§1962d–5f Beach Nourishment

Summary

The Secretary of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, can keep providing periodic beach nourishment for projects that were approved for a limited time. That extension can last as long as needed but cannot go past the 50th year after construction begins. A local or non‑Federal partner can ask the Secretary to study whether nourishment should be extended up to 50 more years beyond that limit. Any extra years start on the date construction began for the approved nourishment. As part of that study, the non‑Federal partner must give a plan to lower risk to people and property during the project’s life. The Secretary must include that plan when sending recommendations to Congress, submit recommendations to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and put items needing Congress’s approval into the next annual report to Congress required by law. For projects whose maximum nourishment period would expire within the 16‑year period beginning on June 10, 2014, the project stays eligible for nourishment for 12 more years after that expiration.