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<br />The future sustenance and economic viability of agricultural <br />activities. <br /> <br />The degree and type of local, State, and Federal governmental <br />control of lifestyles. <br /> <br />2. The development of a fi na 1 208 Pl an for the Study Area al'!a its: <br /> <br />Completion of plan development for the Yampa River Basin. <br /> <br />Development of comprehensive land use plans. <br />Development of implementable population projections. <br /> <br />Participation by all sectors of the public in the decision-making <br />process. <br /> <br />\.Ia ter Qua 1 i ty <br />1. The establishment of locally-determined \'later quality goals is <br /> <br />hampered by: <br /> <br />Federal legislative goals require that all water be suitable for <br />"fishing and sl'limming." <br /> <br />An independent State effort to establish use classificatiorrs and <br />stream standards. <br /> <br />The unknowns of future alterations of the flo\'l regime from in- <br />creased transmountain and in-basin diversions. <br /> <br />The uncertainties of potential energy development. <br /> <br />2. The existing water quality data base is insufficient to assess the <br /> <br />spatial and temporal variations in water quality throughout the Studv Area. <br /> <br />Determination of water quality problems in some reoions of the Study Area is <br /> <br />li~ited by the lack of recent data or data for specific pollutants and, in <br /> <br />some cases, no data at all. <br /> <br />3. A large part of the problem I"ith the existinn \'!ater quality data <br /> <br />base can be traced to the vast number of agencies collectina data, each for <br /> <br />different reasons, and the total lack of any comprehensive data manaaement <br /> <br />program including a feedback mechanism for decision-makino. <br /> <br />t\J2fJ36 <br /> <br />- 5 - <br />