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Z4144 WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL PROPOSED PRINCIPLES AND STAND- ARDS FOR PLANNING WATER AND RELATED LAND RESOURCES Notice of Public Review and Hearing 1. Time and place. Notice Is hereby given by the Wa.ter Resources Council of B. period of publIc review and comment commencing as of the date of thls publI- cation and terminating March 31, 1972, AJJ part of thJs review. a public hea.r1ng will be held at the NatiOJlll! Museum of History and Technology. 14th street and Constitution Avenue NW.. washington, D.C.. on March 20 and 21, 1972, com- mencing each day at 10 a.m. (use ConstJ- tution Avenue entrance, conference Room to left after entering) , 2. Purpose. The purpose of this public review and' hea.r1ng is to obtain. prior to formal Counc1l reoommenda.tioD for pres- idential approval, the views of the in- terested public on Prlnctpl... lUld Stand- ards proposed by the Water Resources Caunen. pursuant to the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-80). for Federal participation with river basin COIIlIIlisslons, States. and othem in the preparation. fonnulatlon, evalua.tion.., re- view. revislon.., and transmission to the congress of plans for States, regions, and river basins; and for planning of Federal and certain federally assisted water and land resource programs and projects. A separate draft environmental state- ment of the proposed Principles and Standards has been prepared pursuant to section 102(2) <C) of the National Environmental Polley Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-190) a.nd implementing guide- lines, and the views of the interested public on It wtll be considered durtng the same period of publlc review and at the public helU'tng, 3. Availabtzitv 01 proposal. The texts of the proposed PrinCiples and Standards and the dratt environmental statement are publlshed in th1s Part IT. Volume 36, No. 245 of the FEDERAL REGISTER, as a part of th18 notice. 4. Written statements. Written views and comments wlll be Introduced into the record tt they are submttted to the Director. Water Resources Council 2120 L Street NW" Washington, DC 20037. no later than March 31, 1972, or to the hearing omcer at the pUblic helU'tng, All statements should clearly indIcate whether they are directed to the pro- posed Principles and standards, to the separate draft environmental statement, or to both. 5. Oral 3tatements. Views and com- ments may be presented at the hearing oraJly or by submitting a written state- ment for the record. as set out in para- graph 4 above. Not1ce of Intention to present an oral statement should be pro- vided to the Director, Water Resources Counctl. 2120 L Street NW" Washington, DC 20037. no later tha.n Ma.rch 6. 1972, Wlt.h an advance copy_ or the state- ment t:t available. Such notice, as well 88 the statement Itself, should clearly indi- cate whether U; Is dJrected to _ pro- NOTICES posed Prlnclpl... lUld Standards. to the separate dmtt envlronmental statement, or to both. Persons providing such notice w1ll be informed of the date and approxi- mate time of thetr scheduled presenta- tion at the earliest practicable da.te .'prIor to the commencement of t.h;e hearing. The Councll will attempt to schedule the presentation of those persons who fall to observe the March 6, 1972. deadline as t1m.e perm.1ts. If necessary to accom- modate all those wishing to present oral statements, the hearing omcer may limit such stJatements to 30 minutes. Any per- son so llm1ted may submIt a wrltten ex- tension of his remarks for incorporation into the record, provided he does so wtthln the deadline set out In paragraph 4 a.bove. . .6. Availability of record. The record of views and comments received during the publlc review period, Including a tran- script at the hearing, will be ma.lntalned for public 1nspectlon at the headquarters of the Water Resources Counc11. 