[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58833-58834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-5110]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers


Guidance Memoranda 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 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 revised final draft of the 
guidance memoranda prepared by the Army Corps of Engineers and the 
South Florida Water Management District.

DATES: We will accept comments until December 17, 2007.

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: Stu Appelbaum, 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, Corps of Engineers, 
Jacksonville District, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida 32232-0019, 
phone (904) 232-2584; fax (904) 232-1251.

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

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public an opportunity to comment on the Guidance Memoranda prior to 
their approval. On May 6, 2005, a Notice of Availability was placed in 
the Federal Register (70 FR 24008) inviting the public to comment on 
the final draft of the Guidance Memoranda. As a result of public 
comment we received on the final draft, we have revised the Guidance 
Memoranda and invite the public to comment on the revised final draft. 
The programmatic regulations also require the concurrence of the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Florida on the Guidance 
Memoranda prior to their approval. An electronic copy of the guidance 
memoranda document is available at: http://www.evergladesplan.org/pm/progr_regs_guidance_memoranda.aspx.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 07-5110 Filed 10-16-07; 8:45 am]
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