Federal Register: Council on Environmental Quality - Statements on Proposed Federal Actions Affecting the Environment - Guidelines [Excerpt]

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J U _ The formulation of national programs for Federal and federally ' b e e ! lltrT* ^ ^ r e S ° U r C e a C t i v l t i e a r e ^ i r - thatpViortSl > be established among recommended plans for projects, States re-gions and river basins. The system of accounts togetherwith other criteria, such as available budget resources, na tonal poUcy oward the environment and public and private inves ment alternatives wm provide a basis for formulating national programs, *' * " ^ IX. * IMPLEMENTATION OF PRINCIPLES •' \" ' "" . . t J ? ! * w ^ l R e 8 0 u r « 8 C o u n c « will implement these Principles by " t a n n i n g Standards for planning water and land resources to accordance with the Water Resources Planning Act. " " " " • . , n . ™ ! Wa*tBr R e 8 0 U r c e 8 C o u n c l l will establish Procedures as ' . ' , ' necessary to carry out the established Principles and Standards. ' • '. Ced™U d e d , ? t h e W a t e r R e 8 0 u " « » Council's Standards and Pro- * ' cedures will be provision for coordination, among Federal and State ' ' ' "'?'>'• , " , ^ < , vWT»!HC;0UnCil r U ! a l 8 ° 8 p e C i f y aPP^PHate Procedures for the r e. view a„d transmission of planning reports to States, Federal «•*«?.,' S l S £ 1 ^ a n a « e m 6 n t a « d ^ d 8 0 t , the Council on EnvironmenU Quality and the Congress.: The Council may also provide f 0Tr "view gional ana river basin plans and their conformance with the Council.- planning tools, and research to increase the efficiency of planning • efforts. The Principles. Standards, and Procedure U o ^ d b e b i s e d ' ' and iLf VCn r 6 °n ^ b C 8 t a V a U a b l e interpretation of c o n c e p t and impirical bases for planning water and land resources, The • "- W Council will encourage and support needed improvements in the ap­plication of the conceptual and theoretical planning and decls onmakin. framework upon which these Principles are based" The CouncTwUl * ' toVeS7r^0 ; r o n improv^ent in the -*™and " ," ' 19 pro™.,. (or co„ ;£££? Sr&SE,' wm -T-'- • ••'. X. APPLICATION AND EFFECT ;; Management and Budget""the f%.w^r^ •>•£ •• OTflcB of ^ ^ • r . o r w i i t t ^ ' & ^ g g j ^ ^ ^ i ^ Q^iity, andV K these Principles to t i S S ? * °( t h e P r e 8 i^ent will use gional plans. "view of proposed project, basin, or re- ;,;.'^.V" The Policies, Standards/ and Procedures in <+;„ ir„ ,'\,":': ; Evaluation, and Review of Plans for Us f , S n i F o r™lation, and Related Land ResouW^ "J! ? D e v e l o P « ^ t of Water U962 ' printed w.ttr.ft printed Sas• «S' enaVte ¥D*o cu' maePnPt rwo n^ d 0b7y tRhe^ AP;rVe sident. May 15.' 'together with Supplement: N H ! " f l L . S J ? ? Congress, 2 d Session, i Standards fo| PrimaTv OuWoi P ^ ^ 1' ^64, "Evaluation , I ment of D.cIr^IJ^Z^^^ ^S?? " ^ ^ a m e n d" "revoked.' \ R 8 7 ° 4 , 3 9 ' "Diaoount Rate," are w i t h ^ n d 8 ^ ? 1 " ; t h e S I a n d a r d a P " ™ * ! * . * in connection there'- to QO 00 ' ' A , ' - : • ( ! * ' - . ' : A • ' • • • ' • • * , . • . • . . ' • • ' ! . . • . " • ' • • . ' • '•.: • ' " • , : • . . . 1 " ' - • ' ' . ' : ' • : . ' . . ' ' . -z o i2n1 m V» Richard Nixon ' " / ' : / ' ' ' " ' ' ••"'' ••'.. • A- ' . ;', ; " \ , ; • • . • - • • • " . : " • ' . ' ' • • " ' '-.v. , . • . . . , ' • -•'•: '• _•• . ' • ' ' , . . , ' , : ' ' . ' . . ' . ;•' '> * : : '• ¥] ' V , ' FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL. 38, NO. 174-MONDAY, Approved: September 5, 1973 a . . . » , • • ' - , - , •.,; ' ..