§ 2262. — Survey of potential for use of certain facilities as hydroelectric facilities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC2262]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 36--WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER IV--WATER RESOURCES STUDIES
Sec. 2262. Survey of potential for use of certain facilities as
hydroelectric facilities
(a) Survey authority
The Secretary shall, upon the request of local public officials,
survey the potential and methods for rehabilitating former industrial
sites, millraces, and similar types of facilities already constructed
for use as hydroelectric facilities. The Secretary shall, upon request,
provide technical assistance to local public agencies, including
electric cooperatives, in designing projects to rehabilitate sites that
have been surveyed, or are qualified for such survey, under this
section. The non-Federal share of the cost of carrying out this section
shall be 50 percent.
(b) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, to
implement this section, the sum of $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years ending September 30, 1988, through September 30, 1992, such sums
to remain available until expended.
(Pub. L. 99-662, title VII, Sec. 703, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4156.)
