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Show 431 planning and development to obtain optimum beneficial uses of river systems and their watersheds. But there has yet evolved no all-pervading statutory mandate assuring the requisite coordination of the many federal activities concerned. Nevertheless, many steps in this direction have been taken. For example, some of the more recent enactments require coor- dinating action among agencies for specific purposes.196 In addition to certain statutory requirements, however, a number of administrative steps have been taken to facilitate coordina- tion among and within agencies, as we shall now see. Federal Inter-Agency River Basin Committee.-To pro- vide for consultation in the preparation of river-basin surveys, an interagency agreement was concluded in 1939 by the De- partments of Agriculture, the Army, and the Interior, and concurred in by the National Resources Planning Board.197 Upon the Board's dissolution in 1943, these Departments to- gether with the Federal Power Commission entered into a similar agreement establishing the Federal Inter-Agency River 196 See, for example: Act of August 20, 1937, § 2, 50 Stat. 731, 732, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 832a, requiring the Bonneville Power Administrator to act in consultation with an advisory board composed of representatives of the Secretaries of Agricul- ture, the Army, the Interior, and of the Federal Power Commission. Act of March 29, 1944, § 4, 58 Stat. 132, 133, 16 U. S. C. 583c, authorizing agreements between the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior relating to sustained-yield forest management. Act of December 22, 1944, § 1, 58 Stat. 887, in specified circumstances, requiring cooperative action by the Secretaries of the Army and the Interior with affected states and with each other in connection with contemplated navigation, flood-control, and irrigation improvements. Act of August 14, 1946, § 2, 60 Stat. 1080, 16 U. S. C. 662, in specified cir- cumstances, requiring consultation by federal and nonfederal agencies with the Fish and Wildlife Service and state agencies concerned, for the purpose of preventing loss of and damage to wildlife resources. Act of June 30,1948, § 2 (a), 62 Stat. 1155, 33 U. S. C. 466a (a) (Supp. Ill), directing the Surgeon General to prepare pollution-control programs in cooperation with other agencies. Act of May 17, 1950, § 205, 64 Stat. 163, -, directing the Army Engineers to coordinate survey of Arkansas-White and Red River Basins with certain named agencies. 197 Summary Report on Federal Inter-Agency Riveb Basin Committee and Its Subcommittees, p. 1 (December 31,1949 Revision). 811611-51------29 |