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Show 598 In the case of projects of the Tennessee Valley Authority, authority exists for conveyance of real property by deed, lease, or otherwise for recreational purposes.582 But this provision includes no requirement as to return of costs or as to pricing. Other Project Purposes.-With respect to certain additional purposes which may be served by a project, such as salinity control, general recognition as a project purpose has not been accorded by statute. To the extent that projects serve such purposes, therefore, this is apparently accomplished as an inci- dent of recognized statutory purposes, costs being treated accordingly. Components of Costs.-The preceding discussion has re- ferred to costs without detailing the components thereof. With some exceptions, this is true of the more important statu- tory provisions referring to costs. In such cases, therefore, the term must apparently be given its ordinary meaning. But the way is open for variations such as exist in the costs considered in benefit-cost studies.663 Noteworthy here is the fact that all federal agencies engaged in the generation and sale of electric energy for ultimate distri- bution to the public, as to facilities used and energy sold, are required to comply with the accounting provisions of the Fed- eral Power Act and the regulations issued thereunder, includ- ing the uniform system.564 But the road is open to variations, for this obligation applies only "so far as may be practi- cable."565 In connection with this authorization for varia- tions in administrative practices among the various federal agencies, it should be noted that they are also subject to the accounting requirements of the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, although it has been indicated that commercial-type 882 Act of May 18,1933, § 4(k) (a), 48 Stat. 58, 60, as amended, 16 U. S. O. 831c(k)(a). *** Pboposed Practices for Economic Analysis of River Basin Projects, Report of the Subcommittee on Benefits and Costs, Federal Inter-Agency River Basin Committee, pp. 79-81 (May 1950). 664 § 303, as added by Act of August 26, 1935, § 213, 49 Stat. 838, 855, 16 U. S. C. 825(b). |