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Show 508 as the Soil Conservation Service, Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the National Park Service are respon- sible for programs for the improvement and conservation of certain federal lands.77 These programs are clearly related to and may have a significant impact upon the need, timing, and sequence of programs for water-resource projects; they may overlap or conflict with the latter; they should therefore be considered with the latter programs. We shall discuss them more fully later.78 (Tennessee Valley Authority)-Unlike the other agencies mentioned, the TVA was not assigned a primary respon- sibility for one or two water-resource purposes, with authority to include in its program development a consideration of the other purposes which water might serve. Instead, it has re- sponsibility for developing a general basin-wide program for water-resource purposes, including navigation, flood control, power, and watershed measures.79 It is also furnished a statu- tory guide as to which water uses should be given precedence in the event of conflict.80 (Duplication and Conflict)-The result of generally assign- ing program responsibility to different agencies for different water-resource purposes, followed by extending the scope of each agency's program responsibility in response to the need for comprehensive development, has thus been to give respon- sibility for plans for development of the same river basins to several agencies. At times, the potentiality for duplicate effort has been followed by the actuality.81 The Army Engi- neers and the Bureau of Reclamation each prepared "compre- hensive plans" for the development of the Missouri Basin.82 The plans not only overlapped, but in the area of overlap were 77 See supra, pp. 351-382. 78 See infra, pp. 621-626. 79 Act of August 81, 1935, § 2, 49 Stat. 1075, 16 U. S. 0. 831c (j). See also supra, pp. 484-486. 80 Act of May 18, 1933, § 9a, as added by Act of August 31, 1935, § 5, 49 Stat. 1075,1076,16 U. S. C. 83lh-l. See also supra, p. 485. 81 See supra, n. 177, p. 427. 82 See supra, pp. 471-474. |