Arkansas-White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee Purpose, Organization and Plan for Public Hearings

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r� C. Lt. Col James B. Lampert, CE, reported on the first Tech- nical Conference, ` °'which was held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 9. 10, and 11 August 1950. Details may be found in the minutes which have been dis- tributed separately,. d. Mr. Daniel Kennedy later reported on the activities of the Mapping Subcommittee, of which he is chairman. The report is included as Appendix C to these minutes. The committee acted on the following recommendations of the Mapping Subcommittee. (1) That the Subcommittee continue in existence until its assignment is compd.etedo Approved with the under- standing that the Subcommittee will be dissolved by later action of the Intel - Agency Committee._ (2) That a central office be established or designated to assist the Subcommittee in carrying out its work. Ap- proved with the understanding that the Geological Survey would assume the function and establish such an office in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (3) That an orderly expansion of existing mapping pro- grams should take place, with the highest priority being given to the completion of mapping essential to this study in the three -basin area. Approved. (4) That the Inter-Agency Committee take cognizance of the need for an orderly program of surveys and of the needs for the establishment of relative priorities for this work. Approved. (5) That problems relating to maps and surveys be re- ferred to the Mapping Subcommittee for recommendation. Approved with the understanding that decisions on policy matters would rest with the Inter - Agency Committee. 5. An information pamphlet and a questionnaire which are to be used in conjunction with the joint public hearings were discussed. After modification, these two items were approved for issue. They arr attached as Appendices D and E. b. The Chairman referred to a pamphlet published by the Federal Inter-Agency River Basin Committee on "Proposed Practices for Economic Analysis of River Basin Projects." It contains an analysis of the systems now used by the Federal agencies represented on that Committee and proposed a uniform method. It is currently being considered by the FIARBC with a view to possible adoption. The Chairman asked that the members study the pamphlet,.cons? der the desirability of utilizing the proposed method in the Arkansas -White -Red study, and be prepared to discuss it at the October meeting. 3