Policy & Procedures

Army Regulations

• AR 405-80, dated 10 October 1997
  Management of Title and Granting Use of Real Property
  Prescribes policies for managing titles, granting use of Army-controlled real property to non- Army users, and overseeing unauthorized uses of real propert

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

• EP 1165-2-316 (Title 36)
  Rules and Regulations Governing Public Use of Corps of Engineers Water Resource Development Projects
  This pamphlet governs the public use of water resources development projects administered by the Chief of Engineers

Engineer Regulations

• ER 1130-2-406, dated 31 October 1990 revised 28 May 1999
  Project Operation - Shoreline Management at Civil Works Projects
  The purpose of this regulation is to provide policy and guidance on management of shorelines of Civil Works projects where 36 CFR Part 327 is applicable.

• ER 1130-2-540, dated 15 November 1996 revised 11 August 2008
  Project Operations - Environmental Stewardship Operations and Maintenance Policies
  This regulation establishes land management policy for Corps-administered project lands and water, based on various authorizing legislation and the principles of good environmental stewardship.
  • Chapter 2, Natural Resources Stewardship

• ER 1130-2-550, dated 15 November 1996 revised 15 August 2002
  Project Operations - Recreation Operations and Maintenance Policies
  This regulation establishes the policy for the management of recreation programs and activities, and for the operation and maintenance of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recreation facilities and related structures, at civil works water resource projects.
  • Chapter 3, Project Master Plans and Operational Management Plans

• 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.
  • Chapter 8, Real Property Management

Public Law Regulation

• 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.

Executive Orders

• E.O. 12512, Federal Real Property Management
  The executive order requires federal agencies to periodically review their real property holdings to determine, among other things, whether the holdings should be retained in federal ownership. Real Estate Division generally conducts these reviews, sometimes with assistance from General Services Administration, every five years.

Memos

• Archive

Other Policy

• Standard Form 299 - Application For Transportation, Utility Systems, Telecommunications and Facilities On Federal Lands and Property