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Marc,
Even though it says "Army" Corps of Engineers, it's really more of a
federal agency with stronger ties to Congress than to the executive branch as
far as its water and flood management operations go. Every bit
of the USA is in one Corps district or another. They've built a lot of
dams, lakes, levees, and associated parks over the years, and they administer
them under their sole authority. Another division of the Corps actually
does do construction for the military, but you never hear much about them.
Fortunately for us, Our Man in New Hampshire is on it.
Jim
In a message dated 9/14/2011 11:27:52 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
piolenc@archivale.com writes:
CFR is
the Code of Federal Regulations. A regulation is only valid if it
implements a statutory grant of authority, and that statute is only
valid if it's constitutional. I'm curious as to how the Army, a federal
entity, got the authority to "manage" land it doesn't own. Pretty clear
violation of separation of powers, no?
Marc
On 9/15/2011
11:14 AM, Jon Wallace wrote:
> The Army Corps of Engineers are
authorized by US Congress to manage
> various parcels of land. In most
cases, the Corps is providing design,
> engineering, construction, and
maintenance services for rural areas that
> could not afford the project
by itself (bridges, dams, parks,
> recreational areas) and doesn't have
the funds to maintain the project
> once it is complete.
>
>
The Commander of each district receives his authority to manage the
land
> from 33 CFR
327.12(a).
>
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