33 USC § 59e - Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana

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title: "33 USC § 59e - Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "59e"
section_name: "Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–149, Nov. 22, 1967, 81 Stat. 507.)"
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# § 59e. Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana

August 30, 193549 Stat. 1028July 14, 196074 Stat. 480

Bayou Lafourche, in the State of Louisiana, between Canal Boulevard, city of Thibodaux, Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana, and the head of the bayou at its junction with the Mississippi River levee at the city of Donaldsonville, Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana, is hereby declared to be a nonnavigable waterway of the United States within the meaning of the laws of the United States. The existing project for Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, authorized by the Acts of  () and  () is hereby deauthorized in the reach of Bayou Lafourche herein declared nonnavigable.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is hereby expressly reserved.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–149, Nov. 22, 1967, 81 Stat. 507.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The provisions of the Acts of  () and  (), referred to in text, authorizing the Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, project, are not classified to the Code.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Portion of Bayou Lafourche Declared To Be Navigable Waterway

> “Bayou Lafourche, in the State of Louisiana, between the Percy Brown Road (Hwy 648), city of Thibodaux, parish of Lafourche, and the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge crossing the bayou, city of Thibodaux, parish of Lafourche, is declared to be navigable waterway of the United States under chapter 11 of title 33, United States Code.”

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