§805 Participation by Government in Costs of Locks, Etc.

Summary

When an application is filed for a project on U.S. navigable waters and the commission finds locks or other navigation work are needed, and the applicant cannot reasonably pay to have them built as previously described, the commission can approve the project but require in the license that the applicant build the navigation work if the federal government does not do so by a deadline in the license. The commission must prepare a report with cost estimates for the power project and the navigation work and send that report to Congress with recommendations about whether and how the United States should share in the construction costs.