[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR279.4]



[Page 387]

 

                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                 DEFENSE

 

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.