[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: 33CFR385.9]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

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

                                 DEFENSE

 

PART 385_PROGRAMMATIC REGULATIONS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES 

RESTORATION PLAN--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart B_Program Goals and Responsibilities

 

Sec.  385.9  Implementation principles.



    The Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management 

District and other non-Federal sponsors shall, in consultation with the 

Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the 

Department of Commerce, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, the 

Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Florida Department of Environmental 

Protection, and other Federal, State, and local agencies, conduct 

activities, including program-level activities, necessary to implement 

the Plan. Such activities shall be conducted as part of an integrated 

implementation program, in accordance with this part, and based on the 

following principles:

    (a) Individual projects shall be formulated, evaluated, and 

justified based on their ability to contribute to the goals and purposes 

of the Plan and on their ability to provide benefits that justify costs 

on a next-added increment basis.

    (b) Interim goals shall be established in accordance with Sec.  

385.38 to provide a means for evaluating restoration success of the Plan 

at specific time intervals during implementation. Interim targets to 

evaluate progress on providing for other water-related needs of the 

region provided for in the Plan shall be established in accordance with 

Sec.  385.39. Interim goals and interim targets shall be consistent with 

each other.

    (c) Endorsement of the Plan as a restoration framework is not 

intended as a constraint on innovation during implementation through the 

adaptive management process. Continuous improvement of the Plan shall be 

sought to ensure that new information resulting from changed or 

unforeseen circumstances, new scientific and technical information, new 

or updated modeling; information developed through the assessment 

principles contained in the Plan; and future authorized changes to the 

Plan are integrated into the implementation of the Plan. The adaptive 

management process provides a means for analyzing the performance of the 

Plan and assessing progress towards meeting the goals and purposes of 

the Plan as well as a basis for improving the performance of the Plan. 

Improving the performance of the Plan means enhancing the benefits of 

the Plan in terms of restoration of the natural system while providing 

for other water-related needs of the region, including water supply and 

flood protection.