Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§2326d Alternative projects to maintenance dredging
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2326d
Summary
The Secretary can agree to take over the operating and upkeep costs for a project that replaces regular dredging of a Federal navigation channel. The Secretary may do this only if the cost to run that alternative project plus any remaining costs to keep the channel maintained is less than the cost of maintaining the channel without the alternative.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §2326d
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary may enter into agreements to assume the operation and maintenance costs of an alternative project to maintenance dredging for a Federal navigation channel if the costs of the operation and maintenance of the alternative project, and any remaining costs necessary for maintaining the Federal navigation channel, are less than the costs of maintaining such channel without the alternative project.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, and also as part of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, also known as the WIIN Act, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
“Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 1002 of Pub. L. 114–322, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 2326d
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73