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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development

§ 2335. Coastal aquatic habitat management

Statutory text

(a)

In general

The Secretary may cooperate with the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, the Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, other appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, and affected private entities, in the development of a management strategy to address problems associated with toxic microorganisms and the resulting degradation of ecosystems in the tidal and nontidal wetlands and waters of the United States.

(b)

Assistance

As part of the management strategy, the Secretary may provide planning, design, and other technical assistance to each participating State in the development and implementation of nonregulatory measures to mitigate environmental problems and restore aquatic resources.

(c)

Cost sharing

The Federal share of the cost of measures undertaken under this section shall not exceed 65 percent.

(d)

Operation and maintenance

The non-Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance provided under this section shall be 100 percent.

(e)

Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $7,000,000 for the period beginning with fiscal year 2000.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 106–53 title V § 559 · 113 Stat. 269

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 2335

    (Pub. L. 106–53, title V, § 559, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 354.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 106–53, title V, § 559, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 354.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 559. COASTAL AQUATIC HABITAT MANAGEMENT. (a) In General.— The Secretary may cooperate with the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, the Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, other appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, and affected private entities, in the development of a management strategy to address problems associated with toxic microorganisms and the resulting degradation of ecosystems in the tidal and nontidal wetlands and waters of the United States. (b) Assistance.— As part of the management strategy, the Secretary may provide planning, design, and other technical assistance to each participating State in the development and implementation of nonregulatory measures to mitigate environmental problems and restore aquatic resources. (c) Cost Sharing.— The Federal share of the cost of measures undertaken under this section shall not exceed 65 percent. (d) Operation and Maintenance.— The non-Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance provided under this section shall be 100 percent. (e) Authorization of Appropriations.— There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $7,000,000 for the period beginning with fiscal year 2000.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, 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. 106–53, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 106–53, title V, § 559, , 113 Stat. 354.)

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