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<br />::. 001.53" _ <br />,.--~""c-,t" 'i\ <br />,-~r::'\,., =1-('<)' ,':;',I'l . <br />:-1. "II, .'" ". "./ ,~\ ~ <br />lJ IL::; .J}r..:t:_'_'. -'-""".... <br />\ i\\' -." .'." '"c." <br />~""i vI.; \60'- <br />, ,- <br /> <br />-, COLORACO WA'iER <br />CC~~S'2.lWAitON SOARD <br /> <br />THE: WHITS HOUSE:, <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />WASHING,ON <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT C <br /> <br />June 15, 1981. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"'r <br />( ., <br />:p'" <br />j <br /> <br />"'ROM: <br /> <br />JAMES G. WATT, CHAIRMAN PRO TEMPORE <br />C]I.::nm:T CO!.!!'!C!!. ON NATUR.;;'!.. RESOURCES AND, ENVT.Rcm"f.Wr <br /> <br />; <br /> <br />Ut'\' <br />-._- <br /> <br />~EMORANDUM ~OR TF.~ PRESI~ENT <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ISSU:::: <br /> <br />:ihat ldnd or cost shar-ing arrangements' should the Administr-ation <br />requlr-e for federal water projects? <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3;;'C:<G ROU~~iJ: <br /> <br />Water projects have contributed significantly to the health, <br />prosperity, and quality of Amer-ican life. In this er-a of federal <br />:iscal austerity, the continued development of such pr-ojects will <br />ui:e non-feder-~l participat!on in project planning, finance, <br />.--er.:anagement. Without such cost-shar-ing arrangements, much <br />neeoed development of this vital resour-ce is in jeopar-dy. <br /> <br />D!SC~S=!ON: <br /> <br />The t~~.lmpo:tant teder-al w2ter- pr-oject responsibilities have <br />been (1) project planning and evaluation, and (2) project finance <br />anc repayment. The Cabinet Council on Natur-al Resour-ces and <br />Environment, in conjunction with the Water Resources Council, has <br />recommended new Principles and Guidelines for planning and <br />evaluating economically viable, environmentally sound water <br />projects. These guidelines replace the very rigid and cumbersome <br />Principles and Standards that have contributed to a hiatus in <br />water project development. In addition to these principles and <br />Guidelines, the Cabinet Council now recommends, as part of this <br />ACNini~tration's comprehensive water project development policy, <br />the adoption, as policy, of cost sharing with non-federal project <br />beneficiaries. <br /> <br />~~ the current era of budg~tary stringency, some cost sharins for <br />water projects is a necessity. Set fort~ below are the Cost <br />sharing recommendations of the Cabinet Council. <br /> <br />.. <br />