RARE Act

Restore the Apalachicola River Ecosystem Act or the RARE Act - Modifies the project for navigation, Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, and the project for the West Point Reservoir, Chattahoochee River, Georgia, to: (1) deauthorize the channel between the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Apalachicola to Jim Woodruff Dam near Chattahoochee, Florida; and (2) authorize the Secretary of the Army to develop a comprehensive plan to restore the Apalachicola River basin.

Requires such plan to: (1) have as its goal the reestablishment of the ecological integrity of the Apalachicola River basin ecosystem; (2) reestablish an ecosystem that supports and sustains a balanced, integrated, adaptive community of organisms having species composition, diversity, and functional organization comparable to those of the natural habitat of the Apalachicola River; and (3) include a method of monitoring and assessing the biota, habitats, and water quality of the River basin for use in assessing restoration activities and impacts of such activities. Sets a limit on the total cost of developing such plan.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) engage in significant public outreach in carrying out this Act; and (2) ensure that activities conducted under this Act do not interfere with water compact activities and negotiations being carried out with respect to the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers.