WSP01960

• File Number: 8407.500
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications - Missouri River
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 10/1/1975
• Author: MRBC
• Title: Missouri River Basin State and Federal Water and Related Land Resource Programs - Fiscal Years 1976-1980
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF
IMPLEMENTATION OF MULTI-OBJECTIVE PLtNNING
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE-1

The Department of Commerce initiates very few water resources planning
studies; Commerce's usual role as a participant in planning will continue
with the Water Resources Council's new goal of multiple-objective planning,
This role could signify a lack of interest by the department in the two plan-
ning objectives, National Economic Development and Environmental Quality.
On the contrary, there is considerable interest in maximizing the national
economic efficiency as well as recognizing the people's concern for environ-
mental quality to be a part of obtaining the Nation's economic objective.

Since the Department of Commerce does participate with other agencies
in water resources planning, since these efforts are not widely known and
since the department has a relatively wide range of information and expertise
useful to planning studies, an explanation of Commerce's role in planning
would be helpful to those interested in implementing the new multi-objective
planning, Thus, this report is a partial summary of the missions for six of
the department's administrative units that effect or are affected by water
resources planning. The Department of Commerce operating units, which appear
in the following summary, are as follows:

I, Domestic and International Business/Bureau of Domestic Commerce
II. Maritime Administration
III, Economic Development administration
IV. Regional Action Planning Commissions
V. Social and Economic Statistical Administration/Bureau of Economic
Analysis
VI, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

I, The Bureau of Domestic Commerce (BDC) is an operating unit of the
department with authorities and duties related to the domestic industry and
trade of the Nation, BDC collects, analyzes and disseminates information and
data on industrial activities and requirements, technological developments,
economic trends, and the potential impact on business and the economy of con-
templated or effected Government action, BDC prepares analyses of policy
issues and recommends policies and program objectives to stimulate balanced
growth of U,S, industry.

In regard to water and related resources planning, BDC focuses on the
water needs and uses of manufacturing industries. BDC has a computerized data
bank of the 10,000 largest water-using manufacturers, with quantitative detail
on each plant's water use, BDC has developed an economic/engineering model
which uses this data base as well as other inputs to forecast manufacturing
water requirements on a regional and national basis. This model performs
most of the forecasting of manufacturing water requirements in the 1975 National
Water Assessment,

BDC has the capability to perform special studies of regional interest
for other federal and intergovernmental agencies; however, budget support is
generally required for their implementation.

BDC oversees the development of an executive reserve corps of key business
managers and planners in municipal and industrial water supply and maintains a
continuing assessment of materials, equipment and services required in con-
junction with water resources development.

1I DBaker/bsd/9/74,

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