33 CFR § 335.4 - Policy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s335.4"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 335.4 - Policy."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "335.4"
section_name: "Policy."
chapter_name: "CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE"
part_number: "335"
part_name: "OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CIVIL WORKS PROJECTS INVOLVING THE DISCHARGE OF DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL INTO WATERS OF THE U.S. OR OCEAN WATERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1344; 33 U.S.C. 1413."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 14911, Apr. 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "335"
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# 335.4 Policy.

The Corps of Engineers undertakes operations and maintenance activities where appropriate and environmentally acceptable. All practicable and reasonable alternatives are fully considered on an equal basis. This includes the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the U.S. or ocean waters in the least costly manner, at the least costly and most practicable location, and consistent with engineering and environmental requirements.