Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§17094 Storm Water Runoff Requirements for Federal Development Projects

Title 42 › Chapter 152— ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY › Subchapter III— ENERGY SAVINGS IN BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRY › Part C— High-Performance Federal Buildings › § 17094

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Project sponsors must use site planning, design, construction, and maintenance methods so that work at a Federal facility with a footprint over 5,000 square feet keeps or restores how stormwater behaved before the site was built, as much as is technically possible. That means the water’s temperature, how fast it flows, how much there is, and how long it runs should match predevelopment conditions.

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Title 42, §17094

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The sponsor of any development or redevelopment project involving a Federal facility with a footprint that exceeds 5,000 square feet shall use site planning, design, construction, and maintenance strategies for the property to maintain or restore, to the maximum extent technically feasible, the predevelopment hydrology of the property with regard to the temperature, rate, volume, and duration of flow.

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Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 17094

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60