{"identifier":"/us/usc/t33/s426o\u20131","title":33,"num":"\u00a7\u202f426o\u20131.","heading":"Great Lakes dredging levels adjustment","text":"\u00a7\u202f426o\u20131.\nGreat Lakes dredging levels adjustment\n(a)\nDefinition of Great Lake\nIn this section, the term \u201cGreat Lake\u201d means Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron (including Lake St. Clair), Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario (including the St. Lawrence River to the 45th parallel of latitude).\n(b)\nDredging levels\nIn operating and maintaining Federal channels and harbors of, and the connecting channels between, the Great Lakes, the Secretary shall conduct such dredging as is necessary to ensure minimal operation depths consistent with the original authorized depths of the channels and harbors when water levels in the Great Lakes are, or are forecast to be, below the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t33/s426o\u20131.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s426o\u20131","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f426o\u20131."},{"t":"heading","text":"Great Lakes dredging levels adjustment"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s426o\u20131/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definition of Great Lake"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In this section, the term \u201cGreat Lake\u201d means Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron (including Lake St. Clair), Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario (including the St. Lawrence River to the 45th parallel of latitude).","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s426o\u20131/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Dredging levels"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In operating and maintaining Federal channels and harbors of, and the connecting channels between, the Great Lakes, the Secretary shall conduct such dredging as is necessary to ensure minimal operation depths consistent with the original authorized depths of the channels and harbors when water levels in the Great Lakes are, or are forecast to be, below the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}