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<br />7 <br /> <br />that source and, if so, whether the administrative Bcts are <br />consistent with such guidelines and among themselves. <br />L Development and Management of Water <br />a. Federal construction or licensin~ of water <br /> <br /> <br />storage facilities <br /> <br /> <br />This part of the legal study will take a <br /> <br /> <br />limited look at (1) the water resource development programs <br /> <br /> <br />of the Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers for <br /> <br /> <br />the construction of multipurpose water storage facilities on <br /> <br /> <br />public lands, and (2) the authority exercised by the Federal <br /> <br /> <br />Power Commission under the Federal~ower Act for the licensing <br /> <br /> <br />of hydroelectric projects occupying public lands. These <br /> <br /> <br />programs reflect broad national policy relating to water <br /> <br /> <br />resources development, which are not cif primary concern to <br /> <br /> <br />this Commission. The general statutory framework for these <br /> <br /> <br />programs will be ~escribed in summary fashion only, with <br /> <br /> <br />in-depth treatment of the existing legal systems reserved <br /> <br /> <br />for statutory and administrative treatment of the following <br /> <br /> <br />limited areas: <br /> <br /> <br />~i) Consideration and protection of public land <br /> <br /> <br />values in project planning and operati.on. <br /> <br /> <br />(ii) Coordination between water and land agencies in- <br /> <br /> <br />project planning and operation and the resolution of agency <br />conflicts. <br /> <br />3272 <br />