[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 168 (Thursday, August 29, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 55377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21988]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

33 CFR Part 385


Programmatic Regulations for the Comprehensive Everglades 
Restoration Plan

AGENCY: Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Army Corps of Engineers will hold public meetings in South 
Florida on the proposed rule to establish programmatic regulations for 
the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Congress approved the 
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan in section 601 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2000, Pub. L. 106541, 114 Stat. 2680, 
which was enacted into law on December 11, 2000. The Act requires the 
Secretary of the Army to promulgate programmatic regulations within two 
years to ensure that the goals and purposes of the Comprehensive 
Everglades Restoration Plan are achieved.

DATES: The public meetings are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. as follows:

September 10, 2002--Miami, Florida
September 19, 2002--West Palm Beach, Florida

ADDRESSES: The meeting locations are:

For the September 10, 2002 meeting: Florida Memorial College, Banquet 
Hall, 15800 NW 42nd Ave, Miami, Florida.
For the September 19, 2002 meeting: South Florida Water Management 
District Headquarters Auditorium, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, 
Florida.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stu Appelbaum, Corps of Engineers, 
Jacksonville District, at the above address, phone (904) 232-1877; fax 
(904) 899-5001. You may also access the programmatic regulations web 
page at: http://www.evergladesplan.org/pm/progr_regs.shtml/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    On August 2, 2002 the Army published the proposed rule to establish 
the programmatic regulations in the Federal Register. We will accept 
comments on the proposed rule until October 1, 2002. The proposed 
regulations establish processes and procedures that will guide the Army 
Corps of Engineers and its partners in the implementation of the 
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. The purpose of the public 
meetings is to provide the public the opportunity to make oral and/or 
written comments on the proposed rule to the Army Corps of Engineers. 
An electronic copy of the proposed rule is available from the Office of 
the Federal Register's home page at http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/index.html and from the programmatic regulations web page at: 
http://www.evergladesplan.org/pm/progr_regs_proposed_rule.shtml.
    You may submit your comments on the proposed rule by any of several 
methods:
    1. You may submit written comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
ATTN: CESAJ-DR-R, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019.
    2. You may send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: 
[email protected].
    3. You may also submit comments through the Internet by completing 
a comment form on the programmatic regulations web page at; http://www.evergladesplan.org/pm/progr_regs_comment_form.shtml/.
    If submitting comments by electronic format, please submit them in 
ASCII file format or Word file and avoid the use of special characters 
and any form of encryption. Please include your name and return e-mail 
address in your e-mail message. Please note that your e-mail address 
will not be retained at the termination of the public comment period.

Agenda of the Meeting

    Each public meeting will begin with the Army Corps of Engineers 
providing a brief summary presentation on the proposed rule. Following 
the presentation, the public will be given the opportunity to speak. 
Speaker request cards will be available at the meeting for anyone 
wishing to speak.

    Authority: Sec. 601, Pub. L. 106-541, 114 Stat. 2680; 10 U.S.C. 
3013(g)(3); 33 U.S.C. 1 and 701; and 5 U.S.C. 301.

    Dated: August 20, 2002.
R.L. Brownlee,
Under Secretary of the Army, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army 
(Civil Works), Department of the Army.
[FR Doc. 02-21988 Filed 8-28-02; 8:45 am]
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