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<br />- <br /> <br />ijUI ;.;,\ <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />WbUe this pr~r~.8 18 corr:aendable, I suggest that ve haTe sClDe 1mportant <br /> <br />stock-taking to d.o in order to prepare oured...e. tor the Job ahead. I believe <br /> <br />ve lIlUst take .. hard look at tvo &rM.....vater pollc1 aDd. organbatlon <br /> <br />lLI"r'aD.gementa . <br /> <br />1hree _Jor l"uea ot vater pol..1cy need attentioD, it aHlla to lIIe. F1rlt, <br /> <br />. the defin1tion ot Federal reapcae1bU1t,. tor vater re.oure.a 4.eyalopaentj <br /> <br />8ec<lDd, unitOI'm .u,c....rda ot project evaluatioD; and. thlr4, un1tonl &rraDae- <br /> <br />menta tor cOlt-ahar1ng aDd rellaburl.ent. <br /> <br />'DJ.e pattern of Fede.reJ. reepcmalbWty tor vater re.ources developDent has <br /> <br />nolved OYer the year. 1n re.pone. to DlAll7 tactor.J 1a.elud1J1a criMI, de... <br /> <br /> <br />preulO1l.., and urgent ceeca. It 18 u:pre..ed 1D. .. DUmber ot leglalatlve <br /> <br />authorlz.atlonl, administrative regula;t1~, and trad1t1ona. lhlelB serious <br /> <br />thought 18 given to a more! 8)"11tesrat1e ..t or pr1nc1pl.. governing what the <br /> <br /> <br />F~ral Covernment v1ll ASI'1JrH' re.-pc:n81bUlt;y tor, the role ot the Federal <br /> <br />Oove1"lJllent cannot develop 1D the lIOn eftectiy. man.c.er. Without.. clear <br /> <br />det1JUtlon oL Federal re.pondbUltT there 1. . dan6er that Federal programa <br /> <br />v1ll be overextended, llDd that..FKeral tu..oe1&l reeource., vh1e.b are always <br /> <br />l1m1ted, Y1ll be d1verted trcll the urgGUy..needed develOp:a.Mlte that are <br /> <br />. ele&rly the Job ot the Federal GovertDent. <br /> <br />By haT1na a hand. 1n every a.peet. ot vater developDe11t, tb. Federal Govern~ <br /> <br /> <br />\ m~t; 1n a v~ry real sense,' gives tal!;el Pr<:r.s1ee of meeting every ne~. ?tate, <br /> <br /> <br />local, and pr1vate 1nit1atJve'1a understandably blunted, and pt'Ogre.. t.ov8.rd <br /> <br />completion of needed vater resources development 1s inhib1ted. <br /> <br />~ere 1s an 1ncreasingly urgent need to be sure that the Federal Govern- <br /> <br />Ileat hae a clear, det1.n1te polle;r defln1ng botb the k1..nc1a ot'drvel.opcents <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />