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

Summary

When someone applies to build a project on U.S. navigable waters and the commission finds that navigation needs require locks or other navigation work, and those things cannot reasonably be provided by the applicant as normally required, the commission may approve the project but put a rule in the license that the license holder will build the needed navigation structures if the federal government does not do so by a deadline set in the license. The commission must also make a report that estimates the costs of the power project and the navigation structures, and send that report to Congress with recommendations about how much the United States should pay toward building the navigation structures.