expanded uses
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United States Code
33 U.S.C. § 2238 — in this section (2 versions over time)
The term "expanded uses" means the following activities:
(A) The maintenance dredging of a berth in a harbor that is accessible to a Federal navigation project and that benefits commercial navigation at the harbor.
(B) The maintenance dredging and disposal of legacy-contaminated sediment, and sediment unsuitable for open water disposal, if—
(i) such dredging and disposal benefits commercial navigation at the harbor; and
(ii) such sediment is located in and affects the maintenance of a Federal navigation project or is located in a berth that is accessible to a Federal navigation project.
(C) An in-water improvement, if the improvement—
(i) is for the seismic reinforcement of a wharf or other berthing structure, or the repair or replacement of a deteriorating wharf or other berthing structure, at a port facility;
(ii) benefits commercial navigation at the harbor; and
(iii) is located in, or adjacent to, a berth that is accessible to a Federal navigation project.
(D) An activity to maintain slope stability at a berth in a harbor that is accessible to a Federal navigation project if such activity benefits commercial navigation at the harbor.