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Show 549 7. Any other beneficial uses which may be determined by the Commission. Design and Prosecution of Projects It has long been required that, except as otherwise provided by law, sums appropriated for the various branches of expendi- ture in the public service "shall be applied solely to the ob- jects for which they are respectively made, and for no oth- ers." 290 The importance of the "objects" for which funds are appropriated in the case of water-resource projects and activi- ties is therefore obvious. Such "objects" may be specified in the appropriation act itself, or may be ascertained from the authorization for that appropriation. In either event, the "objects" become limitations on the consequent design, con- struction, and operation of the project. And limitations may of course be prescribed in other legislation, such as the statutes authorizing construction of the project. Significance therefore attaches to the authorized purposes of a project. While its design, construction, and operation may not be limited to the precise plans existing at the time of authorization, they would seem clearly to be limited, as a general rule, to the purposes inherent in those plans. Excep- tions would occur in cases where blanket authority exists for inclusion of an additional purpose, as in the case of recreational facilities at Army reservoir projects.291 A similar situation ex- ists generally with respect to inclusion of provisions for the preservation of fish and wildlife.292 Division of Project Responsibility: Effect on De- sign.-Generally, the design of projects is a function of the construction agency. The design of projects, however, may be influenced by a division of responsibilities affecting the project. For example, responsibility for marketing of federal power 290 R. S. § 3678, from Act of March 3,1809, § 1, 2 Stat. 535, as amended, 31 U. S. C. 628. 291 Act of December 22,1944, § 4, 58 Stat. 887, 889, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 460d. 292 See supra, p. 329. |
