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[CITE: 33USC467b]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
   CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER 
                         IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
 
                 SUBCHAPTER VII--DAM INSPECTION PROGRAM
 
Sec. 467b. Investigation reports to Governors

    As soon as practicable after inspection of a dam, the Secretary 
shall notify the Governor of the State in which such dam is located the 
results of such investigation. In any case in which any hazardous 
conditions are found during an inspection, upon request by the owner, 
the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may perform 
detailed engineering studies to determine the structural integrity of 
the dam, subject to reimbursement of such expense by the owner of such 
dam. The Secretary shall immediately notify the Governor of any 
hazardous conditions found during an inspection. The Secretary shall 
provide advice to the Governor, upon request, relating to timely 
remedial measures necessary to mitigate or obviate any hazardous 
conditions found during an inspection.

(Pub. L. 92-367, Sec. 4, formerly Sec. 3, Aug. 8, 1972, 86 Stat. 507; 
Pub. L. 99-662, title XII, Sec. 1204, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4263; 
renumbered Sec. 4 and amended Pub. L. 104-303, title II, Sec. 215(c)(3), 
(6), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3685, 3687.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 4 of Pub. L. 92-367 was renumbered section 5 and is 
classified to section 467c of this title.


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-303 inserted section catchline.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-662 inserted ``In any case in which any hazardous 
conditions are found during an inspection, upon request by the owner, 
the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may perform 
detailed engineering studies to determine the structural integrity of 
the dam, subject to reimbursement of such expense by the owner of such 
dam.''
