[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR203.15]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 DEFENSE
 
PART 203_EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT OF ARMY AND OTHER RESOURCES, NATURAL DISASTER 
 
                         Subpart A_Introduction
 
Sec.  203.15  Definitions.

    The following definitions are applicable throughout this part:
    Federal project. A project constructed by the Corps, and 
subsequently turned over to a local sponsor for operations and 
maintenance responsibility. This definition also includes any project 
specifically designated as a Federal project by an Act of Congress.
    Flood control project: A project designed and constructed to have 
appreciable and dependable effects in preventing damage from irregular 
and unusual rises in water level. For a multipurpose project, only those 
components that are necessary for the flood control function are 
considered eligible for Rehabilitation Assistance.
    Governor. All references in part 203 to the Governor of a State also 
refer to: the Governors of United States commonwealths, territories, and 
possessions; and the Mayor of Washington, D.C.
    Hurricane/Shore Protection Project (HSPP). A flood control project 
designed and constructed to have appreciable and predictable effects in 
preventing damage to developed areas from the impacts of hurricanes, 
tsunamis, and coastal storms. These effects are primarily to protect 
against wave action, storm surge, wind, and the complicating factors of 
extraordinary high tides. HSPP's include projects known as shore 
protection projects, shore protection structures, periodic nourishment 
projects, shore enhancement projects, and similar terms. Components of 
an HSPP may include both hard (permanent construction) and soft 
(sacrificial, i.e., sand) features.
    Non-Federal project. A project constructed with non-Federal funds, 
or a project constructed by tribal, State, local, or private interests, 
or a component of such a project. A project constructed under Federal 
emergency disaster authorities, such as Public Law 84-99 or the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 5121, et seq.) (hereinafter referred to as the Stafford Act), is 
a non-Federal project unless it repairs or replaces an existing Federal 
project. Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects, and projects 
funded completely or partially by other (non-Corps) Federal agencies, 
are considered non-Federal projects for the application of Public Law 
84-99 authority.
    Non-Federal sponsor. A non-Federal sponsor is a public entity that 
is a legally constituted public body with full authority and capability 
to perform the terms of its agreement as the non-Federal partner of the 
Corps for a project, and able to pay damages, if necessary, in the event 
of its failure to perform. A non-Federal sponsor may be a State, County, 
City, Town, Federally recognized Indian Tribe or tribal organization, 
Alaska Native Corporation, or any political subpart of a State or group 
of states that has the legal and financial authority and capability to 
provide the necessary cash contributions and LERRD's necessary for the 
project.
    Repair and rehabilitation. The term ``repair and rehabilitation'' 
means the repair or rebuilding of a flood control structure, after the 
structure has been damaged by a flood, hurricane, or coastal storm, to 
the level of protection provided by the structure prior to the flood, 
hurricane, or coastal storm. ``Repair and rehabilitation'' does not 
include improvements (betterments) to

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the structure, nor does ``repair and rehabilitation'' include any repair 
or rebuilding of a flood control structure that, in the normal course of 
usage, has become structurally unsound and is no longer fit to provide 
the level of protection for which it was designed.