and survey looking to the improvement of the entrance at the mouth of any river or at any inlet, in addition to other information which the Congress has directed shall be given, shall contain information concerning the configuration of the shore line and the probable effect thereon that may be expected to result from the improvement having particular reference to erosion and/or accretion for a distance of not less than ten miles on either side of the said entrance.
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33 U.S.C. § 546a
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73