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001139 Y~iC2 f-l Pr Multiple Objective Planning for HUd and Scenic River Studies Overview In 1971 the Hater Resources Council developed and tested an analytical procedure for evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of plans which affect the water resources of the United States. This procedure was first known as multiple objective planning (MOP) since alternative plans for four, often conflicting, objectives for water resources were developed. The MOP procedure was further modified and then adopted by Executive Order as the Principles and Standards for Planning Hater and Related Land Resources as published in the Federal Register, Volume 38, No. 174, on September 10, 1973. This procedure is intended primarily for water resource development analysis; however, it is mandatory that it also be applied to wild and scenic river studies. The Hild and Scenic Rivers Act is primarily intended to preserve the environmental qualities of those rivers which possess great natural beauty and other qualities which make them deserving of such attention. In a sense, MOP modifies this intent to serve economic needs as well. A wild and scenic river study can now develop alternative plans for economic develop- ment as well as environmental preservation. The economic development plans are normally not intended to be proposals for action; rather, they are developed so the advantages and disadvantages of a fuller range of alternative plans are examined and discussed. The effects of various economic and environmental plans are compared to each other and another plan is usually prepared to optimize total environ- mental and economic contributions resultant from a proposal. Comparison