§ 426n. — Technical assistance to States and local governments; cost sharing.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC426n]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 9--PROTECTION OF NAVIGABLE WATERS AND OF HARBOR AND RIVER
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY
SUBCHAPTER I--IN GENERAL
Sec. 426n. Technical assistance to States and local governments;
cost sharing
(a) Upon request of the Governor of a State, or the appropriate
official of local government, the Secretary is authorized to provide
designs, plans, and specifications, and such other technical assistance
as he deems advisable to such State or local government for its use in
carrying out--
(1) projects for removing accumulated snags and other debris,
and clearing and straightening channels in navigable streams and
tributaries thereof; and
(2) projects for renovating navigable streams and tributaries
thereof by means of predominantly nonstructural methods judged by
the Secretary to be cost effective, for the purpose of improved
drainage, water quality, and habitat diversity.
(b) The non-Federal share of the cost of any designs, plans,
specifications or technical assistance provided under subsection (a) of
this section shall be 50 percent.
(Pub. L. 99-662, title IX, Sec. 942, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4199.)
``Secretary'' Defined
Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2201 of this
title.
