[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR337.7]

[Page 607]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
 CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                 DEFENSE
 
PART 337_PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  337.7  Emergency actions.

    After obtaining approval from the division engineer, the district 
engineer will respond to emergency situations on an expedited basis, 
complying with the procedures of this regulation to the maximum degree 
practicable. The district engineer will issue a public notice describing 
the emergency in accordance with Sec.  337.1, if such a notice is 
practicable in view of the emergency situation; such a public notice 
should be forwarded to all appropriate Federal and state agencies. The 
district engineer should prepare a section 404(b)(1) evaluation report 
and, as necessary, an environmental assessment, if this is practicable 
in view of the emergency situation. If comments are received from the 
public notice which, in the judgment of the district engineer, reveal 
the necessity of modifying the emergency operation, the district 
engineer should take appropriate measures to modify the emergency 
operation to reduce, avoid, or minimize adverse environmental impacts. 
If the district engineer, after receiving comments from the public 
notice, determines that the emergency action would constitute a major 
Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment, he should, after consultation with the division engineer, 
coordinate with the Council on Environmental Quality about alternative 
arrangements for compliance with the NEPA in accordance with 40 CFR 
1506.11 to the extent that it is practicable in view of the emergency 
situation. District engineers should consult with the appropriate state 
officials to seek water quality certification or waiver of 
certification, and should certify that the Federal action is consistent 
to the maximum extent practicable with an approved coastal zone 
management plan for emergency activities, to the extent that is 
practicable in view of the emergency.