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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 Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Chief of Engineers, Department of the Army, can carry out or help pay for shore erosion control and beach protection on land inside Fire Island National Seashore 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 must also provide any land later needed to build one new inlet across Fire Island, in a feasible location, under inlet plans both Secretaries agree on and that follow sections 459e to 459e–9.

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Title 16, §459e–7

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(a)Authority of Chief of Engineers

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)Land contribution

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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16 U.S.C. § 459e–7

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110