§701b–15 Non-federal Plans to Provide Additional Flood Risk Reduction

Summary

If a local government or other non-Federal group asks, the Secretary must carry out a locally preferred plan that gives a higher level of flood protection than the usual authorized project, but only if two things are true: the plan can be built and won’t harm the environment, and the plan’s benefits are greater than its costs. If the Secretary approves and builds such a plan, the federal government’s share of the cost must not be larger than the federal cost share that the law already sets for parts of the national economic development plan.