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Show 97 Plans, proposals, reports, and related investigations shall be made to the end of facilitating the coordination of plans for the construction and operation of proposed works with other plans involving waters which would be used or controlled by such pro- posed works. The Act also prescribes similar cooperation with the Secre- tary of the Interior where the investigations concern waters "arising west of the ninety-seventh meridian." A copy of the report of the Chief of Engineers must be trans- mitted to each "affected" state in every case and also to the Secretary of the Interior in the case of plans and proposals concerning the use or control of waters "which rise in whole or in part west of the ninety-seventh meridian." Ninety days are allowed for submission of the views and recommendations of the affected states and the Secretary of the Interior. There- after, the proposed report, together with the submitted views and recommendations, are to be transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of the Army with his comments and recom- mendations. Another example of cooperation prescribed by statute con- cerns wildlife resources. With a view to preventing loss of or damage to such resources, consultation with the Fish and Wild- life Service of the Department of the Interior and with the state agency concerned with wildlife resources is required in every case where waters are authorized to be impounded, di- verted, or otherwise controlled.131 Apart from any requirement of statute, the Department of the Army participates with the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior, the Federal Power Commission, and the Federal Security Agency in the operations of the Fed- eral Inter-Agency River Basin Committee.132 More will be said later about this voluntary arrangement which seeks agency cooperation in preparation of reports on multiple-purpose projects and the correlation of results.133 m Act of August 14, 1946, § 2, 60 Stat. 1080, 16 U. S. O. 662. See infra, pp. 329-330. aa See infra, n. 198, p. 432. 338 See infra, pp. 431-433. |