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§459e–7 Shore Erosion Control or Beach Protection Measures; Fire Island Inlet

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXIII— NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS › § 459e–7

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Army’s Chief of Engineers may carry out or help pay for shore erosion control and beach protection on lands inside Fire Island National Seashore, but only under a plan both the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army agree on and that follows the purposes of sections 459e to 459e–9. The Secretary of the Interior must also provide any land needed later to build one new inlet across Fire Island, in a feasible spot, under plans both Secretaries agree on and that match those same purposes.

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Title 16, §459e–7

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(a)The authority of the Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, to undertake or contribute to shore erosion control or beach protection measures on lands within the Fire Island National Seashore shall be exercised in accordance with a plan that is mutually acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army and that is consistent with the purposes of sections 459e to 459e–9 of this title.

(b)The Secretary shall also contribute the necessary land which may be required at any future date for the construction of one new inlet across Fire Island in such location as may be feasible in accordance with plans for such an inlet which are mutually acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Army and that is consistent with the purposes of sections 459e to 459e–9 of this title.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 459e–7

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60