Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development
§ 2316. Environmental protection mission
Statutory text
General rule
The Secretary shall include environmental protection as one of the primary missions of the Corps of Engineers in planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining water resources projects.
Limitation
Nothing in this section affects—
existing Corps of Engineers’ authorities, including its authorities with respect to navigation and flood control;
pending Corps of Engineers permit applications or pending lawsuits involving permits or water resources projects; or
the application of public interest review procedures for Corps of Engineers permits.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Water Resources Development Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–640 title III § 306 · 104 Stat. 4604
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2316
(Pub. L. 101–640, title III, § 306, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4635.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–640, title III, § 306, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4635.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 306. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MISSION. (a) General Rule.— The Secretary shall include environmental protection as one of the primary missions of the Corps of Engineers in planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining water resources projects. (b) Limitation.— Nothing in this section affects— (1) existing Corps of Engineers’ authorities, including its authorities with respect to navigation and flood control; (2) pending Corps of Engineers permit applications or pending lawsuits involving permits or water resources projects; or (3) the application of public interest review procedures for Corps of Engineers permits.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
“Secretary” Defined
Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 101–640, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.