WSP11627

• File Number: 8112.600
• Description: Arkansas White Red Basins Interagency Committee AWRBIAC
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/1/1952
• Title: Arkansas White Red Basins Inter Agency Committee Procedure Guide Second Edition
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Operating Principles/Plan

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would involve orbs~~ooordinat!6H betweon the aotivities on drainage, fish
and wildlife~ .end agriou1ture. There may be a ohoioe of alternatives as .
to whether an area s~.ollld be drained and put in orops, whether it should
remain undrained and improved, for fish and wildlife, or whether it should
remain undrained .and managed for produotion of timber.

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II. Coordination Prooedures

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1. The Inter-Agenoy Committee is responsible, oolleotively as a
group and individually as representati:\Tes of administrative authority
over the various participating State and Federal agencies, for ooordina-
tion of all the worl, on the AWR study. The Cornmittee oan and, to a large
extent, has devised ooordination prooedures and assigned coordination
tasks to various agenoies and individuals. Furthennore, a large part
of the ooordination neoessary in 'the AWR study is nor!1lally oarried out
by the partioipating agenoies during the oourse of their day-to-day in-
vestigating and planning operations. Eaoh mem.ber of the Cornmittee is
administratively responsible fo~ making sure that ooordination involving
the partioular agency or agencies whioh he represents is effected, bcth
within his agenoy and with other agencies.

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2. The Ccmmittee has established work groups on the functions included
in the study. As outlined in paragraph 3 below, the funotional work groups
have been assigned the task of effecting functional ooordination referred
to in paragraph la, above. This involves.agreeing on the scope of coverage
of the subject, the work to be done, and the division of work among the
State and Federal agencies represented in the work group. It also in-
vclves pointing out, as far as can be determined, the need for cross-
coordination Inth the work of other functional work groups. As outlined
in paragraph 5 below, the Committee has assigned to a group without fixed
membership, known as the Tulsa Grcup, certain tasks designed to facilitate
the work of the Committee and assist in coordination. Although a certain
amount of cross-functional coordination between the various work groups
will be assured because of mambership by each agency on several work
groups, through the efforta of the Tulsa Group and through the efforts
of members of the Inter-Agency Committee, adequate cross-functional coordi-
nation at field level requires the establishment of additional mechanics
for coordination to meet this need. Accordingly, the Governor's representa-
tiv'e of each State is assilSned' the task of providing leadership in cross-
functional coordination within his State as outlined in paragraph 4 below.

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3. Work Groups~ The AWRBIAC has established a number of work groups
to assure coordination of agency activities as they relate to each major
purpose of the comprehensive survey. It is the responsibility of each
work group for the aspect of the comprehensive survey vnth which it is
ccncerned to:

a. Outline the investigations and studies which the work group
considers to be necessary for its funotion. Wben adopted by the AWRBIAC,
.this statement will serve as a guide to agency personnel engaged in the

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