[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: 33CFR385.9]

[Page 623]
 
                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 
 
              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.