[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 87 (Friday, May 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24008-24009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9046]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

RIN 0710-AA49


Guidance Memoranda for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration 
Plan

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DOD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water 
Management District have developed the six guidance memoranda required 
by the programmatic regulations for the Comprehensive Everglades 
Restoration Plan for approval by the Secretary of the Army. The public 
is invited to review and comment on the final draft of the guidance 
memoranda prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South 
Florida Water Management District.

DATES: We will accept comments until June 6, 2005.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment on the guidance memoranda, you may 
submit your comments by either of these methods:
    1. You may submit written comments to: U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, ATTN: CESAJ-PD, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, FL 32232-0019.
    2. You may send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to: 
[email protected].
    If submitting comments by electronic format, please submit them in 
ASCII file format or Word file format 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stu Appelbaum, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Jacksonville District, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida 
32232-0019, phone (904) 232-2238; fax (904) 232-3442.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 12, 2003, the Department of the 
Army published the final rule in the Federal Register that established 
the

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programmatic regulations required by the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2000 as 33 CFR part 385. Section 385.5 of the programmatic 
regulations requires that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the 
South Florida Water Management District develop, in consultation with 
the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, 
the Department of Commerce, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, 
the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Florida Department of Environmental 
Protection, and other Federal, State, and local agencies, six guidance 
memoranda for approval by the Secretary of the Army. Guidance memoranda 
are program-wide procedures and processes needed to guide 
implementation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and to 
ensure that the goals and purposes of the Plan are achieved. The 
programmatic regulations require that the Secretary of the Army afford 
the public an opportunity to comment on the Guidance Memoranda prior to 
their approval. The programmatic regulations also require the 
concurrence of the Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of 
Florida on the Guidance Memoranda. An electronic copy of the guidance 
memoranda document is available at: http://www.evergladesplan.org/pm/progr_regs_guidance_memoranda.cfm.

    Authority: 33 CFR 385.5.

    Dated: April 28, 2005.
John Paul Woodley, Jr.,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), 
Department of the Army.
[FR Doc. 05-9046 Filed 5-5-05; 8:45 am]
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