{"identifier":"/us/usc/t33/s702o","title":33,"num":"\u00a7\u202f702o.","heading":"Mississippi River and Tributaries Project","text":"\u00a7\u202f702o.\nMississippi River and Tributaries Project\n(a)\nIn general\nAfter any flood event requiring operation or activation of any floodway or backwater feature within the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project through natural overtopping of a Federal levee or artificial crevassing of a Federal levee to relieve pressure on the levees elsewhere in the system, the Secretary shall expeditiously reset and restore the damaged floodway\u2019s levees.\n(b)\nConsultation\nIn carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide an opportunity for consultation with affected communities.\n(c)\nMississippi River and Tributaries Project\nThe term \u201cMississippi River and Tributaries Project\u201d means the Mississippi River and Tributaries project authorized by the Act of\nMay 15, 1928\n45 Stat. 534","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t33/s702o.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s702o","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f702o."},{"t":"heading","text":"Mississippi River and Tributaries Project"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s702o/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"After any flood event requiring operation or activation of any floodway or backwater feature within the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project through natural overtopping of a Federal levee or artificial crevassing of a Federal levee to relieve pressure on the levees elsewhere in the system, the Secretary shall expeditiously reset and restore the damaged floodway\u2019s levees.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s702o/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Consultation"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide an opportunity for consultation with affected communities.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s702o/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Mississippi River and Tributaries Project"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The term \u201cMississippi River and Tributaries Project\u201d means the Mississippi River and Tributaries project authorized by the Act of ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"May 15, 1928","tail":" (Chap. 569; "},{"t":"ref","text":"45 Stat. 534","href":"/us/stat/45/534","tail":")."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}