33 USC § 3910 - State, tribal, and local permits

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s3910"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 3910 - State, tribal, and local permits"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3910"
section_name: "State, tribal, and local permits"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE AND INNOVATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5031, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1342.)"
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# § 3910. State, tribal, and local permits

The provision of financial assistance for a project under this chapter shall not—

**(1)** relieve any recipient of the assistance of any obligation to obtain any required State, local, or tribal permit or approval with respect to the project;

**(2)** limit the right of any unit of State, local, or tribal government to approve or regulate any rate of return on private equity invested in the project; or

**(3)** otherwise supersede any State, local, or tribal law (including any regulation) applicable to the construction or operation of the project.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–121, title V, § 5031, June 10, 2014, 128 Stat. 1342.)