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<br />STATEMENT <br /> <br />on <br /> <br />WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL PROPOSED PRINCIPLES <br />AND STANDARDS FOR PLANNING WATER AND RELATED <br />LAND RESOURCES (Federal Register, Volume 36, <br />No. 245, December 21, 1971) <br /> <br />March, 1972 <br /> <br />My name is S. E. Reynolds. I am New Mexico State Engineer <br /> <br />and Secretary of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission. <br /> <br />This opportunity to present the views of the State of New Mexico <br />on the Water Resources Council proposed principles and standards <br /> <br />for planning water and related land resources is sincerely appre- <br /> <br />ciated. <br /> <br />In 1968 the Senate Interior , Insular Affairs Committee <br /> <br />expressed its view: <br /> <br />"that the present interpretation of Senate <br />Document 97 results in benefit analyses which <br />place little or no emphasis upon the direct and <br />secondary effects of projects. As a result, <br />projects are being formulated and proposed which <br />optimize the value to the direct beneficiaries <br />and neglect the impact, both beneficial and <br />detrimental, upon other sectors of the economy <br />and society. To facilitate more valid considera- <br />tion of investments in water resource development <br />in relation to other federal programs, the economic <br />analyses of projects should reflect the broadest <br />scope of potential benefits and costs which will <br />result from the implementation of proposals." <br />(Senate Report No. 1234, 90th Congress, Second <br />Session) <br /> <br />The Water Resources council proposed principles and standards <br /> <br />appear to be generally responsive to this criticism of the Senate <br /> <br /> <br />Interior << Insular Affairs Committee. The proposal presents a <br />