Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60
§426l Protection of Lake Ontario
Title 33 › Chapter 9— PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter I— IN GENERAL › § 426l
Summary
Secretary of the Army must make a plan and report to Congress as soon as possible on protecting Lake Ontario’s shoreline and preventing beach erosion. The report must recommend protection steps, fair cost sharing, and how to control lake levels. Until Congress acts, federal agencies must try to minimize shoreline damage. Up to $2,000,000 is authorized. The act is called the "Lake Ontario Protection Act of 1976."
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §426l
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(a)The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to develop a plan for shoreline protection and beach erosion control along Lake Ontario, and report on such plan to the Congress as soon as practicable. Such report shall include recommendations on measures of protection and proposals for equitable cost sharing, together with recommendations for regulating the level of Lake Ontario to assure maximum protection of the natural environment and to hold shoreline damage to a minimum.
(b)Until the Congress receives and acts upon the report required under subsection (a) of this section, all Federal agencies having responsibilities affecting the level of Lake Ontario shall, consistent with existing authority, make every effort to discharge such responsibilities in a manner so as to minimize damage and erosion to the shoreline of Lake Ontario.
(c)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000.
(d)This section may be cited as the “Lake Ontario Protection Act of 1976.”
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33 U.S.C. § 426l
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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