Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§701i Elimination from protection of areas subject to evacuation

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 15— - FLOOD CONTROL › § 701i

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Chief of Engineers can change a levee or flood-wall project to leave out part or all of an area if doing so would cut construction costs a lot. The area left out would no longer get protection from that project. A sum not much larger than the money saved may be used by the Chief, or given to another federal agency, to pay for moving people out of the removed area and helping them recover. The Chief can also make agreements with States, local agencies, or the people affected to carry out the move and recovery, and repay them from that sum for the expenses they actually incur.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §701i

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In any case where the construction cost of levees or flood walls included in any authorized project can be substantially reduced by the evacuation of a portion or all of the area proposed to be protected and by the elimination of that portion or all of the area from the protection to be afforded by the project, the Chief of Engineers may modify the plan of said project so as to eliminate said portion or all of the area: Provided, That a sum not substantially exceeding the amount thus saved in construction cost may be expended by the Chief of Engineers, or in his discretion may be transferred to any other appropriate Federal agency for expenditure, toward the evacuation of the locality eliminated from protection and the rehabilitation of the persons so evacuated: And provided further, That the Chief of Engineers may, if he so desires, enter into agreement with States, local agencies, or the individuals concerned for the accomplishment by them, of such evacuation and rehabilitation and for their reimbursement from said sum for expenditures actually incurred by them for this purpose.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 701i

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73