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<br />OQl733 <br /> <br />~) <br /> <br />1-4-77 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />YAMPA AND GREEN WILD AND SCENIC RIVER STUDY DRAFT <br /> <br />APPENDIX <br />OUTLINE AND APPLICATIO~ PRINCIPLES <br />AND STANDARDS PROCEDURES TO ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS <br /> <br />In 1971 the Water Resources Council developed and tested an analytical <br /> <br />procedure for the generation and evaluation of alternative plans for water <br /> <br />and related land resource uses. This procedure was first known as <br /> <br />Multiple Objective Planning (MOP) since alternative plans for four, <br /> <br />often conflicting, objectives for water resources were developed. The <br /> <br />i-' <br />I <br /> <br />adopted process was published in the Federal Register, Volume 38, <br /> <br />E <br />" <br /> <br />cedure is intended primarily for water resource development analysis. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Number 174, on September 10, 1973, as an Executive Order. This pro- <br /> <br />Since wild and scenic rivers are considered by the Water Resources <br /> <br />Council to be water resource developments, it is mandatory that studies <br /> <br />of wild and scenic rivers comply with Principles and Standards. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is primarily intended to preserve the <br /> <br />environmental qualities of those rivers which possess great natural <br /> <br />beauty and, other qualities which make them deserving of such attention. <br /> <br />In a sense, MOP modifies this intent to serve economic needs as well. <br /> <br />A wild and scenic river study can now develop alternative plans for <br /> <br />economic development as well as environmental preservation. The <br /> <br />economic development plans developed for a wild and scenic river study <br /> <br />are developed so that the advantages and disadvantages of a fuller <br /> <br />range of alternative plans can be examined and discussed. <br />