§ 550. — Report on water terminal and transfer facilities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC550]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 550. Report on water terminal and transfer facilities
The Chief of Engineers, United States Army, shall indicate in his
annual reports the character of the terminal and transfer facilities
existing on every harbor or waterway under maintenance or improvement by
the United States, and state whether they are considered adequate for
existing commerce. He shall also submit one or more special reports on
this subject, as soon as possible after January 18, 1918, including,
among other things, the following:
(a) A brief description of such water terminals, including location
and the suitability of such terminals to the existing traffic
conditions, and whether such terminals are publicly or privately owned,
and the terms and conditions under which they may be subjected to public
use.
(b) Whether such water terminals are connected by a belt or spur
line of railroad with all the railroads serving the same territory or
municipality, and whether such connecting railroad is owned by the
public and the conditions upon which the same may be used, and also
whether there is an interchange of traffic between the water carriers
and the railroad or railroads as to such traffic which is carried partly
by rail and partly by water to its destination, and also whether
improved and adequate highways have been constructed connecting such
water terminal with the other lines of highways.
(c) If no water terminals have been constructed by the municipality
or other existing public agency there shall be included in his report an
expression of opinion in general terms as to the necessity, number, and
appropriate location of such a terminal or terminals.
(d) An investigation of the general subject of water terminals, with
descriptions and general plans of terminals of appropriate types and
construction for the harbors and waterways of the United States suitable
for various commercial purposes and adapted to the varying conditions of
tides, floods, and other physical characteristics.
(July 18, 1918, ch. 155, Sec. 7, 40 Stat. 911.)
Codification
Section is from act July 18, 1918, popularly known as the ``Rivers
and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1918''.
