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Show 505 stances, of providing for exercise of administrative discretion, under appropriate legislative standards, in the process of col- lection of data. The review suggests, moreover, the need for a complete reexamination of authorizations, together with a clear state- ment of the broad purposes to be served by the data to be collected. Program Development.-Beyond the collection of basic data which may be useful in any and all water-resource de- velopment, the first step, and one by which subsequent water- resource activity is formed and guided, is the development of plans and programs. As used here, the term "program develop- ment" refers to the development of broad plans for water- resource projects-as distinct, on the one hand, from the gen- eral collection of basic data and, on the other, from the design of specific projects. This functional distinction is made be- cause the various statutes relevant here frequently speak in terms of "investigations and surveys," which may include the collection of basic data, a subject previously discussed; the development of plans and programs, discussed in this section ; and some of the elements of specific project design, a subject to be discussed later. Distribution of the Responsibility.-Although water is the common denominator of all water-resource activity, the re- sponsibility for program development is not consolidated about water, but is usually defined in terms of its particular uses or aspects: navigation, flood control, irrigation, power, and the like. At the same time, in recognition of the interrelationships among different uses, agencies assigned primary responsibility for particular uses have also been authorized to plan for other related uses. The result is a multiplicity of planning by several agencies, each with planning responsibility for different pri- mary purposes. (Army Engineers)-The Army Engineers have primary re- sponsibility for the development of authorized navigation and flood-control programs.60 In the case of flood control, this has 60 See supra, pp. 90-91. |