§ 203.91 - General.

(a) Intent. The intent of these guidelines is to facilitate the evaluation of the design, construction and maintenance of non-Federal flood control facilities to determine eligiblity for repair under Pub. L. 84-99. Based on its common use the word “levees” will be used in this text to mean any flood control work.

(b) Level of detail. The evaluation will be made through site inspections and technical analyses by trained (experienced) Corps district technical staff. This inspection will assess the general functional and structural integrity of the levee for flood control purposes and will serve as a basis for determining Corps assistance. The guidelines are not intended to establish design standards for non-Federal levees, but to provide uniform procedures within the Corps for determining eligibility under Pub. L. 84-99. If the results of the Corps study are not acceptable to the levee owner, he may choose to provide his own detailed engineering study (certified by a qualified professional engineer) as a reclama to establish the elibility of his levee for Corps assistance.