EP 1165-2-502
30 Sep 99
percent limit should be viewed as an upper limit on Federal cost sharing and not as a goal for
expenditures. The cost of recreation facilities to be cost shared would normally be less than the
ten percent limit.
4. Cost Sharing. The cost of recreation facility development is shared 50/50 percent between
the Government and non-Federal sponsors. Separable lands required for public access, health,
and safety, are the responsibility of non-Federal sponsors, with crediting toward the sponsor's
50 percent share of development costs. Any cost in excess of 50 percent will be the
responsibility of the non-Federal sponsor and will not be reimbursed to the local sponsor by the
Federal government. The cost of lands provided by non-Federal sponsors for the basic project
are not included for recreation cost sharing purposes. Established policy permits credit towards
recreation cost sharing for incremental costs of increasing the real estate interests in land within
the boundary acquired for the basic ecosystem restoration project. Additional guidance is
provided in reference ER 1105-2-100. Operation, maintenance, replacement, repair and
rehabilitation costs are the responsibility of the local sponsor (ER 1165-2-400, Paragraph 7; ER
1105-2-100, Chapter 4).
5. Locally Preferred Plan. A non-Federal sponsor may desire to include recreation facilities
that are not on the enclosed checklist, are more elaborate than permitted, do not meet the "stand
alone" principle, exceed the ten percent limit rule, are not on lands required for the basic
ecosystem restoration project, or cannot be economically justified. Such facilities may be
recommended as the locally preferred plan only if they are compatible with the ecosystem
restoration purpose. The costs of planning and implementation of facilities provided as the
locally preferred plan must be financed by the non-Federal sponsor, cannot be included in the
benefit/cost ratio, and will not be credited against the sponsors share of cost shared facilities.
Should a locally preferred ecosystem restoration plan include a greater land base than required
by the recommended ecosystem restoration plan, and thus extend the project beyond the real
limits of the ecosystem restoration plan, the Federal Government can participate in recreation
development of the locally preferred ecosystem restoration plan. However, Federal
participation in recreation development will be limited to those facilities shown on the enclosed
check list and cannot exceed ten percent of the Federal share of the cost of the recommended
ecosystem restoration plan, and all lands must be provided by the non-Federal sponsor.
6. Reporting Guidelines. The scope of the recreation development approved in the project
report should be carried through to project completion. Any increase or deviation in the type or
scope of cost shared facilities following approval of the project report must be reported to
HQUSACE (CECW-P) for approval prior to any expenditure of either Federal or non-Federal
funds on that recreation feature.
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