{"identifier":"/us/usc/t33/s2316","title":33,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2316.","heading":"Environmental protection mission","text":"\u00a7\u202f2316.\nEnvironmental protection mission\n(a)\nGeneral rule\nThe Secretary shall include environmental protection as one of the primary missions of the Corps of Engineers in planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining water resources projects.\n(b)\nLimitation\nNothing in this section affects\u2014\n(1) existing Corps of Engineers\u2019 authorities, including its authorities with respect to navigation and flood control;\n(2) pending Corps of Engineers permit applications or pending lawsuits involving permits or water resources projects; or\n(3) the application of public interest review procedures for Corps of Engineers permits.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t33/s2316.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2316","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2316."},{"t":"heading","text":"Environmental protection mission"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2316/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"General rule"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary shall include environmental protection as one of the primary missions of the Corps of Engineers in planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining water resources projects.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2316/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Limitation"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"Nothing in this section affects\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2316/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" existing Corps of Engineers\u2019 authorities, including its authorities with respect to navigation and flood control;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2316/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" pending Corps of Engineers permit applications or pending lawsuits involving permits or water resources projects; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s2316/b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" the application of public interest review procedures for Corps of Engineers permits.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}