§ 665a. — Maintenance of adequate water levels in upper Mississippi River.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC665a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5A--PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE
SUBCHAPTER I--GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH
Sec. 665a. Maintenance of adequate water levels in upper
Mississippi River
In the management of existing facilities (including locks, dams, and
pools) in the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois, and
Minneapolis, Minnesota, administered by the United States Corps of
Engineers of the Department of the Army, that Department is directed to
give full consideration and recognition to the needs of fish and other
wildlife resources and their habitat dependent on such waters, without
increasing additional liability to the Government, and, to the maximum
extent possible without causing damage to levee and drainage districts,
adjacent railroads and highways, farm lands, and dam structures, shall
generally operate and maintain pool levels as though navigation was
carried on throughout the year.
(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 5A, as added June 19, 1948, ch. 528, 62
Stat. 497.)
