§2335 — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can work with the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, the heads of the EPA and NOAA, other federal, state, and local agencies, and private groups to make a plan to fight toxic microorganisms and fix damaged tidal and nontidal wetlands and waters. The Secretary can also give planning, design, and technical help to each state to carry out nonregulatory fixes and restore aquatic areas. The federal share of project costs can be no more than 65 percent. Non‑federal partners must pay 100 percent of operation and maintenance costs for projects built with this help. Congress authorized $7,000,000 starting in fiscal year 2000 to fund this work.

Title 33, §2335

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary may cooperate with the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, the Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, other appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, and affected private entities, in the development of a management strategy to address problems associated with toxic microorganisms and the resulting degradation of ecosystems in the tidal and nontidal wetlands and waters of the United States.

(b)As part of the management strategy, the Secretary may provide planning, design, and other technical assistance to each participating State in the development and implementation of nonregulatory measures to mitigate environmental problems and restore aquatic resources.

(c)The Federal share of the cost of measures undertaken under this section shall not exceed 65 percent.

(d)The non-Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance provided under this section shall be 100 percent.

(e)There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $7,000,000 for the period beginning with fiscal year 2000.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, 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 2 of Pub. L. 106–53, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

§2335 Coastal aquatic habitat management

Summary

Title 33, §2335

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Citations & Metadata