CFR > Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters > CHAPTER II—CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > PART 211—REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES OF THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN CONNECTION WITH CIVIL WORKS PROJECTS > 211.11—Sale or salvage of buildings, improvements, or crops.

211.11—Sale or salvage of buildings, improvements, or crops.

(a) Authority of law. When any property (except land) which has been heretofore or may be hereafter purchased or acquired for the improvement of rivers and harbors or for flood control work is no longer needed, or is no longer serviceable, it may be sold in such manner as the Secretary of the Army may direct and the proceeds credited to the appropriation for the work for which it was purchased or acquired. ( Section 5, act of June 13, 1902 (32 Stat. 373; 33 U.S.C. 558 ), as extended by section 3, act of March 1, 1917 (39 Stat. 450; 33 U.S.C. 701 ).)
(b) Division Engineers. Sales are conducted by the Division Engineers, Corps of Engineers.
(c) Removal of buildings, improvements, or crops other than by sale. If the buildings, improvements, or crops cannot be sold, they may be salvaged or razed as a part of the work under the project if they are in the way of new construction or interfere with the efficient operation of the project.