Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§702o Mississippi River and Tributaries Project
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 15— - FLOOD CONTROL › § 702o
Summary
After a flood uses an MR&T floodway or backwater by overtopping or crevassing to relieve pressure, the Secretary must quickly restore the damaged levees and allow consultation. Mississippi River and Tributaries Project — authorized May 15, 1928 (Chap. 569; 45 Stat. 534).
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Title 33, §702o
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(a)After any flood event requiring operation or activation of any floodway or backwater feature within the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project through natural overtopping of a Federal levee or artificial crevassing of a Federal levee to relieve pressure on the levees elsewhere in the system, the Secretary shall expeditiously reset and restore the damaged floodway’s levees.
(b)In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide an opportunity for consultation with affected communities.
(c)The term “Mississippi River and Tributaries Project” means the Mississippi River and Tributaries project authorized by the Act of May 15, 1928 (Chap. 569; 45 Stat. 534).
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The act of
May 15, 1928, referred to in subsec. (c), is act
May 15, 1928, ch. 569, 45 Stat. 534, which enacted section 702a, 702b to 702d, 702e to 702g, 702h, 702i, 702j, 702k, 702l, 702m, and 704 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
“Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 102 of Pub. L. 115–270, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.
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33 U.S.C. § 702o
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73