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Show D. Responsibility for Applying Standards II. OBJECTIVES ^XC*d*° +*"** > " *<•*> I The Federal chairman and the representatives of the Federal agencies participating in a river basin commission established under the Water Resources Planning Act are responsible for applying these standards. The study director provided or designated by the Water Resources Council or by river basin commissions (in their areas) and Federal members of coordinating bodies established or designated by the Council to carry out framework studies and assessments and regional or river basin planning studies are responsible for applying these standards, ' . " • ' ' . • y *N The administrator of each Federal program'.or jgder.ally, assisted program.Sgy ergd* und*r this 8i eclion^fs" responsible for applying these standards £9..fcia^pgr^ administrator shall follow tBe"se^ standards in establishing agency prpcedures for evaluation of -programs ahd ..projecta fprJcQBfgryftionf deyelopment, and1 utilization of water and land resources. i The Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, responsible for framework studies, and assessments, regional and river basin planning studies and implementation studies for the Tennessee River Basin, and the Federal representatives of other entities performing the functions of a river basin commission shall apply these standards except, for any adjustments required by law or Executive order or for special situations where the application of these standards is not practical. Proposed Federal agency procedures, and revisions thereto, to implement these standards will be referred to the Water Resources Council for.review for consistency with these standards. E. Schedule for Applying Standards ^ ' The principles and standards will apply to all levels of planning s ^ d ^ e | r ^ < ^ the principles and standa*rd(Twill be applied on aVaelective basiPto be determined by tjiirtead of the agency/ w i f l ^ j ^ r ^ i t y f 9 r suggestions frpm.Jhe Water Resources Council; and other governmental entities. Authorized plans"orjjrojVcVs that are substantiallyreformujatsd as a 'esjdTojTap^ submitted to Congress for reauthorization. Separable and to-dep4n^ ej^jl§nient?.9r§.Eroi^st,9j'a sys^etp §ds& would be subject to re^ew^prior to funding for construction. 25 A. Introduction The Principles for Planning Water and Land Resources define the objective^'of'na^onaTe^onomic development and environmental quality. ThejiTjQbje^tiyf "s" provide th^basjs for the formulation of State, region, and riyer basin plans.for. tbeiuae of-water i»C^Sd£?~S^££&s to meet foreseeable short- and long-term needs and have been explicitly stated or iniplied |n numerpu§ cpngressjonal enactments and Executive actions. The most notable of these actions in water and related areas aire summarized below, '.'.../ 1 ".""". In the Flood Control Act of 1936, the Congress declared that benefits to whomsoever they may accrue of Federal projects should exceed costs. Interpretation of this statute has resulted in development of ; various analytical procedures to evaluate the benefits and costs of proposed projects. 'These procedures have centered around a national economic efficiency analysis and were first published as 'Proposed : Practices for Economic Analysis of River Basin Projects" in May 1950 and revised in May 1958. Budget Bureau Circular No. A-47 was issued on December 31, 1952, informing the agencies of considerations which .', would guide the Bureau of the Budget in its evaluations of projects and ' requiring uniform data that would permit comparisons among projects. , I On October 6, 1961, the President requested the Secretaries of j Interior, Agriculture, Army, and Health, Education', and Welfare to ! review existing evaluation standards and to recommend improvements. ; Their report, "Policies, Standards, and Procedures in the Formulation, :. Evaluation, and Review of Plans for Use and Development of Water and ; Related Land Resources," was approved by the President on May 15, 1962, and published as Senate Document No. 97, 87th Congress, 2d Session. This document replaced Budget Bureau Circular No. A-47 and to turn has been superseded by the "Principles for Planning Water •;.> and Land Resources,"upon their approval by the President, and by these "Standards for Planning Water and Land Resources." By enacting laws and taking actions enumerated below and others, the Congr|i^"and the President have broadened the objectives to be considered in water and land resources planning. The two objectives as defined in the principles and set forth in mordMelaiTTn"t))f «~itanda^afVEr'oyide"a flexible planning framework lEat; is responsive to and can accommodate changing national needs -7- and priorities. '7"'""*"*** . . . • : . < > • " 26 :,-•• Z o zni . m in 6& .v^>^ v < > ^ • * <£e>**«.*«(W UAXV ^ t s ^ J U - \ 5 4 U I J w U t d l e f c e p 1 M *.{)<.<&<• iV. "x© FEDERAL HEGISKI, VOL I I , NO. 1TA-MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1973 CO |
