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CHAPTER III PLAN FORMULATION PROCESS ., t"" T';~>"' Role of the public During this phase of the work, the public will be kept informed of the study progress and the conclusions of the PIQ report. The contractor may solicit information from public sources in his preparation of the report. Identification of Alternatives To accomplish the development of alternatives, certain steps must be followed. The first step is to identify the study objectives derived from an assessment of problems and needs. The contractor's PIQ report will be valu- able in this phase of the process. The next step is to identify less signifi- cant study objectives and focus on the major planning objectives. From there, actions and measures which will meet the planning objectives are identified. These will be displayed in the four account system (national economic develop- ment, environmental quality, regional economic development, other social effects). The four tests of the actions and measures will be made and the surviving elements will be used to develop a number of alternative plans. The planning team and its subteams will be most active during this phase. The planning team will list all features and activities to cover all possible solutions and from this list, alternative plans will be developed. All features and activities will be listed at least once as an item in one of the alternative plans. Alternative plans should be considered for primarily non- structural, environmental quality, and national economic development objec- tives. A no action alternative will be developed as a basis of comparison from which the effects of other alternatives are compared. The contractor will be provided the basic assumptions to be used in developing the estimates, environmental analyses, and alternative plans. After the plans have been identified, the contractor will meet with Water and Power to select which plans have potential. The contractor will then collect the necessary data and perform appraisal level designs and estimates and environmental analysis on each potential plan from up to five plans developed by the planning team and five plans which he develops. The results will be provided to Water and Power and the planning team. A public meeting will then be held to present the plans and evaluate them to aid the planning team in determining candidate plans. The four tests to determine candidacy as prescribed by the Principles and Standards are: 1. Complete in that prOV1S1on is made for all necessary investments or actions needed to assure full realiza- tion of the plans. 2. Effective in accomplishing the objectives. 3. Efficient in achieving a given level of performance at the least cost. 20 C0L SL~ '"..:.../