[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR279.4]

[Page 378]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 
PART 279--RESOURCE USE: ESTABLISHMENT OF OBJECTIVES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 279.4  Definitions.

    For the purposes of this regulation:
    (a) Resource use objectives are clearly written statements, specific 
to a given project, which specify the attainable options for resource 
use as determined from study and analysis of resource capabilities and 
public needs (opportunities and problems).
    (b) Natural resources are those elements, features, conditions, 
etc., of land and water that can be characterized as physiographic, 
biological and/or aesthetic.
    (c) Public benefits are the tangible and intangible gains to society 
directly attributable to a water resource project that satisfy the 
expressed or observed needs of the public (i.e., individuals, groups, 
organizations and local, county, state and federal governmental 
agencies).
    (d) Boundary plans are Division/District wide maps clearly 
delineating the limits of each regional recreation market area for one 
or more Civil Works water resource projects.