BEACH EROSION STUDIES 



The principal types of beach erosion reports of studies at specific 

 localities are the following: 



a. Cooperative studies (authorization by the Chief of 

 Engineers in accordance with Section 2, River and 

 Harbor Act approved on 3 July 1930). 



b. Preliminary examinations and surveys (Congressional 

 authorization by reference to locality by name). 



c. Reports on shore line changes which may result from 

 improvements of the entrances at the mouths of rivers 

 and inlets (Section 5, Public Law No. 409, 74-th Con- 

 gress). 



d. Reports on shore protection of Federal property 

 (authorization by the Chief of Engineers). 



Of these types of studies, cooperative beach erosion studies 

 are the type most frequently made when a community desires in- 

 vestigation of its particular problem. As these studies have, con- 

 sequently, greater general interest, information concerning studies 

 of specific localities contained in these quarterly bulletins will be 

 confined to cooperative studies. Information about other types of 

 studies can be obtained upon inquiry to this office o 



Cooperative studies of beach erosion are studies made by the 

 Corps of Engineers in cooperation with appropriate agencies of the 

 various States by authority of Section 2 of the River and Harbor Act 

 approved on 3 July 1930. By executive ruling the cost of these 

 studies is divided equally between the United States and the coopera- 

 ting agency. Information concerning the initiation of a cooperative 

 study may be obtained from any District Engineer of the Corps of 

 Engineers. After a report on a cooperative study has been transmitted 

 to Congress, a summary thereof is included in the next issue of this 

 bulletin. A list of cooperative studies now in progress follows. 



COOPERATIVE BEACH EROSION STUDIES IN PROGRESS 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 



HAMPTON BEACH. Cooperating Agency s New Hampshire Shore and Beach 

 Preservation and Development Commission. 



Problems To determine the best method of preventing further 



erosion and of stabilizing and restoring the beaches; 

 also to determine the extent of silting and erosion 

 in the harbor, 



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