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<br />'" <br /> <br />proble~llG 1 projec ted needs VE.::CSU.3 responses for all components of the frame- <br />worl::: 'plan) national food an.:!. 1i~er rC3ional agricultural shares in relation <br />to al~ regioIL31 objectives afrectin3 selected ongoing activities and other <br />agrictl1tur,,1 production cO;:lpon2nts in t:1e plan, and the total framework plan <br />and cdsts versus the constrair..ed SC~l.eduling to observe going rates oZ e~~pend- <br />itures in the basin. Perhaps other sessio!)s "ill be required, but this one <br />served at least as an introduction to our fraffiellork plan. The general <br />reaction ""as that tIe had a thorough, clean cut, unde:i:'standable presen"tation <br />of the Era\ne"lOrk plan; and that on first glance it seemed consistent "ith <br />the :zra.."'J.e\)rr~~ study concept. <br /> <br />As an outgrouth or the frameuor1: study you \lill remember that last <br />October 13 the IvIissouri Basin InteL"-Azency Committee submitted ttJO Pl-op~sals <br />to the ~-1ate:.:- r~esources Cou!ll::il 'for Type II s tudies--one for the James Rl.ver <br />Basin in north and South Dakoea, and the oth.er on the Platt" River and <br />Tributaries Basin in t'lebras!:a. Late in Fcbruary the Council respondej to <br />the tuo. p:...#oposa.ls. I.mIAC v]28 advised that the President's budget for fis- <br />cal year 1971 did not include funds Eor initiation of either ~f these tHO <br />studies! To provid~ appropriate information for use in reviewing the pro- <br />posals In relation to other requests for such studieD for possible initiation <br />in FY 1972, the Council asked fo~ a ~OLe in-depth plan of study and budget. <br />, <br />This \las discussed by HRIAC last Hee;, and it has as!:ed the Standing .COTIL'11ittee <br />and its Executive G:coup to prepare the materi.~.l, and the Chairl1lL1.n of the: <br />I..L8IAC: Hill resubmit the recor,~endai.:ions du:cing mid-April. The original <br />bac1::.-up data uhich you submi.tted :1:or your respective agencies, together <br />uit.h updated narratives and budget tables as discussed. in this meeting, <br />will be used to fulfill the ne'll format requirements of the .~Jatei.. r:'esources <br />Council. Aside from the di[ierent ::Oi.-loat and some added information) the <br />objectiyes are the same. 'Najar requireu1ents are for consolidated sUfL1.rnaries <br />and departmental and agency budset tables shm-Jing the data by study elemellts~ <br />tOBether \lith total and fiscal year CO~.its. Each or the tllO studies still <br />'contemplates a four~>..ar ~tudy perio~ 197~-75. <br /> <br />One other itcm of inter-egency activity should be covered here. Con- <br />sideLa~le pi..ogresD h.::ls been made since the: last Field Committee meeting on <br />the sIJpendices for the Nebrasl::a State Hater Plan. As Interior Advisor to <br />the COJ:TIl1ission, I have sousht your suggestions and have furnished you I-.'ith <br />the aggregate comments 'I.:hich ~m. have ~uhraitted on the revie\{ drafts. Those <br />accommodated to date inc lude Lands, Hater, La'lV's, and an introduc tioH to the <br />main report. The first dc'aft o~ th.e Plans appendi:: probably Hill be avail- <br />able ~or aGency revie~l about June or July of this year, and you will be <br />furnished uith revieu copies. <br /> <br />Gvc.I' the last several Dlonths '1,12 have kept you advised on the le3is- <br />lation and .pro3res::; in implementing fi..,e organization of Natural ~eSOUi:ces <br />Distl-icts in .t-rebras!r.a. Since aUi' 1.ast :G'ield Conunittee meeting the Boundary <br />Task Force (of "hich I am a me[[,ber) !tas submitted its recommendations for <br />20 rlistl."icts in: the StatE:. A seriefi of 28 public inrol:"mation meetings <br />thereon has been virtually cop.\pleted, and tbz Commission T,.]ill establish <br />the .dist:rict boundaries late in t.pi..~il. Du::ing Jun2 and July a public <br />hearing 0:C 18 comnun~ty sessions OV2r tl~e State. uill 'ue conducted and the <br /> <br />0008 <br /> <br />3 <br />