33 U.S.C. § 3306 — Certain levee improvements
submitted 8 years ago by Pub. L. 115-270 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 167 words · no verdicts yet
At a local government’s request, the Secretary may provide reimbursable technical services to determine why a federally built levee is not accredited by FEMA. The section encourages cooperation when a Federal levee is hydraulically connected to it and preserves local operation duties.
(a) In general. Despite section 211 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, the Secretary may, at a local government’s request, provide technical services on a reimbursable basis. The services may assess why a federally constructed levee* owned or operated by the local government is not accredited by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(b) Federal levees. If a levee owned and operated by the Secretary is hydraulically connected to the levee in subsection (a), the Secretary is encouraged, as far as practicable, to cooperate with the relevant local governments in assessing why the subsection (a) levee is not accredited.
(c) Limitation. Nothing here: (1) changes a local government’s responsibility to operate and maintain its flood-control infrastructure; or (2) requires the Secretary to spend additional Federal resources on levees owned and operated by the Secretary.
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.
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.
Nothing in this section—
affects the responsibilities of a local government to operate and maintain its flood control infrastructure; or
obligates the Secretary to expend additional Federal resources on levees owned and operated by the Secretary.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 115–270, title I, § 1123, Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3779.)
- 2018Enacted · Pub. L. 115-270 · 132 Stat. 3779
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 115-270 on 2018-10-23.
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