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title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 403b - Lighting at docks and boat launching facilities

## Text

Whenever the Secretary considers a permit application for a dock or a boat launching facility under section 403 of this title, the Secretary shall consider the needs of such facility for lighting from sunset to sunrise to make such facility’s presence known within a reasonable distance.

(Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 946, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4200.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

“Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2201 of this title.