---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 2289"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "2289"
heading: "Urban and rural flood control frequency"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/2289"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Water Resources Development"
  - "Subchapter V — General Provisions"
---

# §2289. Urban and rural flood control frequency


In the preparation of [feasibility reports](/usc/33/2282d.md?p=i-2-A) for projects for flood damage prevention in urban and rural areas, the [Secretary](/usc/33/2201.md) may consider and evaluate measures to reduce or eliminate [damages](/usc/33/2701.md?p=5) from flooding without regard to frequency of flooding, drainage area, and amount of runoff. This section shall apply with respect to any project, or [separable element](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=3) thereof, the Federal share of the cost of which is less than $3,000,000.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 914, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4190.)