[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: 33CFR279.7]



[Page 388]

 

                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.  279.7  Information collection and preliminary analysis.



    (a) Data search. This effort consists of collecting existing data 

and accomplishing the minimum additional studies necessary to obtain the 

information required to generate and analyze the likely options. State 

and local agency input should be sought during this phase. The initial 

work will be to determine separately the options for resource use and 

public needs. A preliminary analysis comparing the two parts and their 

relationship to authorized project purposes and administrative 

constraints should be conducted prior to further public and agency 

input.

    (b) Project resources. The natural and man-made resources of the 

project area are to be identified and the inter-relationships analyzed 

to generate the options that are most viable to the overall region. The 

environmental information and analysis, among other things, should 

define and describe the physical limitations of the project, aquatic and 

terrestrial vegetation, game and non-game wildlife species and 

distribution, fisheries, terrain, soils, minerals, climate, capacity and 

sensitivity of these resources to public use, archaeological and 

historical resources, management techniques, and ecosystem interactions.

    (c) Social needs and benefits. The problems, opportunities, and 

desires of the people of the region to be served by the project must be 

identified in order to determine options that are in the best overall 

public interest. The basic approach for determining public needs and 

benefits is through a market analysis and a public involvement program. 

In considering options, the analysis as a minimum should include the 

indentification of the various publics served, views of other agencies 

and organizations, existing and planned recreational facilities in the 

market area of the consumer, the population base and distribution, 

institutional analysis of potential cost-sharing partners, constraints, 

the transportation network, the needs identified by local, State and 

Federal agencies, and the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan 

(SCORP).