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Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§426o–2 Great Lakes Navigation and Protection

Title 33 › CHAPTER 9 — PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER I — IN GENERAL › § 426o–2

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must speed up upkeep and dredging of Great Lakes navigation features so commercial ships can use the approved depths, using available funds. Also using available funds, the Director of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, working with the Secretary, EPA, the Coast Guard, and the Fish and Wildlife Service, must run an emergency pilot project to control and prevent spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia in those waters. Great Lakes and Connecting Channels: Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario; the connecting waters and federal navigation features used for commercial navigation; and federal parts of the Saint Lawrence River used for commercial navigation.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §426o–2

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Great Lakes navigation
Using available funds, the Secretary shall expedite the operation and maintenance, including dredging, of the navigation features of the Great Lakes and Connecting Channels for the purpose of supporting commercial navigation to authorized project depths.
(b)Great Lakes pilot project
Using available funds, the Director of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, in coordination with the Secretary, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall carry out a pilot project, on an emergency basis, to control and prevent further spreading of viral hemorrhagic septicemia in the Great Lakes and Connecting Channels.
(c)Great Lakes and Connecting Channels defined
In this section, the term “Great Lakes and Connecting Channels” includes Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario, all connecting waters between and among such lakes used for commercial navigation, any navigation features in such lakes or waters that are a Federal operation or maintenance responsibility, and areas of the Saint Lawrence River that are operated or maintained by the Federal Government for commercial navigation.

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Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

“Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 110–114, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 426o–2

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110