33 USC § 2240 - Emergency response services

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s2240"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 2240 - Emergency response services"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "2240"
section_name: "Emergency response services"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "HARBOR DEVELOPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–662, title II, § 212, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4107.)"
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# § 2240. Emergency response services

**(a)** **Grants** The Secretary is authorized to make grants to any non-Federal interest operating a project for a harbor for provision of emergency response services in such harbor (including contingency planning, necessary personnel training, and the procurement of equipment and facilities either by the non-Federal interest, by a local agency or municipality, or by a combination of local agencies or municipalities on a cost-reimbursable basis, either by a cooperative agreement, mutual aid plan, or mutual assistance plan entered into between one or more non-Federal interests, public agencies, or local municipalities).

**(b)** **Authorization of appropriations** September 30, 1986October 1, 1992

There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after , and ending before , $5,000,000.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–662, title II, § 212, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4107.)