Beneficial use of dredged material

The Secretary is authorized to carry out projects for the beneficial use of dredged material, including projects for the purposes of— reducing the costs of dredging and dredged material placement or disposal, such as projects that use dredged material for— In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall— select projects solely on the basis of— The Secretary shall establish regional beneficial use teams to identify and assist in the implementation of projects under this section. For each regional beneficial use team established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall appoint the Commander of the relevant division of the Corps of Engineers to serve as the head of the team. The membership of each regional beneficial use team shall include— The Secretary shall carry out this section in a manner that— Projects carried out under this section shall be subject to the cost-sharing requirements applicable to projects carried out under section 2326 of this title. Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if the cost of transporting and depositing dredged material for a project carried out under this section exceeds the cost of carrying out those activities pursuant to any other water resources project in accordance, if applicable, with the Federal standard (as defined in section 335.7 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations), the Secretary may not require the non-Federal interest to bear the additional cost of such activities. Not later than 2 years after December 16, 2016, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that includes— The projects carried out under this section shall be carried out notwithstanding the definition of the term “Federal standard” in section 335.7 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations.