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Show 515 Project Evaluation.-Directly or indirectly, Congress it- self determines the actual undertaking of federal water-re- source projects, as we shall shortly see in the discussion of proj- ect authorization. On the other hand, it has prescribed a num- ber of standards, most of them in general terms, bearing upon the administrative evaluation or selection of projects. There is no uniform criterion. The major purpose to be served by the project usually determines the standards to be applied. Nonfederal Power Projects.-In the licensing of nonfederal power projects, the project adopted must be such as in the judgment of the Federal Power Commission:119 will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for im- proving or developing a waterway or waterways for the use or benefit of interstate or foreign commerce, for the improvement and utilization of water-power develop- ment, and for other beneficial public uses, including re- creational purposes * * *. Navigation Projects.-Congress has directed that if a pre- liminary examination shows a proposed improvement not ad- visable, no further action may be taken unless directed by Congress; if favorable, the Secretary of the Army has discre- tion to cause a survey to be made and the cost and advisability reported to Congress.120 Among other things, reports on examinations and surveys must contain full information regarding the present and pro- spective commercial importance of the project and the prob- able benefit to commerce, together with data respecting public terminal and transfer facilities, the development and utiliza- tion of water power for industrial and commercial purposes, and other related subjects, provided that "consideration shall be given only to their bearing upon the improvement of navi- gation," to the possibility and desirability of their coordination with navigation improvements to lessen the cost of such im- provements, and to their relation to the "development and *• Act of June 10,1920, § 10(a), 41 Stat. 1063,1068, as amended, 16 U. S. G. 803(a). "• Act of March 4,1913, § 3, 37 Stat. 801,825,33 U. S. O. 545. |