33 U.S.C. § 2346: Project administration

Summary

The Secretary must give every water resources project a unique tracking number. All Federal agencies must use that number for the life of the project. The Secretary must send the Library of Congress copies of final project reports prepared by the Corps of Engineers — such as feasibility studies, environmental impact statements, reevaluations, post‑authorization change reports, records of decision, and reports to Congress — and make each document available to the public, including a permanent electronic copy on the Internet.

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(a)Project tracking

The Secretary shall assign a unique tracking number to each water resources project under the jurisdiction of the Secretary to be used by each Federal agency throughout the life of the project.

(b)Report repository

(1)In general

The Secretary shall provide to the Library of Congress a copy of each final feasibility study, final environmental impact statement, final reevaluation report, final post-authorization change report, record of decision, and report to Congress prepared by the Corps of Engineers.

(2)Availability to public

Each document described in paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public, and an electronic copy of each document shall be made permanently available to the public through the Internet.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2016—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 114–322 inserted “final post-authorization change report,” after “final reevaluation report,”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

“Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 110–114, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

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