Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§2326j Transfer of suitable dredged material
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2326j
Summary
The Secretary may give extra dredged material free to a non-Federal group. That group must pay to remove and transport it and must certify they accept all liability for removal and later use.
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Title 33, §2326j
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(1)The Secretary is authorized to make available to a non-Federal interest, at no additional cost, dredged material that the Secretary has determined is in excess of the amounts identified as needed for use by the Secretary.
(2)The non-Federal interest shall be responsible for all costs to remove and transport such material, and shall certify that the non-Federal interest is responsible for any and all liability related to the removal of such material or the use of such material once it is removed.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024, and also as part of the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024, 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. 118–272, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 2326j
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73