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<br />8 <br /> <br />(iii) Flexibility in project operations in order to <br /> <br /> <br />accommodate subsequently developing public land needs. <br /> <br /> <br />The study will not review the broader questions of water <br /> <br /> <br />allocations under such programs, preferences for and repayment <br /> <br /> <br />obligations of beneficiaries of the programs, or similar <br /> <br /> <br />policies, except to the extent they may be relevant to the <br /> <br /> <br />specific public land programs to be reviewed in part II-A-2 <br /> <br /> <br />of this study, infra. <br /> <br /> <br />b. Watershed mane~ement and protection <br /> <br /> <br />This part of the legal study will review and <br /> <br /> <br />describe in summary fashion the federal water.shed protection <br /> <br /> <br />and rehabilitation programs car~ied out by the federal agencies <br /> <br /> <br />for the purpose of influencing the quantity and quality of <br /> <br /> <br />water yields from the public lands. Because the area is one <br /> <br /> <br />involving primarily technical considerations, the study should <br /> <br /> <br />generally outline the management policies and practices which <br /> <br /> <br />have been employed by the federal agencies in such matters <br /> <br /> <br />as the development of water management plans and the manner <br /> <br /> <br />in which they are implemented, procedures for collection of <br /> <br /> <br />data on the quantity and quality of water yields as affected <br /> <br /> <br />by watershed management programs, the extent 'of cooperation <br /> <br /> <br />and coordination among the federal and nonfederal agencies <br /> <br />~\ <br />