[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 5860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2776]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers

33 CFR Part 385

RIN 0710-AA49


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 Council on Environmental Quality will host a public 
meeting for stakeholders to clarify and respond to comments filed 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, Public Law 106-541, 114 Stat. 2680, 
which was enacted into law on December 11, 2000. The Act requires the 
Secretary of the Army to promulgate programmatic regulations, with the 
concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of 
Florida, to ensure that the goals and purposes of the Comprehensive 
Everglades Restoration Plan are achieved.

DATES: The public meeting will take place on February 6, 2003, from 1 
to 5 pm.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Council on Environmental 
Quality, White House Conference Center, Truman Room, 3rd Floor, 726 
Jackson Place, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stu Appelbaum, Corps of Engineers, 
Jacksonville District, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida 32232-0019, 
phone (904) 232-1877; fax (904) 232-1434.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 2, 2002 the Army published the 
proposed rule to establish the programmatic regulations in the Federal 
Register (67 FR 50540). The public comment period on the proposed rule 
closed on 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 meeting is to provide an 
opportunity for stakeholders to clarify and respond to comments filed 
on the proposed rule. Representatives of the Army (the rule writing 
agency), the Department of the Interior and State of Florida (from whom 
concurrence on the final rule is required by statute) and other Federal 
agencies who will likely participate in the interagency review of the 
rule under Executive Order 12866 will be in attendance to listen to 
stakeholder views. The meeting will be facilitated by the Council on 
Environmental Quality.

    Authority: Section 601, Public Law 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: January 31, 2003.
George S. Dunlop,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Department of the Army.
[FR Doc. 03-2776 Filed 2-4-03; 8:45 am]
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