Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§701i Elimination From Protection of Areas Subject to Evacuation
Title 33 › CHAPTER 15 — FLOOD CONTROL › § 701i
Summary
Allows the Chief of Engineers to change a levee or flood wall project to remove part or all of an area if evacuating that area would greatly cut construction costs. The money saved can be used to pay for evacuating the area and helping people recover, or it can be given to another federal agency for that purpose. The Chief can also make deals with states, local agencies, or the people affected to carry out the evacuation and pay them back for the actual costs from those saved funds.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §701i
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
In any case where the construction cost of levees or flood walls included in any authorized project can be substantially reduced by the evacuation of a portion or all of the area proposed to be protected and by the elimination of that portion or all of the area from the protection to be afforded by the project, the Chief of Engineers may modify the plan of said project so as to eliminate said portion or all of the area: Provided, That a sum not substantially exceeding the amount thus saved in construction cost may be expended by the Chief of Engineers, or in his discretion may be transferred to any other appropriate Federal agency for expenditure, toward the evacuation of the locality eliminated from protection and the rehabilitation of the persons so evacuated: And provided further, That the Chief of Engineers may, if he so desires, enter into agreement with States, local agencies, or the individuals concerned for the accomplishment by them, of such evacuation and rehabilitation and for their reimbursement from said sum for expenditures actually incurred by them for this purpose.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 701i
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102