§2289b Stormwater Management Projects

Summary

The Secretary must set up a program to study and build projects with non-Federal partners to control, hold, and reuse stormwater for flood control. Projects that help cities and that manage flows under 800 cubic feet per second for the 10-percent flood get priority. The work should use natural and nature-based features whenever possible and try to reclaim, recycle, and reuse flood and stormwater when appropriate. Local partners must provide all land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations needed, and that value counts toward their share. Work starts only after a binding agreement where the partner pays their construction share and 100% of operation, maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation costs under the Secretary’s rules. Studies are 50% Federal (the first $100,000 fully Federal). The non-Federal share for construction is 35%. No single study or project can get more than $10,000,000 in Federal money. Up to $50,000,000 may be provided each fiscal year to run the program.