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Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-057 Context (guidance or announcement) Confirmed from a secondary source

News release, 'Army Corps of Engineers begins gradual reopening of recreation areas closed due to Coronavirus' (May 21, 2020), reciting the March-April 2020 closures

Army Corps of Engineers begins gradual reopening of recreation areas closed due to Coronavirus

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters (release distributed through PR Newswire); District Commanders' closure postings · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works recreation areas nationwide: about 2,850 recreation areas at 400 lake and river projects) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works recreation areas nationwide: about 2,850 recreation areas at 400 lake and river projects)
Level
Federal
Authority
36 C.F.R. 327.12(a)
Issued
2020-05-21 May 21, 2020
Effective
Closures from mid-March/April 2020; reopening 'will vary from location to location' from May 2020 (read as 2020-05-21)
End
Location by location through summer 2020 (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
May 21, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Business closureTravel and quarantine
Addressees
  • visitors to Corps-managed recreation areas
  • campground concessionaires, marinas and lessees
Functions reached
  • LG Corps campgrounds (the largest federal campground provider)
  • CN marina, campground and store concessionaires and lessees
  • TV travel demand
  • CB lake communities
Character
context
Collection
Federal lands, science agencies and courts AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS

Operative words

[The Corps has] begun the gradual reopening of some USACE-managed recreation areas that were closed to protect against the [spread of COVID-19]. Reopening of closed recreation areas will vary from location to location based on state and local conditions, as well as each project's ability to put in place COVID-19 safety precautions.

Enforcement

36 C.F.R. 327.12 and 327.25 (violation: fine up to $5,000 or imprisonment up to six months)

Notes

Secondary distribution (PR Newswire) of the Corps' own release;

Retrieval note

usace.army.mil blocks automated fetches; the Corps' own posting of this release was not located.