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33 U.S.C. § 419a

Management practices to extend capacity and useful life of dredged material disposal areas

United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective

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33 U.S.C. § 419a, Management practices to extend capacity and useful life of dredged material disposal areas, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/468269
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The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall utilize and encourage the utilization of such management practices as he determines appropriate to extend the capacity and useful life of dredged material disposal areas such that the need for new dredged material disposal areas is kept to a minimum. Management practices authorized by this section shall include, but not be limited to, the construction of dikes, consolidation and dewatering of dredged material, and construction of drainage and outflow facilities.

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  • Enacted byPub. L. 94-587(S. 3823)1976-10-22
    Water Resources Development Act of 1976
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally