Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§3910 State, tribal, and local permits
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION › § 3910
Summary
Federal funding doesn’t cancel the need to get any required State, local, or tribal permits or approvals. It also doesn’t stop those governments from regulating private investor returns or applying their laws and rules for building or running the project.
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Title 33, §3910
Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The provision of financial assistance for a project under this chapter shall not—
(1)relieve any recipient of the assistance of any obligation to obtain any required State, local, or tribal permit or approval with respect to the project;
(2)limit the right of any unit of State, local, or tribal government to approve or regulate any rate of return on private equity invested in the project; or
(3)otherwise supersede any State, local, or tribal law (including any regulation) applicable to the construction or operation of the project.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 3910
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73