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[CITE: 16USC469]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
     CHAPTER 1A--HISTORIC SITES, BUILDINGS, OBJECTS, AND ANTIQUITIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 469. Preservation of historical and archeological data 
        threatened by dam construction or alterations of terrain
        
    It is the purpose of sections 469 to 469c-1 of this title to further 
the policy set forth in sections 461 to 467 of this title, by 
specifically providing for the preservation of historical and 
archeological data (including relics and specimens) which might 
otherwise be irreparably lost or destroyed as the result of (1) 
flooding, the building of access roads, the erection of workmen's 
communities, the relocation of railroads and highways, and other 
alterations of the terrain caused by the construction of a dam by any 
agency of the United States, or by any private person or corporation 
holding a license issued by any such agency or (2) any alteration of the 
terrain caused as a result of any Federal construction project or 
federally licensed activity or program.

(Pub. L. 86-523, Sec. 1, June 27, 1960, 74 Stat. 220; Pub. L. 93-291, 
Sec. 1(1), May 24, 1974, 88 Stat. 174.)


                               Amendments

    1974--Pub. L. 93-291 designated existing provisions as cl. (1) and 
added cl. (2).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 469a-3, 469b, 469c, 469c-1, 
470a, 470dd, 470hh of this title; title 42 section 5320; title 43 
section 377b.
