FEDERAL · 16 U.S.C. · Chapter 59A
General provisions
16 U.S.C. § 3956
Title16 — Conservation
Chapter59A — WETLANDS
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16 U.S.C. § 3956.
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(a)Additional authority for Corps of Engineers
The Secretary is authorized to carry out projects for the protection, restoration, or enhancement of aquatic and associated ecosystems, including projects for the protection, restoration, or creation of wetlands and coastal ecosystems. In carrying out such projects, the Secretary shall give such projects equal consideration with projects relating to irrigation, navigation, or flood control.
(b)Study
The Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to study the feasibility of modifying the operation of existing navigation and flood control projects to allow for an increase in the share of the Mississippi River flows and sediment sent down the Atchafalaya River for purposes of land building and wetlands nourishment.
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Arkansas Wildlife Federation v. Arkansas Soil & Water Conservation Commission
233 S.W.3d 615 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 2006)
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History
(Pub. L. 101–646, title III, §307, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4787.)
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