33 USC § 467b - Investigation reports to Governors

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s467b"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 467b - Investigation reports to Governors"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "467b"
section_name: "Investigation reports to Governors"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "DAM INSPECTION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 92–367, § 4, formerly § 3, Aug. 8, 1972, 86 Stat. 507; Pub. L. 99–662, title XII, § 1204, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4263; renumbered § 4 and amended Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 215(c)(3), (6), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3685, 3687.)"
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# § 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.

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

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 5 and is classified to .

### Amendments

1996— inserted section catchline.

1986— 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.”