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<br />..',"~ .;j. <br /> <br />-3- <br /> <br />6. <br />August 5, <br /> <br />August 1-15. Policy Committee redraft option papers. <br />complete the heal'ings and Congressional consultation. <br /> <br />7. August 16. Second formal meeting of Task Forces. Members <br />select preferred options and preliminary agency posi tions are provided. <br />Additional substantive corrections suggested. <br /> <br />8. August 17-September 1. Policy Committee draft final option <br />papers. <br /> <br />9. September 1-15. Final Task Force meetings. Formal agency <br />positions on recommendations and options. <br /> <br />10. September 15. Final recommendations and options submitted <br />to the Secretary of the Interior, Director of OlvlB and Chairman of CEQ. <br /> <br />11. September 30. Recommendations submitted to the President. <br /> <br />12. October 15. Presidential decision. <br /> <br />13. September 3D-November 1. Agencies develop implementing <br />documents for the President. including draft legislation, Executive <br />Orders. reorganization plans. budget submissions, and changes in <br />agency rules and regulations. <br /> <br />14. November 1. 1977. Announcement by the President. <br /> <br />Public Involvement <br /> <br />Throughout the review process. a strong effort will be undertaken to <br />solicit the views and suggestions of the public and Congress. The option <br />papers will be published in the Federal Register on July 15. 1977. and <br />the public given 30 days to comment. A series of regional hearings will <br />be conducted in late July to solicit the view of private citizens, State and <br />local governments, government organizations, interest groups, industry <br />and environmental groups. The hearings will be held using the river <br />basin commissions, interagency basin committees, and members of the <br />Policy Committee. Meetings will also be held with Congressmen, Senators. <br />congressional committees, and staff to seek their views. <br /> <br />2540 <br />