[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR277.5]

[Page 369-370]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 
PART 277--WATER RESOURCES POLICIES AND AUTHORITIES: NAVIGATION POLICY: COST APPORTIONMENT OF BRIDGE ALTERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 277.5  General.

    Pub. L. 647 as amended, (33 U.S.C. 511-523) commonly referred to as 
the ``Truman-Hobbs Act'' provides for the alteration of railroad and 
highway bridges when found unreasonably obstructive to navigation. 
Section 6 of that Act establishes policies for the apportionment of such 
bridge alteration costs. Public Law 89-670, transferred to the Secretary 
of Transportation from

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the Secretary of the Army the responsibility for administration of the 
Act. Pursuant to this responsibility, the Secretary of Transportation 
has established implementing procedures based on those previously 
adopted and utilized by the Chief of Engineers prior to 15 October 1966. 
This regulation adapts these cost apportionment procedures, found in 
reference Sec. 277.3(c), to Corps of Engineers planning.