Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73not60
§562a Project Depths for National Defense Purposes; Waterways for General Commerce
Title 33 › Chapter 12— RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 562a
Summary
With direction from the Secretary of the Army, the Chief of Engineers may keep rivers and harbors deeper than their approved depths when the United States provided the extra depth for defense. This is allowed only if those deeper channels also serve important needs of regular commerce and shipping.
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Title 33, §562a
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Chief of Engineers, under the direction of the Secretary of the Army, is hereby authorized to maintain authorized river and harbor projects in excess of authorized project depths where such excess depths have been provided by the United States for defense purposes and whenever the Chief of Engineers determines that such waterways also serve essential needs of general commerce.
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33 U.S.C. § 562a
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60