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<br />wa ter-related issue over some or all of a river basin, or comprehensive plans for <br /> <br />all aspects of water management in a river basin subbasin or component <br /> <br />wa tershed. <br /> <br />Special studies are performed by many types of interstate river basin <br /> <br />entities, In fact, most interstate river basin organizations, informal or formal, <br /> <br />perform such studies at one time or another. State-federal river basin <br /> <br />commissions organized under Title II of the Water Resources Planning Act of <br /> <br />1965 were specifically authorized to undertake special studies in language that <br /> <br />sta ted they should: <br /> <br />. . . foster and undertake such studies of water and related <br />land resource problems in (their) area, river basin, or group <br />of river basins as are necessary in the preparation of the <br />(comprehensive) plan . . . . (Title II, Section 20 I (b)) <br /> <br />They and the U.S. Water Resources Council interpreted this charge quite <br /> <br />liberally. As a result, "special studies" were undertaken by Title II commissions <br /> <br />on such widely varying topics as water conservation, flood plain management, <br /> <br />drought management, remote sensing, growth management, and so forth. In <br /> <br />addition, the commissions prepared special studies that were plans for drainage <br /> <br />basins that were components of their larger river basin or group of river basins <br /> <br />(the so-called level B st udies). <br /> <br />Federal-interstate compacts, such as the Delaware and Susquehanna River <br /> <br /> <br />Basin Compacts, bestow broad authority for a wide variety of special studies <br /> <br />and planning activities upon their commissions. For example, the Delaware <br /> <br />River Basin Commission is authorized to plan" individual projects, facilities, <br /> <br />properties, activities and services; . <br /> <br />conduct . . . research on water <br /> <br />-34- <br />