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<br />OOj312 <br /> <br />7 <br /> <br />2. QUOTED EXCERPTS FROM THE PUBLIC RECORD <br /> <br />Stewart L. Udall. former Secretary of the Interior, and first <br />Chairman of the Water Resources Council, on behalf of the <br />National Wildlife Federation of which he is a Director <br /> <br />". . . I'd like to take this opportunity to commend the <br />members of the Water Resources Council and its staff for devel- <br />oping a new proposed set of standards which we think go a long <br />way toward curing the ills contained in the present planning <br />procedures. <br /> <br />"Especially noteworthy are the proposals to set the discount <br />rate at a much more realistic level than exists under present <br />guidelines and the much greater recognition given to preserving <br />enviromnental values. " <br /> <br />***** <br /> <br />" .. Those projects which possess a wide spectrwn of <br />values for the public and for which there is a genuine need will <br />continue to be approved and funded under the new planning guide- <br />lines, we're convinced. What will happen, we hope, is that the <br />many marginal and controversial water development projects of <br />the past which exist with rather doubtful cost-benefit ratios and <br />which in the long-run were apt to be more damaging than helpful <br />to the environment, will receive closer analysis and will be <br />required to pass more stringent, all-inclusive tests of eligibility. " <br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />*"r**::(~ <br /> <br />". . . It seems abundantly clear to us that if there was a <br />need to revise the planning standards to bring them more in <br />alignment with present-day philosophy, economic outlook, and <br />enviromnental needs, then it follow[s] logically that the revised <br />standards should apply to all proposed and unbuilt projects. The <br />fact that some of these projects have been authorized within the <br />past five years or a project has been submitted to the 92nd <br />Congress for authorization or a planning study is nearing comple- <br />tion should not be the decisive consideration. Many resource <br />projects previously authorized were included in omnibus bills and <br />received very little scrutiny before action by Congress. ..." <br /> <br />****~~ <br />