Texas Administrative Code
Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
Part 1 - GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Chapter 26 - COASTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Subchapter B - GOALS AND POLICIES
Section 26.34 - Policies for Levee and Flood Control Projects
Current through Reg. 49, No. 52; December 27, 2024
(a) Drainage, reclamation, channelization, levee construction or modification, or flood- or floodwater-control infrastructure projects shall be designed, constructed, and maintained to avoid the impoundment and draining of coastal wetlands to the greatest extent practicable. If impoundment or draining of coastal wetlands cannot be avoided, adverse effects to the wetlands shall be mitigated in accordance with the sequencing requirements in §26.23 of this title (relating to Policies for Development in Critical Areas).
(b) TCEQ rules and approvals for the levee construction, modification, drainage, reclamation, channelization, or flood- or floodwater-control projects, pursuant to the Texas Water Code, § 16.236, shall comply with the policies in this section.