Pub. L. 91-611, tit. II, sec. 234
Pub. L. 91-611, tit. II, sec. 234
Sec. 234. Section 207 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (Public Law 87–874), is amended by changing the period after the word “necessary”, to a comma, and inserting the following: “including but not limited to prohibitions of dumping and unauthorized disposal in any manner of refuse, garbage, rubbish, trash, debris, or litter of any kind at such 84 Stat. 1834water resource development projects, either into the waters of such projects or onto any land federally owned and administered by the Chief of Engineers, Any violation of such rides and regulations shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Any persons charged with the violation of such rules and regulations may be tried and sentenced in accordance with the provisions of section 3401 of title 18 of the United States Code. All persons designated by the Chief of Engineer’s for that purpose shall have the authority to issue a citation for violation of the regulations adopted by the Secretary of the Army, requiring the appearance of any person charged with violation to appear before the United States magistrate, within whose jurisdiction the water resource development project is located, for trial; and upon sworn information of any competent person any United States magistrate in the proper jurisdiction shall issue process for the arrest of any person charged with the violation of said regulations; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the arrest by any officer of the United States, without process, of any person taken in the act of violating said regulations.”