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lose any of its utility or value, it stands alone. When recreation facilities stand alone, the Corps
should not participate in their development (ER 1165-2-400, Appendix B).
(3) Access, health and safety. The Corps may participate in facility development to provide
access to and along the project features. The development of these facilities should not involve
extensive structural modification of the terrain and may include rest areas and picnic facilities.
Ideally, these facilities would be a part of a larger non-Corps recreation plan, such as a regional
trail system, or provide access to other non-Federal recreation facilities or areas.
b. Check List of Recreation Facilities. A checklist of recreation facilities which may be cost
shared at new ecosystem restoration projects is provided at the end of this appendix.
Exceptions to the approved recreation facilities must be fully justified and approved by CECW-
P prior to submitting the project report. Facilities to be cost shared are limited to standard
designs consistent with the natural environment of the surrounding area but should not include
embellishments such as decorative stone work planters, elaborate designs or be ostentatious.
Recreation development must be provided on the lands needed and acquired for the basic
ecosystem restoration project, except that additional recreation land may be acquired if needed
for access, parking, potable water, sanitation and related development for health, safety and
public access. Where appropriate, recreation at ecosystem restoration projects should be
designed for day use only, precluding the need of extensive night lighting. Plans should seek to
optimize public use in harmony with the objectives of the restoration project over the period of
analysis. Without a non-Federal sponsor to cost share recreation, ecosystem restoration
projects should not encourage public use (ER 1165-2-400, Appendix C).
c. Economic Justification. Reports recommending recreation development will clearly
present the formulation and justification of the recreation plan to be recommended for Federal
implementation. Federal participation should be limited to support development that capitalizes
on the recreation potential afforded by the ecosystem restoration project. Incremental
justification of recreation features will be demonstrated in the report. The addition of recreation
to the plan will not influence formulation of the basic ecosystem restoration project which must
produce monetary and/or non-monetary benefits which justify the monetary and/or non-
monetary costs without recreation. The report will include a description of the competing
recreation facilities, their existing and expected future use with and without the project, and the
unfulfilled demand for the recreation facilities as identified in such documents as the Statewide
Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan. Recreation benefits, costs and cost sharing must be
shown separately (ER 1105-2-100, Chapters 2 and 4).
d. Ten Percent Limit Rule. The level of financial participation in recreation development by
the Corps at an otherwise justifiable project may not increase the Federal cost of the ecosystem
restoration project by more than ten percent without prior approval of the Assistant Secretary of
the Army (Civil Works). The purpose of this limit is to concentrate scarce Civil Works funds
on high priority ecosystem restoration features rather than recreation development. The ten
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