Federal · Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

33 U.S.C. § 426e: Clarification of munition disposal authorities

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the Secretary has carried out a project under civil works authority of the Secretary that includes placing sand on a beach; and as a result of the project described in paragraph (1), military munitions that were originally released as a result of Department of Defense activities are deposited on the beach, posing a threat to human health or the environment. A response action described in subsection (a) shall be reimbursed from amounts made available to the agency within the Department of Defense responsible for the original release of the munitions.

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