Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110
§2906 Monitoring of Estuary Habitat Restoration Projects
Title 33 › CHAPTER 42 — ESTUARY RESTORATION › § 2906
Summary
The Under Secretary must create and keep a public database of estuary habitat restoration projects. Under Secretary = the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere at the Department of Commerce. Working with the Council, the Under Secretary must list project methods, completion, monitoring, and other key facts; set standard formats and rules about what to collect and how often; compile data from federal, state, and local sources that meet quality rules using NOAA programs.
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Title 33, §2906
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(a)Under Secretary
In this section, the term “Under Secretary” means the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce.
(b)Database of restoration project information
The Under Secretary, in consultation with the Council, shall develop and maintain an appropriate database of information concerning estuary habitat restoration projects carried out under this chapter, including information on project techniques, project completion, monitoring data, and other relevant information.
(c)Monitoring data standards
The Under Secretary, in consultation with the Council, shall develop standard data formats for monitoring projects, along with requirements for types of data collected and frequency of monitoring.
(d)Coordination of data
The Under Secretary shall have general data compilation, coordination, and analysis responsibilities to carry out this chapter and in support of the strategy developed under this section, including compilation of information that pertains to estuary habitat restoration projects from other Federal, State, and local sources and that meets the quality control requirements and data standards established under this section.
(e)Use of existing programs
The Under Secretary shall use existing programs within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to create and maintain the database required under this section.
(f)Public availability
The Under Secretary shall make the information collected and maintained under this section available to the public.
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2007—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–114 substituted “have general data compilation, coordination, and analysis responsibilities to carry out this chapter and in support of the strategy developed under this section, including compilation of” for “compile”.
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33 U.S.C. § 2906
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110