AZ vs. CA:16 California Exhibits, Vol. XVI; Nos. 2600-2644

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BUDGET BUREAU CIRCULAR A-4 7 AND POWER PARTNERSHIP 55 most economical choice or combination of one or more of the following methods of alleviating flood damage: (1) Flood plain development and redevelopment, relocation, and zoning. (2) Sedimentation and runoff control. (3) Storage of floodwaters on cultivated fields, other watershed lands, or underground through appropriate measures. (4) Levee and flood-wall construction. (5) Reservoir storage. (6) Channel improvement and rectification, bank stabilization, and floodways and diversions. (7) Flood forecasting. (8) Such other measures as will result in effective flood-damage prevention or control. If the head of the agency preparing such a report finds that flood damage can be prevented most effectively and economically through adoption by States, local governments, or districts of programs for flood-plain development and redevelopment, relocation, and zoning, or other similar measures, either in substitution for, or as a supplement to, construction of flood-control works, he shall include in his project report information as to the extent to which it may be feasible to enter into arrangements with such States, local governments, or districts providing for Federal assistance to them in carrying out such measures. Such information shall be included on the assumption that the State, local government, or district in question will be authorized to engage in such development, relocation, or zoning. As a guide for proposing such arrangements, the share of the cost which may be borne by the Federal Government as assistance to States and local governments for such measures shall be no more than the share of costs which the Federal Government would bear in prosecuting the most economical alternative method of obtaining similar flood-control benefits. (ft) The report on any program or project having significant main-stem flood-control benefits, except for those of the Tennessee Valley Authority, shall include a statement of the views of the Secretary of the Army or the Chief of Engineers on such aspects of the program or project. The report on any main-stem program or project having flood-control benefits, except for those of the Tennessee Valley Authority, shall include a statement by the Secretary of Agriculture indicating the effect any existing or potential flood-prevention programs in the tributaries and headwaters of the river would have on the economic justification and feasibility of the main-stem program or project. It would be expected that the views of the Corps of Engineers, the Department of Agriculture, and/or any other agency concerned would, ordinarily, be reconciled prior to the submission of a project report to the Bureau of the Budget. (c) Where benefits of the type described in paragraph 8b of this circular are attributed to a local flood-control project, the project report will be reviewed in accordance with the criterion that there shall be a payment or contribution toward the construction costs of the project equal to at least 50 percent of an amount determined by applying to the total construction costs of the project the ratio of the particular land-enhancement benefits involved to total monetary primary benefits as estimated in the evaluation report. To the extent feasible, a payment or contribution toward the costs of the program or project shall also be made where benefits of the type described in paragraph 8b of this circular are attributed to other flood-control or flood-prevention programs or projects. In determining the payment or contribution that should be required in these cases, the responsible agency should consider the value of benefits to local beneficiaries. The evaluation report shall explain how the portion of the cost to be borne by local beneficiaries was determined. 18. Additional standards relating to reclamation (a) Appraisal of reclamation benefits. The report on any program or project having significant reclamation benefits shall include a statement of the views of the Secretary of Agriculture on the economic aspects of such phases of the program or project and his estimates of the effect of such reclamation benefits on the short-range and long-range agricultural needs of the Nation and the region in which the program or project is located, and the place of the program or project within the framework of a desirable long-range program to meet the Nation's and the region's estimated requirements for food, fiber, and other agricultural commodities. The Secretary of Agriculture shall be given reasonable notice by the head of the agency proposing any program or project having significant reclamation benefits of the latter's intention to complete an evaluation of the program or project. If