§ 562. — Channel depths and dimensions defined.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 33USC562]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 12--RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 562. Channel depths and dimensions defined
In the preparation of projects under this and subsequent river and
harbor acts and after the project becomes operational, unless otherwise
expressed, the channel depths referred to shall be understood to signify
the depth at mean lower low water, as defined by the Department of
Commerce for nautical charts and tidal predictions, in tidal waters
tributary to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and at mean lower low water,
as defined by the Department of Commerce for nautical charts and tidal
predictions, in tidal waters tributary to the Pacific coast and the mean
depth for a continuous period of fifteen days of the lowest water, as
defined by the Department of Commerce for nautical charts and tidal
predictions, in the navigation season of any year in rivers and nontidal
channels, and and \1\ after the project becomes operational the channel
dimensions specified shall be understood to admit of such increase at
the entrances, bends, sidings, and turning places as may be necessary to
allow of the free movement of boats.
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\1\ So in original.
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(Mar. 4, 1915, ch. 142, Sec. 5, 38 Stat. 1053; Pub. L. 102-580, title
II, Sec. 224, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4837.)
Codification
Section is from act Mar. 4, 1915, popularly known as the ``Rivers
and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1915''.
Prior Provisions
Section superseded act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 144, Sec. 9, 37 Stat. 827,
which read as follows: ``In the preparation of projects under this and
subsequent river and harbor acts, unless otherwise expressed, the
channel depths referred to shall be understood to signify the depth at
mean lower low water in tidal waters, and the mean depth during the
month of lowest water in the navigation season in rivers and nontidal
channels, and the channel dimensions specified shall be understood to
admit of such increase at the entrances, bends, sidings, and turning
places as may be necessary to allow of the free movement of boats.''
Amendments
1992--Pub. L. 102-580 inserted ``and after the project becomes
operational'' after ``harbor acts'', ``lower'' after ``depth at mean'',
``, as defined by the Department of Commerce for nautical charts and
tidal predictions,'' after ``water'' wherever appearing, and ``and after
the project becomes operational'' before ``the channel dimensions''.
