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<br />COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF <br />WATER AND RELATED LAND RESOURCE PROGRAMS <br />IN THE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />The Department of Commerce initiates very few water resources planning <br />studies. Commerce's usual role as a participant in planning will continue <br />with the Water Resources Council's new goal of multiple-objective planning. <br />This role could signify a lack of interest by the department in the two planning <br />objectives--National Economic Development and Environmental Quality. On the <br />contrary, there is considerable interest in maximizing the national economic <br />efficiency as well as recognizing the people's concern for environmental quality <br />to be a part of obtaining the Nation's economic objective. <br /> <br />Since the Department of Commerce does participate with other agencies in <br />water resources planning, since these efforts are not widely known, and since <br />the department has a relatively wide range of information and expertise useful <br />to planning studies, an explanation of Commerce's role in planning would be <br />helpful to those interested in implementing the new multiobjective planning. <br />Thus, this report is a partial summary of the missions for six of the department's <br />administrative units that affect or are affected by water resources planning. <br />The Department of Commerce operating units which appear in the following summary <br />are as follows: <br /> <br />I. Domestic and International Business/Bureau of Domestic Commerce <br />II. Maritime Administration <br />III. Economic Development Administration <br />IV. Regional Action Planning Commissions <br />V. Social and Economic Statistical Administration/Bureau of Economic <br />Analysis <br />VI. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration <br /> <br />I. The Bureau of Domestic Commerce (BDC), is an operating unit of the depart- <br />ment with authorities and duties related to the domestic industry and trade of <br />the Nation. BDC collects, analyzes, and disseminates information and data on <br />industrial activities and requirements, technological developments, economic trends, <br />and the potential impact on business and the economy of contemplated or effected <br />government action. BDC prepares analyses of policy issues and recommends policies <br />and program objectives to stimulate balanced growth of U.S. industry. <br /> <br />In regard to water and related resources planning, BDC focuses on the water <br />needs and uses of manufacturing industries. BDC has a computerized data bank <br />of the 10,000 largest water-using manufacturers with quantitative detail on <br />each plant's water use. BDC has developed an economic/engineering model <br />which uses this data base as well as other inputs to forecast manufacturing <br />water requirements on a regional and national basis. This model performs most <br />of the forecasting of manufacturing water requirements in the 1975 National Water <br />Assessment. <br /> <br />II. The Maritime Administration (MarAd). has responsibility for promoting, <br />encouraging, and developing ports and related transportation facilities in <br />connection with water commerce over which it has jurisdiction. <br /> <br />1-10 <br /> <br />I <br />t <br />I <br />I <br />t <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />f <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />i <br />I <br />/ <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />