Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§2240 Emergency response services

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - HARBOR DEVELOPMENT › § 2240

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can give grants to local groups that run harbor projects so they can provide emergency response services in the harbor. Grants may pay for planning, staff training, and buying needed equipment or facilities. Payments can be reimbursed and made under cooperative or mutual-aid agreements among local agencies or municipalities. Up to $5,000,000 was authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, and ending before October 1, 1992.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §2240

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary is authorized to make grants to any non-Federal interest operating a project for a harbor for provision of emergency response services in such harbor (including contingency planning, necessary personnel training, and the procurement of equipment and facilities either by the non-Federal interest, by a local agency or municipality, or by a combination of local agencies or municipalities on a cost-reimbursable basis, either by a cooperative agreement, mutual aid plan, or mutual assistance plan entered into between one or more non-Federal interests, public agencies, or local municipalities).

(b)There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, and ending before October 1, 1992, $5,000,000.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 2240

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73