33 U.S.C. § 2262 : US Code - Section 2262: Survey of potential for use of certain facilities as hydroelectric facilities

Search 33 U.S.C. § 2262 : US Code - Section 2262: Survey of potential for use of certain facilities as hydroelectric facilities

(a) Survey authority
The Secretary shall, upon the request of local public officials,
survey the potential and methods for rehabilitating former
industrial sites, millraces, and similar types of facilities
already constructed for use as hydroelectric facilities. The
Secretary shall, upon request, provide technical assistance to
local public agencies, including electric cooperatives, in
designing projects to rehabilitate sites that have been surveyed,
or are qualified for such survey, under this section. The non-
Federal share of the cost of carrying out this section shall be 50
percent.
(b) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary, to
implement this section, the sum of $5,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years ending September 30, 1988, through September 30, 1992,
such sums to remain available until expended.