EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
interests do not choose to sponsor and cost share in related
recreation facilities, the Corps is authorized to provide "minimum
facilities for public health and safety." (ER 1130-2-520)
d. Facilities at Completed Projects. When available, funds
for cost shared recreation development at completed projects and
correction of sanitary deficiencies are obtained from the Operations
and Maintenance General (O&MG) account. Currently, priority is not
accorded to budgeting O&MG funds for new cost shared recreational
developments. Under Section 926(b) of WRDA 1986 (Public Law 99-662),
the Corps has sufficient authority to acquire additional lands for
public park and recreation purposes. Were such lands provided by
local interests, the value of those lands would be credited towards
the local share of development costs. Just as for recreation
developments in connection with initial project implementations,
expenditure of Federal funds for the addition of recreation at
completed projects would require that a non-Federal public agency
enter into an agreement with the Corps to pay for not less than 50
percent of the cost of development and assume operations, maintenance
and replacement responsibility for the new facilities. Upgrading
sanitary facilities to meet Federal and state health standards may be
undertaken at 100 percent Federal cost where existing recreation areas
are managed directly by the Corps.
e. Reallocation of Reservoir Storage for Recreation. Many
projects, including those for which recreation facilities may have
been included under general provisions of the Flood Control Act of
1944, as amended, do not have separable storage costs for recreation.
In these circumstances recreation is an authorized project purpose but
it is secondary, as far as storage operation is concerned, to project
functions for which the storage was formulated. Any reallocation of
reservoir storage to provide more stable recreation levels that would
have a significant effect on other authorized purposes, or that would
involve major structural or operational change, requires Congressional
authorization. Costs reallocated to recreation will be established as
the highest of the benefits or revenues foregone, replacement costs,
or the updated cost of the storage, will be treated as a separable
cost, and will be subject to non-Federal cost sharing. (ER
1105-2-100)
f. Plan for Future Recreation Facilities. Optimally, each
primary or major recreation area is initially developed to a level of
two-thirds of its expected ultimate potential. Master plans are
maintained and updated showing facilities planned for future
development to meet the ultimate project recreation potential, to
achieve maximum consistency with authorized plans, and to insure that
planned future development is fully responsive to current recreation
and resource management policies. Lands designated for future
recreation development may be utilized for appropriate interim uses
until needed. (ER 1130-2-550, ER 1165-2-400)
g. Recreation Development at Ecosystem Restoration Projects.
The Corps may participate in the provision of cost shared outdoor
recreation facilities at single purpose ecosystem restoration projects
and projects under the authorities of Section 1135 of WRDA 1986
(Project Modifications for Improvement of the Environment), Section
204 of WRDA 1992 (Projects for Protection, Restoration, and Creation
of Aquatic and Ecologically Related Habitats, including Wetlands), and
Section 206 of WRDA 1996 (Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Projects),
subject to compliance with three major criteria: (1) philosophy and
checklist; (2) economic justification; and, (3) the ten percent limit
rule.
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