Policy & Procedures

Engineer Pamphlets

• EP 1130-2-540, dated 15 November 1996 revised 11 August 2008
  Project Operations - Environmental Stewardship Operations and Maintenance Policies
  This pamphlet establishes guidance for the management of environmental stewardship related operations and maintenance activities at USACE civil works water resource projects and supplements ER 1130-2-540, "Environmental Stewardship Operations and Maintenance Policies."
  • Chapter 2, Natural Resources Stewardship

• EP 1130-2-550, dated 15 November 1996 revised 15 August 2002
  Projection Operations - Recreation Operations and Maintenance Guidance and Procedures
  • Chapter 3, Project Master Plans and Operational Management Plans

Engineer Regulations

• ER 37-1-30, dated 12/12/19
  Financial Administration - Accounting and Reporting
  This regulation establishes the framework for financial management within the Corps of Engineers. It supersedes ER 37-2-10 Chapter 4, Accounts Receivable and Collection Procedures, referenced in the Contributions, Fundraising, and Recognition Reference Guide of October 2008.
  • Chapter 5, Reimbursements

• ER 405-1-12, dated 20 November 1985 revised 15 May 2000
  Real Estate Handbook
  "Real Estate Handbook," this regulation establishes policy for the management and operation of real estate responsibilities on Military and Civil Works Projects, to include encroachments; and issuing, managing, and administering outgrants authorizing the use of this real property.

Public Law Regulation

• 93-205, Endangered Species Act of 1973
  ESA requires the protection of endangered species and their critical habitat. The Act is based on not only the species but the habitat they depend on.

• 92-500, Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972
  In 1972, Congress passed the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments, better known as the Clean Water Act, "to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity" of the Nation's waters. The Act defined "navigable waters" as "waters of the United States." The legislative history made plain that Congress intended the broadest possible Federal jurisdiction, expanding beyond traditionally navigable waters. Section 404 of the Clean Water Act established a permit program regarding discharges of dredged and fill material.

• 85-624, Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958
  This law requires the Corps to coordinate with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service on civil works projects undertaken by the Corps to insure that fish & wildlife issues are given consideration during the planning and operational phase of a project. The law required preparation of a General Plan during the planning phase to establish who would be responsible for managing wildlife on project lands. In some cases project lands were turned over to USFWS to be managed as a National Wildlife Refuge or were outgranted to a state wildlife agency to be managed for wildlife. In many cases, no other agency took responsibility for fish & wildlife management, thus leaving that responsibility to the Corps in spite of the Corps "shadow world" authority to manage for fish and wildlife purposes. The Fish & Wildlife Coordination Act requires the Corps to coordinate with the USFWS when moderately significant actions, such as a major outgrant, occur at an operational lake. The coordination generally takes place during preparation of any environmental documentation prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act, but may also take place during routine actions such as a timber harvest or resolution of an act of trespass involving damage to wildlife habitat.

• 86-717, Forest Cover Act
  The Forest Cover Act provides a mandate for multiple use forest management. It provides "for the protection and development of forest or other vegetative cover and the establishment and maintenance of other conservation measures on reservoirs under his [Chief of Engineers] jurisdiction, so as to yield the maximum benefit and otherwise improve such areas". The Forest Cover Act also provides authority for the Corps to manage project lands and waters for any or all conservation purposes, including fish and wildlife conservation.

• 91-190, National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
  NEPA requires that for any action carried out by or funded by the Federal Government will have appropriate consideration to environmental effects of proposed actions.

• 89-665, National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), October 15, 1966
  The NHPA and subsequent amendments (1980 and 1992) Section 110 states "each Federal agency shall establish a program to locate, inventory, and nominate to the Secretary (of Interior) all properties under the agencys ownership." Furthermore, "each Federal agency shall exercise caution to ensure that any such property that might qualify for inclusion is not inadvertently transferred, sold, demolished, substantially altered, or allowed to deteriorate significantly."

Memos

• Archive

Other Policy

• Real Estate Timber Handbook
  • Provides our personnel with a reference to procedures, authorities, and guidelines in executing the timber disposal program on military installations and civil works projects.

• National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program on Maritime Forest