BEACH EROSION STUDIES 



The principal types of beach erosion control reports of studies 

 at specific localities are the following s 



a. Cooperative studies (authorization by bhe 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 ) „ 



Co 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 > 74th Congress). 



d„ Reports on shore protection of Federal property 

 (authorization by the Chief of Engineers). 



Of ttese types of studies , cooperative beach erosion studies 

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

 gation of its particular problem. As these studies have 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. 



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 3 July 1930. By executive ruling the cost of these 

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

 operating agency. Information concerning the initiation of a co- 

 operative 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 summary of a report transmitted to 

 Congress and a list of cooperative studies now in progress follows 



SUMMARY OF REPORT TRANSMIT f &0 TO CONGRESS 



The area studied is located in the Town of Hull. Massachusetts. 

 12 miles southeast of the City of Boston. It consists of the 1-mile 

 length of beach in the publicly owned Metropolitan District Commission 

 Nantasket Beach Reservation adjacent to the mainland base of a 32- 

 mile long tombolo which is extensively developed as an amusement 



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