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Show 637 And there is the possibility of conflict of purposes between the affirmative legislative provision for soil conservation and the price-support legislation, previously noted.777 Regttlation of Nonfederal Activities.-In addition to federal construction and operation of water-resource projects and the direct conduct of other resource activities, projects are constructed and activities affecting water-resource development are conducted by nonfederal entities. It is obviously to be desired that such activities be coordinated with those of the Federal Government. This is an objective of several statutory provisions which are regulatory in their nature and sum- marized here. Hydroelectric Power.-Nonfederal hydroelectric power dams in waters under the commerce jurisdiction of Congress or upon certain federal lands must be licensed by the Federal Power Commission.778 In issuing licenses, the Commission must select the project "best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing" the waterway.779 It may im- pose conditions upon licenses, and the statute specifically refers to some which may be imposed, these dealing nota- bly with the protection of navigation.780 The relationship between any licensed structure and other structures, of either the Federal Government or nonfederal entities, is recognized by a provision which permits the Commission to determine the payments which should be made by licensees for benefits re- ceived from a storage reservoir or other headwater improve- ment.781 The same provision is equally applicable to the deter- mination of payments which may be required from owners of unlicensed power projects for benefits they receive from con- struction work by the United States or its licensees.782 But the Federal Power Commission is not the only agency 777 See supra, pp. 366-372, 372. 778 Act of June 10,1920, § 23, 41 Stat. 1063,1075, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 817. See also supra, pp. 272-289. 779 § 10(a), 41 Stat. 1068, as amended, 16 U. S. O. 803(a). 780 § 10, 41 Stat. 1068, as amended, 16 U. S. C. 803. See also supra, pp. 276-277. 781 § 10(f), 41 Stat. 1070, as amended, 16 U. S. O. 803(f). 782 Id. |