Board Meeting 10/07/1982

• Board Meeting Date: 10/7/1982
• Description: CWCB Meeting
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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CONSERIJi'iTlON SOARD

THE WHITE HOUSe: .

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June 15, 1981,

MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT

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FROM:

JAMES G. WATT, CHAIRMAN PRO TEMPORE
Cl'.S!m:T CO!.!~lC!!. ON N~.TUP.AL, RESOURCES AND, ENVT.Rm:MF.NT

ISSUE:

What kind of cost sharing arrangements should the Administration
require for federal water projects?

B;.:CKGROUNiJ :

Water projects have contributed significantly to the health,
prosperity, and quality of American life. In this era of federal
fiscal austerity, the continued development of such projects will
. requ:re non-federal participation in project planning, finance,
and ~anagement. Without such cost-sharing arrangements, much
needed development of this vital resource is in jeopardy.

D!5CtJSS!ON:

The t'...o..l'mportant federal ....ater project responsibilities have
been (1) project planning and evalQation, and (2) project finance
and repayment. The Cabinet Council on Natural Resources and
Environment, in conjunction ....ith the Water Resources Council, has
recommended ne.... principles and Guiqelines for planning and
evaluating economically viable, environmentally sound water
projects. These guidelines replac~ the very rigid and cumbersome
Principles and Standards that have contributed to a hiatus in
....ater project development. In addition to these principles and
Guidelines, the Cabinet Council now recommends, as part of this
Adminiztration's comprehensive wat~r project development policy,
the adop~ion, as po'1icy, of cost sharing wi th non-federal project
bene f i cia ri es.

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~n the current era of budgetary stringency, some cost sharing for
water projects is a necessity. Set forth below are the cost
sharing recommendations of the Cabinet Council.