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24150 covered under tJl1s section 18 responsible for applying these standa.rds 1;0 his pl'()-o gram.. Each Federal ruim1nb;t,rator sbaIl follow these standards In estallllshlng agency procedures far evaluation of pro- grams and projects for conservation. de- velopment. a.nd utilizatton of water and land resources. The Board of Directors ot the Ten- nessee Va.lley Authority, responsible for framework studies a.nd assessments. re- gional and river basin plan.nJ.ng studies and implementation studies for the Ten- nessee River Basin. and the Federal representatives of other entities perform- Ing the functlons- of a river basin com- mission shall apply these standards ex- cept for any adjustments required by law or Executive order or for .special situations where the appl1cat1on of these standards Is not practical. Proposed Federal agency procedur~ and rev1s1ons thereto. to Implement these standards wlll be referred to the Water Resources CouncU for review for con- sistency with these" standards. E. SCHEDULE soa APPLYING STANDARDS After approval of the Principle; by the President, the principles and stand- ards wlll apply to all levels of planning , studies except projects which have been authorized or have been submitted to the 92d Congress for" authorization prior to the approval date. The principles and standards shall be applied to ongolng planning studies, provided that the re- sponsible agency or entity may request an exception from the Wa.ter Resources Councll for those studIes nearlng com- pletion. Plans. progra.m.s.. or projects which have been authoriZed by the Con- gress and on wb1ch actual constnIct:l.on. or other s1mllar activity has not com- menced. w1th1n 5 years after authoriza. tion will be reviewed :In accordance with . these principles and sta.nda:rds. n. OBJECTIVES A. IN'IRl)DUCTIOR The Principles for Planning Water and Land Resources define the objectives of national economic development. environ.. mental "quallty, and reiPonal develop.- ment. ,These multl.obJectives provide the ba.s1s for the formulation of project. State, region. and river basln plans for the use of water and land resources to meet foreseeable short- and long-term needs and have been expllcitJy stated or Implied in nwnerous congressional enactments and Executive. actions. The most notable of these actions in water a.nd related areas are summarized below. In the Flood Control Act of 1936, the Congress declared that benefits of Fed- eral projects should exceed costs. Inter- pretation of this statute has resulted in development of vartous analyttcal pro- cedures to evaluate the benefits and costs of proposed projects. These pro- cedures have centered a.round a na- tional economic efficiency analys1s and were first published .. "Proposed Prac- tices for Economic Analys1a of rover Basin Projects" In May 1950 and revlsed In May 1956. Budget Bureau CIrcular 'No. A-47 W'IlII Issued on December 31. NOTICES 1952. informlng the agencies of con- siderations wb1ch would guide the Bu- reau of the Budget In Its evaluatloos Of projects and requiring uniform data that would perinlt" comparisons "among projects. On OCtobor 6, 1961, the President re- Quested the Secretartes of Interior, Agri- culture, Army, and Health, Education. and Welfare to review exist1rig evalua- tion standards and to recominend 1m:' provements. Their report, "Pollcles, Standards. and Procedures in the For- mulation, Evaluation. arid Review "of Plans for Use and Development of Water and Related Land Resources," was ap.- proved by the Prestdent on May 15, 1962. and published as Senate Document No. 97. 87th Congress. 2d Session. This docu- "ment" replaced Budget Bureau Circular No. A-47 and in turn hM been super- seded by the "Principles for Planntng Water and Le.nd - Resources:' approved by the President on __n________, and these "Standards for Planning Water and Land Resources." By enacting the laws enwnerated be- low and others. the Congress has broadened the objectives to be con- sidered In water and land resources plann1ng. The multiobJectives as defined. In the principles and Bet forth in more detall in these standards provide 8 flexlble planning framework that is responsive to and can accommodate changtng na- tional needs and priorities. The statement of the objectives and speciftcation of their components in these standards is wi thout implication concerning priorities to be given to them in the process of plan 