§2289b Stormwater management projects

Summary

The Secretary must create a program to study and build projects with non-Federal partners to control, hold, and reuse stormwater as part of flood control. The program should prioritize projects that help cities and that manage stormwater flows under 800 cubic feet per second for the 10‑percent flood. Projects should, as much as possible, use natural or nature‑based features and try to reclaim, recycle, and reuse floodwater and stormwater when appropriate. Non‑Federal partners must provide any land, easements, rights‑of‑way, and relocations needed, and their value counts toward their share of costs. Construction can start only after a binding agreement that the partner will pay its construction share and 100% of operation, maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation costs under the Secretary’s rules. The Federal share of studies is 50% (the first $100,000 of a study is fully Federal). The non‑Federal share of a project is 35%. No single study or project can get more than $10,000,000 in Federal funds. Up to $50,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated each fiscal year to run the program.