33 U.S.C. § 3306: Certain levee improvements

Summary

At a local government's request, the Secretary may give technical help, for which the local government must pay, to figure out why a federally built levee that the local government owns or runs is not approved by FEMA. This authority applies even with section 211 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (31 U.S.C. 6505 note). If a levee the Secretary owns is connected by water to that local levee, the Secretary should work with the local governments as much as possible on the review. This does not change a local government's duty to operate and maintain its flood control work, and it does not force the Secretary to spend extra federal money on levees the Secretary owns.

Title 33, §3306

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(a)In general

Notwithstanding section 211 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (31 U.S.C. 6505 note), the Secretary, at the request of a local government, is authorized to provide technical services, on a reimbursable basis, to the local government to assess the reasons a federally constructed levee owned or operated by the local government is not accredited by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(b)Federal levees

In carrying out this section, in a case in which a levee owned and operated by the Secretary is hydraulically tied to a levee described in subsection (a), the Secretary is encouraged to cooperate, to the maximum extent practicable, with the relevant local governmental entities in assessing the reasons the levee described in subsection (a) is not accredited.

(c)Limitation

Nothing in this section

(1)

(2)obligates the Secretary to expend additional Federal resources on levees owned and operated by the Secretary.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 211 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, referred to in subsec. (a), is section 211 of Pub. L. 106–541, which is set out as a note under section 6505 of Title 31, Money and Finance. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018, and also as part of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, and not as part of the National Levee Safety Act of 2007 which comprises this chapter.

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.

§3306 Certain Levee Improvements