'fonnulation and evalU8Jtion. These 9ta.nclaI'ds, nonethe- less, do recognIze and ms.ke provlsion for" a systema.tic a.pproach by which the gen- eral publ1c and dec1s1onmakers can as- sess the relative mertts of e.chieving al- ternative levels of satIsfaction to seveial objectives where there may be conJUot. competition, or complementarity among them, ThIs will provide the type of In- formatton needed. to improve the public dec1sionmaking process. B. MAJOR CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTIVES I Many laws that give new or mare de- finitive dlrectlons to Federal participa- tion In plannlng for water and I&nd re- sources have been passed in recent years. Some major en:actmentB are: The Appalachian RegIonal DevelOp- ment Act of 1965 (PtlbIlc Isw 89-4). au- thoriZes the prepo,ration of a compre- henstve pIan for development of water and related land resources of the region as a means of expanding economic op.- portunities, The plan for wlllter and land resources 18 to be an lntegral and har- "moniaus component of the regional economic development program author- Ized by the Act" The Federal Water Project Recreation Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-72). pro- vides for full consideration of opportunl- ties for recreation and fish and w1ldl1fe enhancement In Federal projects tmder specified cost allocation and coot-shar- Ing provIsIOIlll. The Water Resources Plann1ng Act of 1965 (PubIlc Law 6~O), estalllishes a oomprehens1ve planning approach to the conservation., development, and use at water and related le.nd 'resources. The Act emphasizes Joint Federal-Slate co- operation 10 planning and consideration . of the views of all publlc and private "in- terestS. Section 103 O! the Act provides that "The Council shall establ1sh, 6fter such consultation with other interested entities, both Federal and non-Federal, as the Council may flnd appropriate, and with the approval of the President.,"prin- cipIes, stand&rds, and procedures for Federal participants in the preparation of comprehensive region&l. or river basin pliins and for the formulaUon and evaluation of FederaJ 'W'ater and related land resources projeots." " The Act further provides in section" l02(b) that "The COUDell &ball . . . maintain a conttnu1ng study of the re1&~ tion of reg1arm.l or river basm. plans and programs to the requirements of largel- regions of the Nation and of the ade- quacy of admlnlstratlve and statutory means for the ooord.1.n8.tlon of the water and reIBted land resourees pol1c:l.es and programs of the several Federa.1 agen- cies; it sha.ll appraise the adequacy at existing and Pl"OP06ed polIcies and pro- grams to meet such requirements: and It shall make recommendations to the President with' respect \D Federal poli- cies arid programs." " The Act also provides In section 301 <b) , ilhM "The Coundl. wlollh the approval of the President. sha.1l prescrtbe "such rules, establlsh such procedures, and make such arrangements and provistons relating to the performance of its functions 1ll1der th1s title. and the use of funds available therefor, as may be necessary in order to assure (1) coordination of the pro- gram authorized by this tlUe with related Federal . pla.nn1ng assistance programs, including the program authorized under sectlon 701 of the Houslng Act of 1954 and (2) appropriate utillzation of other Federal agenc1es adm1nlstering programs which may contrtbute to acl1ieving the purpose of th18 Act... " "The Water Resources Planning Act, as llIIllended. Is 8Itltached ... Appendlx A.' The Publlc -Works and Economic De- velopment Act of 1965 CPubl1c Law 89-136) establlBhes national policy to use Federal assistance in planning and con- structing publ1c works to create new employment opporttmfties in areas sut- fertrig substantial and persistent unem- ployment" and rmderemployment. The Act provides for establishing Federal- State regtonal comm.issioru; for regions that have lagged behind the Natlon In economic development. The Water Qnallty Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-234) and SUbsequent amend- ments provides for establishing water Quality standards for interstate waters. These water quaIlt.Y standards prOvide requirements and gOfilil that must be - incorporated into planning procedures. 1 Append..I.z A tiled as pa.rt at. the or1gt..Oa1 d.ocument. FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL 36.. NO. 245-TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, '1971