EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
facilities to increase visitation may be added at existing Corps owned
and operated reservoir and lock and dam projects where such recreation
work is on Corps-owned project lands (or on project lands dedicated to
this purpose) and is an authorized purpose of, but not a separable
element of, a project for which construction was initiated between
June 9, 1965 and April 30, 1986. In implementing the aforementioned
recreation facilities under the Construction General (CG) Program, the
model Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) for Recreation Cost-Shared
in Accordance with Public Law 89-72 must be used, but only after
construction funds have been appropriated and allocated for the
planned recreation features.
a. Cost Allocation. Recreation costs for multiple-purpose
reservoirs, including reservoirs created by navigation improvements,
are allocated by using the Separable Costs-Remaining Benefits (SCRB)
method. Costs allocated to recreation at non-reservoir projects are
confined to the specific incremental costs of the added lands and
facilities. The added cost of modifying the design for maintenance,
repair, rehabilitation, or reconstruction to protect recreational uses
at Civil Works projects, or for alternative provision of recreation
facilities, will be allocated to recreation and will be cost shared in
accordance with Section 103 of WRDA 1986.
b.
Cost Apportionment.
(1) Reservoirs. The Federal Government assumes joint costs
allocated to recreation and not more than one-half of the separable
first costs of construction of recreation facilities, including
one-half of the cost of any project lands acquired specifically for
recreation. The non-Federal entity must assume: a) at least one-half
of the separable first cost of post-authorization planning and
construction of recreation facilities, including project land acquired
specifically for recreation and b) all costs and full responsibility
for the operation maintenance, replacement, and management of
recreation lands and facilities.
(2) Non-Reservoir Projects. Reports proposing recreation
facilities in accordance with paragraph 17-3.a will recommend that the
non-Federal entity provide fee title (other than for access roads, for
which easements may suffice) to project lands required for development
and control of the recreation areas. If these are lands needed to
support the basic project functions, they are not allocated to
recreation. However, any separable lands (that is, additional lands
needed for public access, health and safety), or increase in real
estate interest in land within the boundary acquired for the basic
non-reservoir project (e.g., from permanent easement to fee), are
credited towards the non-Federal sponsor's 50 percent share of the
recreation development costs. Where the appraised value of separable
lands or increase in real estate interest so provided amounts to less
than 50 percent of the total first cost of the recreation development,
the non-Federal sponsor must make additional contributions sufficient
to bring the non-Federal share to at least that level. This
additional contribution may consist of the actual cost of carrying out
an agreed-upon portion of the development, a cash contribution at the
time of construction or a combination of both. The non-Federal entity
must OMRR&R without expense to the Federal Government the
recreational areas and all installed facilities.
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