EP 1130-2-540
15 Nov 96
Type II - Land to be Managed by State for Migratory Birds
GENERAL PLAN
FOR USE OF PROJECT LANDS AND WATERS
FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
(Name of Project, State)
The Department of the Army, acting through the Corps of Engineers, under the authority of
(legislation)
has acquired certain lands in the State of
(name) for the construction,
operation and maintenance of
(project name) for _______________ and _______________
purposes; and the Secretary of the Army has determined that approximately (#) acres of the
project land and water areas, as shown on exhibit(s) ______________, attached hereto, are
available for fish and wildlife conservation and management purposes, consistent with the
specifically authorized purposes of the project.
The Secretary of the Interior finds that the project land and water areas shown on the exhibit(s)
attached hereto, have value in carrying out the National Migratory Bird Management Program.
Further, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Director of the
(state
agency) find that it would be in the public interest for these lands to be managed by the
(state agency) .
THEREFORE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF AND UNDER THE
AUTHORITY OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE COORDINATION ACT (48 Stat. 401, as
amended; 16 USC 661 et seq.) THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, THE SECRETARY OF
THE INTERIOR AND THE (Head of state agency) DO HEREBY APPROVE THIS
DOCUMENT AS A GENERAL PLAN AND AGREE THAT:
1. The land areas shown on Exhibit(s) _______________, dated _______________,
attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof, will be made available by the Secretary
of the Army to the (state agency) of the State of (name)
for administration for the
conservation and management of migratory birds and of other fish and wildlife.
2. Necessary details of agreement between the two agencies shall be mutually agreed to
and covered in an instrument (e.g. license) issued by the Department of the Army.
3. Further, in order to facilitate proper management and use of the project lands and
waters, adjustments may be made in the boundaries of the areas shown on the attached exhibits by
addition or deletion of tracts as may be mutually agreed upon by the
(state agency) and the
(Corps of Engineers
without amendment to this General Plan. Such adjustments will be
made by amendment of the aforementioned instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have affixed their signature and date thereof on
triplicate copies hereof, as follows:
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