### Question
Can you define what eligible operations and maintenance means?


### Answer
**Eligible operations and maintenance** is defined as the following in *33 U.S.C. § 2241*:

> all Federal operations, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation, including (i) maintenance dredging reasonably necessary to maintain the width and nominal depth of any harbor or inland harbor

#### Citation:
  - *33 U.S.C. § 2241*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 36-WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT > SUBCHAPTER II-HARBOR DEVELOPMENT**

