[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 173 (Friday, September 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51419-51420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-4377]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Intergovernmental Agreement Among the United States Department of 
the Army, the United States Department of the Interior, and the State 
of Florida Establishing Interim Restoration Goals for the Comprehensive 
Everglades Restoration Plan

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior 
and the State of Florida have established the interim goals for the 
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan through the Interim Goals 
Agreement as required by section 385.38(d) of the Programmatic 
Regulations for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. Interim 
goals are a mean by which restoration success of the Comprehensive 
Everglades Restoration Plan may be evaluated at specific points by 
agency managers, the State of Florida, the Congress throughout the 
overall planning and implementation process. This intergovernmental 
Agreement establishing the interim goals was signed on April 27, 2007.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Interim Goals Agreement can be obtained by 
request from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, 
RECOVER, ATTN: Rebecca Weiss, 701 San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 
32207-8175 or by e-mail to: [email protected]. In 
addition, the Intergovernmental agreement can be found at the following 
Web site: http:/www.evergladesplan.org/pm/progr_regs_igit_agreements.aspx.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Weiss, (904) 232-1577.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 385.38(d) of the Programmatic 
Regulations for the Comprehensive

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Everglades Restoration Plan sets forth the process for establishing the 
interim goals for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. This 
section provides that the Interim Goals Agreements be developed by the 
Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Governor 
of the State of Florida in consultation with the Miccosukee Tribe of 
Indians of Florida, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Department of Commerce, other Federal, State, 
and local agencies, and the south Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task 
Force. In considering the interim goals to be indicated in the Interim 
Goals Agreement, the Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Interior 
and the Governor of the State of Florida are required to consider the 
technical recommendations of RECOVER and any modifications to those 
recommendations by the Corps of Engineers, the Department of the 
Interior or the South Florida Water Management District. The 
programmatic regulations required that the Secretary of the Army afford 
the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed Interim Goals 
Agreement prior to its approval and notice in the Federal Register when 
the agreement has been finalized. The draft final of the 
Intergovernmental agreement was published in the Federal Register on 
November 3, 2006 (71 FR 64686). Public comments on the draft 
intergovernmental agreements establishing interim goals were accepted 
through December 4, 2006. The final intergovernmental agreement 
establishing the interim goals was signed on April 27, 2007. An 
electronic copy of the document is available at: http://ww.evergladesplan.org/pm/progr_regs_igit_agreements.aspx.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-4377 Filed 9-6-07; 8:45 am]
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