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<br />- - <br /> <br />- -- <br /> <br />~~- <br /> <br />0_ <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />------ -I <br /> <br />IjU i ; J~ <br /> <br />.. <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />participation e.r~ re'lulrt:01 of the beneficiaries of the same type of water <br /> <br />resources development because of different provls1oD3 of law governing dit- <br /> <br />ferent &genc::'es. '!he outstanding e.xa.c:Iple 1s flood control. Lack ot uniform <br /> <br />standards 18 not only inequitable to groups that must IrAke substantial COD- <br /> <br />trlbutlons, but creates a situation 1n vhlcb local groups are practically <br /> <br /> <br />\ invited to request duplicate survey. a.hd' shop around tor the best deal. In <br /> <br /> <br />an effort to remedy these detleleD~luJ and in the beliet that the v1ll1ng.... <br /> <br />nesa ot local groups to contribute a reaaocable ehare of the costs of . <br /> <br />proJect constitutes an effective teat of the soundness ot that und~rt~r1ng, <br /> <br />the ad:nioistratlon bas sponsored legislation to establiab a uniform s'ta1'lAAl"d <br /> <br />for non-Federal cost-sharing tor the flood. control reaturea of' all proJeets. <br /> <br /> <br />1be recently-enacted Flood COntrol Act of 1960 establishes a precedent tor a <br /> <br />. unitorm minimum ot 20 percent non.Federal cost sharing CD Corpe or Engineers' <br /> <br />loe&.l. tlood protection projects. 'D1i. is an important first step_ <br /> <br />F1n&lly, I vould lUte to d1scuu the issues of organiu.tiOD connected <br /> <br />v1tb water resources adz:1in1stration_ Various ..,pects of this subject have <br /> <br />been carefully studied by five distinguisbed commissions 10 the last eleven <br /> <br />yeArs_ <me point that all. of them have been thoroughly agreed upon i. that <br /> <br />there .bould be cloocr, more effective coordination of Federal program. for <br /> <br />the development of vater and related land resources. There bas been con. <br /> <br />siderably .eas agreetlent, ho.....ever, on what organizational steps should be <br /> <br />taken 'to accanplisb this. <br /> <br />CI1e step that has bef'n proposed, notably by the first Hoover CamdssioD, I <br /> <br />1s the consoll~tlon into one department of the major vater resources programs. I <br /> <br /> <br />Prime responsibility for coord1nat,lon vould then be 1a tile handa of one <br />