33 USC § 2905 - Estuary habitat restoration strategy

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title: "33 USC § 2905 - Estuary habitat restoration strategy"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "2905"
section_name: "Estuary habitat restoration strategy"
chapter_number: 42
chapter_name: "ESTUARY RESTORATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 106–457, title I, § 106, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1963.)"
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# § 2905. Estuary habitat restoration strategy

**1** **In general** November 7, 2000[^1]

Not later than 1 year after , the Council,  shall develop an estuary habitat restoration strategy designed to ensure a comprehensive approach to maximize benefits derived from estuary habitat restoration projects and to foster the coordination of Federal and non-Federal activities related to restoration of estuary habitat.

So in original. The comma probably should not appear.

**(b)** **Goal** The goal of the strategy shall be the restoration of 1,000,000 acres of estuary habitat by the year 2010.

**(c)** **Integration of estuary habitat restoration plans, programs, and partnerships** In developing the estuary habitat restoration strategy, the Council shall—

**(1)** conduct a review of estuary management or habitat restoration plans and Federal programs established under other laws that authorize funding for estuary habitat restoration activities; and

**(2)** ensure that the estuary habitat restoration strategy is developed in a manner that is consistent with the estuary management or habitat restoration plans.

**(d)** **Elements of the strategy** The estuary habitat restoration strategy shall include proposals, methods, and guidance on—

**(1)** maximizing the incentives for the creation of new public-private partnerships to carry out estuary habitat restoration projects and the use of Federal resources to encourage increased private sector involvement in estuary habitat restoration activities;

**(2)** ensuring that the estuary habitat restoration strategy will be implemented in a manner that is consistent with the estuary management or habitat restoration plans;

**(3)** promoting estuary habitat restoration projects to—

**(A)** provide healthy ecosystems in order to support—

**(i)** wildlife, including endangered and threatened species, migratory birds, and resident species of an estuary watershed; and

**(ii)** fish and shellfish, including commercial and recreational fisheries;

**(B)** improve surface and ground water quality and quantity, and flood control;

**(C)** provide outdoor recreation; and

**(D)** address other areas of concern that the Council determines to be appropriate for consideration;

**(4)** addressing the estimated historic losses, estimated current rate of loss, and extent of the threat of future loss or degradation of each type of estuary habitat;

**(5)** measuring the rate of change for each type of estuary habitat;

**(6)** selecting a balance of smaller and larger estuary habitat restoration projects; and

**(7)** ensuring equitable geographic distribution of projects funded under this chapter.

**(e)** **Public review and comment** Before the Council adopts a final or revised estuary habitat restoration strategy, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a draft of the estuary habitat restoration strategy and provide an opportunity for public review and comment.

**(f)** **Periodic revision** Using data and information developed through project monitoring and management, and other relevant information, the Council may periodically review and update, as necessary, the estuary habitat restoration strategy.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 106–457, title I, § 106, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1963.)