18 CFR § 1304.303 - Channel excavation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t18/s1304.303"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "18 CFR § 1304.303 - Channel excavation."
title_number: 18
title_name: "Conservation of Power and Water Resources"
section_number: "1304.303"
section_name: "Channel excavation."
chapter_name: "TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY"
part_number: "1304"
part_name: "APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION IN THE TENNESSEE RIVER SYSTEM AND REGULATION OF STRUCTURES AND OTHER ALTERATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 831-831ee."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 46936, Aug. 7, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1304.303 Channel excavation.

(a) Channel excavation of privately-owned reservoir bottom subject to a TVA flowage easement does not require approval by TVA under section 26a if:

(1) All dredged material is placed above the limits of the 100-year floodplain or the TVA flood risk profile elevation, whichever is applicable, and

(2) The dredging is not being accomplished in conjunction with the construction of a structure requiring a section 26a permit.

(b) Any fill material placed within the flood control zone of a TVA reservoir requires TVA review and approval.

(c) TVA shall encourage owners of flowage easement property to adopt the standards for channel excavation applicable to TVA-owned residential access shoreland.