2120 L street NW" Washington, DC 20037, Copies ot the record, or POrtions thereof, wtll be furntshed by the Council to a.ny member of the publlc upon payment of the cost of reproducing the copies destred, 7. Background oj proposal. These pro- posed PrinCipleS and Standards are based on over 2 years of In~ve effort by the Wa.ter Resources Council. The Council appointed a special task force to review evaluation practices cur- rently used In pla.nnlng, An lnttla1 publio hea.rlng was held In JlUlUGJ'Y 1969 to solicit publtc vlewlS. A prel1mJnary report at the specfal task force Pl'O])OSlng a muItlobJectlve approach to pla.nn1ng water lUld land resourc... Wll8 published by the Council In June 1969. The Council directed that the issues and the PI'OPCl681s W ATBa R!:SOUBCEB COUNCIL In the report be wtdely dtscussed lUld tested on existing projects. Nine publiC hea.ringB were held at which about 200 oral statements were presented and nearly 400 other state- ments were submitted for the record. The preliminary task force report, of which about 5,000 copies have been cUstributed," hQB been the subJect of d.l.scusslon at nwnerous meetings and seminars. The report has been extensively reviewed by several Federal agencies and river basins commissions. In addItion, 19 field tests have been made of the proposed proce- dures based on the preliminary task force report. On the basis of this Infor- mation and suggestions of nwnerous ex- perts from Federal and State Govern- ments, universities, and other sources the task force submitted its final recommen- dations to the Water Resources Council in August 1970. After careful conslderatJon, the Coun- cil has made certain revisions in the task force recommendations and has tenta- Uvely adopted the attached revtsed Prlncipl... lUld StandardB, subject to public review and conunent and presi- dentiaJ approval, 8. ERect. The Principles and Stand- ards, when approved, will supersede the Policies, Standards, and Procedures in the Formulation, Evaluation, and Review of Plans for Use and Development of Water and Related Land Resources, approved by the PresIdent. May 15, 1962, printed as Senate Document No. 97, 87th Congress, 2d session, together with. Supplement No, I thereto. June 4, 1964. "EvaJuatJon Standards for Primary OUtdoor Recrea- tion Benefits," and the amendment of December 24, 1968. 18 CPR I 704,39. "DIscount Rate". W. DoN MAUGHAN, Director, Water Resources Counca. ""'...... Bogen! C. B. Morton, Ohatrman. Secretary of the Interior. Earl L. Butz, Secret;ary of Agrlculture. Boben P. FroebIke, Becreta:ry of the .Ani1y. Bllloi L. Richardson. Soorert.ary of HeaJ.ih, EducatIon, and Wel- taro. John A. Volpe, SeoreWy or Tronsportatlon. .;John N. N8881katJ, Chalnnan, F'oderal Power Oomm1ss1on. 4SS0C:U.'l'K KBMBDS Maurice H. stana, Secrete.ry of CoDJ.Iner'Ce. George R. Romney, Beoretary of Houslng and Urban Develop- m..... Wtllla.m D. Ruckelshaus. Adm1n!stlrator. Envlronme.ntal Protection Agency. 0"""'0'.... Donald B. Rlee, Aastst..sm D1l'ec1loz', omce of M&nagement and Budget. ,John N. Mltchel1. AtItonu>y Gen...... Department 0: o7UlOtIoe. ALTERNATI'S J"a.mes R. Smith, Ass1st.ant Secretary. Thomaa It. Cowden. ABststant Secreta:y. Kenneth B. Bel1eu. Under Secretary. " Me:rUn It. DuVal, Ass1stant Secretary. Chester R. Bender, CommCLnAA.not, U.s. 0clGat Guard. George E. Tom.l1nson, . Cblef EngIneer. B'l.l.J'e8.u of Power. ALTEILNATU Robert M. White, Adm1n1st.rator, Na.tJonal Oceanlc &Dd M- mospher1c AdmlnlBtratJan. SBmuel C. Ja.ck8on. AaslBtant Secretary. Eugene T. Jensen, Deputy As81stant Adm1nistrtl.tcr. ALTERNATES Donald B. Cra.bm Chief. Hatural lkIIources Programa Ill..... ",on. Bh1ro Kasblwa, Ass18taD.t Attomey Oeneml. FEDERAL REGISTER, YOLo 36, NO. 245_TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1971