33 USC § 1297 - Guidelines for cost-effectiveness analysis

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s1297"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 1297 - Guidelines for cost-effectiveness analysis"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "1297"
section_name: "Guidelines for cost-effectiveness analysis"
chapter_number: 26
chapter_name: "WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 217, as added Pub. L. 95–217, § 41, Dec. 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 1582.)"
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# § 1297. Guidelines for cost-effectiveness analysis

Any guidelines for cost-effectiveness analysis published by the Administrator under this subchapter shall provide for the identification and selection of cost effective alternatives to comply with the objectives and goals of this chapter and sections 1281(b), 1281(d), 1281(g)(2)(A), and 1311(b)(2)(B) of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 217, as added Pub. L. 95–217, § 41, Dec. 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 1582.)