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~ 1~ .... 2820 !.~!~!A(~E~~"~!!6! ^ ~~ WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL PROPOSED PRINCIPLES AND STAND- ARDS FOR PLANNING WATER AND RELATED LAND RESOURCES Notice of Additional Hearings In the FEDERAL REGISTER for Decem- ber 21, 1971 (36 F.R. 24144), the CouncU gave notice of a period of publlc review and comment. commencing 68 of December 21, 1971. and terminating March 31, 1972, on the Conneil's pro- posed Principles and Standards for Planning Water and Related Land Re- sources, which were published as part of the notice. and which included 8 draft environmental statement. Notice was also given that as part of the review. a public hearing would be held at the National Museum of History and Technology, 14th Street and Con- stitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC, on March 20 Bnd 21, 1972, commencing each day at 10 a.m. (use Constitution Avenue entrance, conference Room to left after entering). . Reaction to the earlier notice and pub- lication of the Councll's proposals has indicated the desirability of holcl1I1g hearings in addition to the hearing in Washington, D.c-:, Accordingly, the Coun- cil has scheduled two additional publlc hearings as part of the previously an- nounced period of publlc review and comment on the Council's proposals. 1. Time and place. San Francisco, Calif.: Heating Room No. 13450, Federal Office Building, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, March 13, 1972, commencing at 7 p.m. and March 14, 1972, commencing a.t 10 a.m. St. Louis, Mo.: Audltorlwn, st. Louts Engineers Club. 5359 Lindell Boulevard, March 15. 1972, commencing at 7 p.m. and March 16, 1972, conunencing at 10 a.m. 2. Purpose. The purpose of this publlc review and hearing is to obtain, prior to formal cnuncll recommendation for Presidentlal approval, the views of the interested public on principles and standards proposed by the Water Re- sources Council, pursuant to the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 (Publlc Law 89-80), for Federal participation with river basin commissions, states, and others in the preparation'- formulation, evaluation, review, revision, and trans- mIssion to the Congress of plans for States, regions, and river basins; and for planning of Federal and certain federally assisted water and land resource pro- grams and projects. FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL" ". ~('n., (,..../, <" .,,, !,f411 / Vl'/) CO#,rfO,o. 10 1.9;>.? ~/l4 1"10.11-4 l'cli *' ba . A separate draft environm~tal sta.te- ment of the proposed principles and standards has been. prepared pursuant to section 102(2) (C> of the National En- vironmental Polley Act of 1969 (Publlc Law 90-190> and implementing guide- lines, and the views of the interested public on it will be considered during the same period of public review and a.t the public hearing. 3. A vailabilfty of proposal. 'l'he texts ot the propooed principles and standards and the draft environmental statement s.re published 1n Part n, Volume 36, No. 245 of the Fl:DEJlAL REGISTER (36 F.R. 24144>. Reprlnu. are available from the Wa.ter Resources Council, 2120 L Street NW., Washing1lon, DC 20037. 4. Written 3tatements. Written views and comments will be Introduced Into the record If they are subm1tJted to the DI- rector. Wa.ter Resources Council, 2120 L Street NW. Weshlngton, DC 20037, no later than March 31, 1972, or to the hear- ing officer at the public hearings. All statements should clearly indicate whether they are directed to the proposed principles and standards, to the :separate draft environmental statement, or to both. 5. Oral statements. Views and com- ments may be presented at the hearings orally or by submitting a written state- ment for the record, as set out in para- graph 4 above. Notice of tntention to present an oral statement should be pro- vided to the Director, Water Resources COuncil, 2120 L Street. NW., Washington, DC 20037, no later than noon, Mare'h 10, 1972, with an advance copy of the stat<>- ment if avatlable. Such notice, as well as the statement itself, should clearly in- dicate whether it is directed to the pro- posed principles and,stanaai-ds, to the sepa.ra.te draft envirorunental statement, or to both. For the convenience of a.U lIhosc who wish to present views, the COuncil will attempt to schedule persons speaking on their own behalf during the evening portion of the hearings, and per- sons speaking on behalf of orga.n1zati.oIlS during the morning and' afternoon ses- sions. The Council will attempt to sched- ule the presentation of those persons who fail to observe the March 10, 1972, dead- line as time permits. If necessary to ac- commodate all those wishing to present oral statements, the hearing omcer may limit such'statements to 30 minutes. Any person so limited may submit a written extensIon of his remarks for incorpora- tion into the record, provided he does so within the deadline set out in paragraph 4 above. NO. 25-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1972 I. 6. Availability 01 record. The record of views and comments received durlng the public "review period, including a tra.n- script of the hearings, will be ma.1ntained for public inspection at the headquarters of the Water Resources Council, 2120 L street NW.. Washington. DC 20037. Copies of the record, or portions thereof, will be furnished by the CouncU to any member of the publiC upon payment 01 the cost of reproducIng the copies desired. 7. Background 01 vroposal. These pro- posed principles and standards are based on over 2 years of Intensive effort by the Water Resources Council. The CouncU appointed a speclal task force to review evaluation practices cur- rently wed In plannlng. An Initial public hearing was held In January 1969 to s0- licit pubUc views. A preliminary report of the special task force proposing a multi.- obJp-ctive approach to planning water end land resources was published by tlhe COuncil In June 1969. The COWlcll <11- rected that the lsBues and the propooal. in the report be widely discussed and tested on existing projects. Nine publiC hearings were held at which a.bout 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 distributed, has been the subject of dIscussion at nu.. meroUs meetings and seminars. The re- port has been extensively reviewed by several Federal agencies and river basins commissions. In addItion. 19 field tests have been made ot the proposed pro- cedures ba.sed on the preliminary task force report. On the basis of this in- formation and suggestions of numerous experts from Federal and State Gov- ernments, universities, and other sources the task force submitted its final recom- mendations to the Water Resources Councilln August 1970. After careful consideration, the Coun- cil has made certain revisions in the task force recommendations and has tentativelY adopted the revised principles and standards, subject to public review and conunent and Presidentfal approval. 8. Effect. The principles and stand- ards, when approved, will supersede the policIes, Standards, and Procedures. In the FormulaUon, Evalua.tlon, and Re- view of Plans tor Use and Development of Water and Related Land Resources, approved by the President, May 15, 1962, printed as Senate Document No, 97, 87th Congress, second session, together with Supplement No. 1 thereto, June 4, 1964, "Evaluation Standards for Primary Out- door Recreation Benefits," and the amendment of December 24, 1968, 18 CPR 704.39, Discount rate, W. DoN MAUGHAN, Director, Water Resources Council. IFR Doc.72-1739 Flied 2--4-72;8:48 ami