§2289b Stormwater Management Projects

Summary

Create a program to study and build projects that control, hold, and reuse stormwater tied to flood control, working with non-Federal partners. The program must give priority to urban flood control projects, especially ones that manage stormwater flowing under 800 cubic feet per second for the 10-percent flood. Projects should use natural and nature-based features when possible and, where appropriate, try to reclaim, recycle, and reuse flood and stormwater. Non-Federal partners must provide all land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations needed, and the value of those things counts toward their share of costs. Construction can only start after a binding agreement that the partner will pay its construction share and will cover 100% of operation, maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation costs under rules set by the Secretary. Federal support pays 50% of study costs (the first $100,000 of a study is fully federal). Non-Federal must pay 35% of project costs. No single study or project can receive more than $10,000,000 in federal funds. Congress may appropriate up to $50,000,000 each fiscal year for the program.