EP 1130-2-550
15 Nov 96
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
1-1. Purpose. This chapter establishes guidance for the management of recreation programs and
activities, and for the operation and maintenance of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
recreation facilities and related structures, at civil works water resource projects and supplements ER
1130-2-510, Recreation Operations and Maintenance Policies.
1-2. Applicability. This guidance applies to all USACE commands having responsibility for civil
works functions.
1-3. References. See Appendix A.
1-4. Glossary.
a. General Plan. The plan required, pursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
(reference Appendix A, paragraph 5) for lands and waters where the fish and wildlife resources
are to be developed and managed by another agency, and for authorized mitigation lands managed
by the Corps. Plans will be approved jointly by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the
Interior, and the head of the State Fish and Wildlife agency. A General Plan is not necessary
when operation and management of the project provides for fish and wildlife incidental to other
Corps activities.
b. Interpretive Services. Communication and education processes provided to internal
and external audiences, which support the accomplishment of Corps missions, tell the Corps
story, and reveal the meanings of, and relationships between, natural, cultural, and created
environments and their features.
c. Land Allocation. The identification and documentation of lands at Civil Works
projects in accordance with the authorized purposes for which they were or are to be acquired.
There are four primary land allocation categories applicable to Corps projects; (1) operations (i.e.,
flood control, hydropower, etc.), (2) recreation, (3) fish and wildlife, and (4) mitigation.
d. Land Classification. All lands are acquired for authorized project purposes and
allocated for these uses. The classification process is a further distribution of project lands by
management categories which, based upon resources available and public needs, will provide for
full utilization while protecting project resources.
e. Master Plan. The document guiding the use and development of the natural and
manmade resources of a given project or group of projects.
f. Official Use. Use by an employee, agent or designated representative of the Federal
Government or one of its contractors in the course of his employment, agency, or representation.
g. Off-road Vehicle. Any motorized vehicle designed for or capable of cross-country
travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, or other natural
terrain; except that such term excludes (1) any registered motorboat, (2) any military, fire,
ambulance or law enforcement vehicle when used for emergency purposes and (3) any vehicle
whose use is authorized by the Commander, HQUSACE, or a properly designated representative,
under a permit, lease, license or contract.
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