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[CITE: 33USC514]

TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 11--BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERS
SUBCHAPTER II--ALTERATION OF BRIDGES
Sec. 514. Submission and approval of general plans and
specifications
After the service of an order under this subchapter, it shall be the
duty of the bridge owner to prepare and submit to the Secretary of
Transportation, within a reasonable time as prescribed by the Secretary,
general plans and specifications to provide for the alteration of such
bridge in accordance with such order, and for such additional alteration
of such bridge as the bridge owner may desire to meet the necessities of
railroad or highway traffic, or both. The Secretary may approve or
reject such general plans and specifications, in whole or in part, and
may require the submission of new or additional plans and
specifications, but when the Secretary shall have approved general plans
and specifications, they shall be final and binding upon all parties
unless changes therein be afterward approved by the Secretary and the
bridge owner.
(June 21, 1940, ch. 409, Sec. 4, 54 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 94-587, Sec. 119,
Oct. 22, 1976, 90 Stat. 2924.)

Amendments
1976--Pub. L. 94-587 substituted provision for preparation and
submission of general plans and specifications within a reasonable time
as prescribed by the Secretary after the service of an order for
provision for such action within ninety days after service of his order.

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