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<br />0017\35 <br /> <br />Therefore, two alternatives must be developed if it is found that <br /> <br />designation would preclude proposed water resource projects. One <br /> <br />alternative must maximize contributions to national economic development <br /> <br />while the other maximizes contributions to environmental quality. <br /> <br />Both objectives are equal in importance and are treated with equal <br /> <br />weight in the final analysis. Each alternative is evaluated to determine <br /> <br />how well it satisfies the objective for which it was formulated by <br /> <br />displaying the measured beneficial and adverse effects of the alternatives <br /> <br />.in the four account system (NED, EQ, RD, and SWB). <br /> <br />Specification of Ob1ectives <br /> <br />,: <br /> <br />The first step in the MOP process is to identify or specify the components <br /> <br />I <br />I, <br /> <br />of the two major objectives. These components must be of concern to the <br /> <br />nation, they must be present in or relevant to the resources being studied, <br /> <br />they must be measurable or capable of being qualitatively defined, and <br /> <br />they are expected to be those which can be substantially influenced through <br /> <br />I. <br />II <br />r <br /> <br />manage~ent and.development alternatives available to the planners. <br /> <br />The NED objective can be served in two basic ways: (l) by increasing <br /> <br />economic values through increasing output.or production of goods and <br /> <br />services and (2) by increasing economic efficiency in the production of <br /> <br />goods and services. <br /> <br />The Yampa and Green River Basins' economy is largely resource oriented. <br /> <br />Major goods and services produced in the area are agricultural products, <br /> <br />timber, minerals, and outdoor recreation. National economic development <br /> <br />can be served by increasing prodiction of any of these components provided <br /> <br />3 <br />