Us Code § 2815a - Stormwater management projects for installation and defense access road resilience and waterway and ecosystems conservation
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§ 2815a. Stormwater management projects for installation and defense access road resilience and waterway and ecosystems conservation
(a)
(1) improving military installation resilience or the resilience of a defense access road or other essential civilian infrastructure supporting the military installation; and
(2) protecting nearby waterways and stormwater-stressed ecosystems.
(b)
(1) An authorized military construction project.
(2) An unspecified minor military construction project under section 2805 of this title, including using appropriations available for operation and maintenance subject to the limitation in subsection (c) of such section.
(3) A military installation resilience project under section 2815 of this title, including the use of appropriations available for operations and maintenance subject to the limitation of subsection (e)(3) of such section.
(4) A defense community infrastructure resilience project under section 2391(d) of this title.
(5) A construction project under section 2914 of this title.
(6) A reserve component facility project under section 18233 of this title.
(7) A defense access road project under section 210 of title 23.
(c)
(d)
(1) The installation, expansion, or refurbishment of stormwater ponds and other water-slowing and retention measures.
(2) The installation of permeable pavement in lieu of, or to replace existing, nonpermeable pavement.
(3) The use of planters, tree boxes, cisterns, and rain gardens to reduce stormwater runoff.
(e)
(f)
(A) the status of planned and active stormwater management projects carried out by that Secretary under this section; and
(B) all projects completed by the Secretary concerned during the previous fiscal year.
(2) Each report shall include the following information with respect to each stormwater management project described in the report:
(A) The title, location, a brief description of the scope of work, the original project cost estimate, and the current working cost estimate.
(B) The rationale for how the project will—
(i) improve military installation resilience or the resilience of a defense access road or other essential civilian infrastructure supporting a military installation; and
(ii) protect waterways and stormwater-stressed ecosystems.
(C) Such other information as the Secretary concerned considers appropriate.
(g)
(1) The term "defense access road" means a road certified to the Secretary of Transportation as important to the national defense under the provisions of section 210 of title 23.
(2) The terms "facility" and "State" have the meanings given those terms in section 18232 of this title.
(3) The term "military installation" includes a facility of a reserve component owned by a State rather than the United States.
(4) The term "military installation resilience" has the meaning given that term in section 101(e)(8) 1 of this title.
(5) The term "Secretary concerned" means—
(A) the Secretary of a military department with respect to military installations under the jurisdiction of that Secretary; and
(B) the Secretary of Defense with respect to matters concerning the Defense Agencies and facilities of a reserve component owned by a State rather than the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 117–81, div. B, title XXVIII, §2803, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2186.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 101(e)(8) of this title, referred to in subsec. (g)(4), was redesignated section 101(f)(8) of this title, and a new subsec. (e) of section 101 was added, by Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, §1713(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 625.
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