EP 1165-2-502
30 Sep 99
l. ER 1165-2-28, Corps of Engineers Participation in Improvements for Environmental
Quality
m. ER 1165-2-119, Modifications to Completed Projects
n. ER 1165-2-132, Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) - Guidance for Civil
Works Projects.
o. ER 1165-2-400, Recreational Planning, Development, and Management Policies.
p. ER 1165-2-501, Civil Works Ecosystem Restoration Policy.
q. EP 1165-2-1, Digest of Water Resources Policies and Authorities.
r. "Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land
Resources Implementation Studies," (P&G), U.S. Water Resources Council, 1983.
s. Memorandum of Understanding to Foster the Ecosystem Approach, 15 December 1995.
4. Distribution. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.
5. Authorities. National policy concerning the protection, restoration, conservation and
management of ecological resources is provided through numerous Federal laws, executive orders
and treaties promulgated in recent decades. These provisions include compliance requirements
and emphasize protecting environmental quality. They also endorse Federal efforts to advance
environmental goals, and a number of these general statements declare it national policy that full
consideration be given to the opportunities which projects afford to ecological resources. Recent
water resources authorizations have enhanced opportunities for Corps involvement in studies and
projects to specifically address objectives related to the restoration of ecological resources.
Specific authorities for new individual studies and projects to restore ecological resources have
also been provided in legislation. Examples of legislation that broadly supports Federal
involvement in the restoration and protection of ecological resources are provided in Table 1.
Table 1. Examples of legislation which broadly or specifically support Corps Civil Works involvement in
ecosystem restoration and protection.
- Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958, as amended
- Federal Water Project Recreation Act of 1965, as amended
- National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended
- Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended
- Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, as amended
- Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended
- Water Resource Development Acts of 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996
- Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act of 1990 (Title III of P.L. 101-646)
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