will be reduced as more protective works are installed, so that inclusion of 
artificial placement of fill would generally be desirable in connection with 
groin construction, Even though the foregoing plans can be used for relatively 
short frontages, the Board emphasized the desirability of coordinated action 
by owners to protect longer stretches of frontage under any plan of protection, 
and the necessity of adequately protecting the ends of the work to prevent 
flanking. 
The Board recommended that privage owners consider adoption of the plans 
of protection presented by the district engineer, based upon their own 
determination of economic justification, selecting that most suitable to the 
present condition and desired use of their shore frontage, consistent with 
the effect on adjacent shore sections. As non-Federal publicly owned shores 
did not require additional protection at the time, and existing Federal law 
includes no policy for Federal assistance in the cost of protecting privately 
owned shores, no project authorizing Federal participation in the cost of 
the work was recommended. 
In accordance with existing statutory requirements, the Board stated 
its opinion that: 
a, it is not advisable for the United States to adopt a project 
authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting and improving 
the Lake Erie shore of Ohio within the area studied; 
b. No public interest is involved in the proposed improvements; 
and 
c. No share of the expense should be borne by the United States. 
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