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1. ~ .,j '- " l' . UUi.Ic. . 2 December 1963 U. S. ARMY ENGINEER DIVISION, MISSOURI RIVER CORPS OF ENGINEERS P. O. BOX 12~ Omaha, Nebraska 68101 MEMORANDUM TO: Missouri Basin Inter-Agency Committee FROM: Subcommittee on Comprehensive Basin Planning SUBJECT: Interim Report 1. At the June meeting of the Committee the Subcommittee on Comprehensive Basin Planning made a report covering the desirability of undertaking a Comprehensive plan of the Missouri Basin and presenting a general definition of scope of such study. The Committee directed the Subcommittee to continue and prepare an outline of the study, time schedules and an estimate of cost. 2. The Subcommittee established five Work Groups and have proceeded on their assigned-taSk. This is an interim report covering the outline of the proposed study which is attached hereto. It is submitted at this time for your consideration while the Subcommittee and its work groups continue their activity in the preparation of time schedules and estimate of cost. It is anticipated that these latter two items can be available for your next meeting, so that consideration can be given to all three items. 3. The general definition of scope of the study in our report at the June meeting was as follows: "The Subcommittee considers that the Comprehensive Framework Plan for the Missouri Basin would consist of studies of an area that provide long-run economic projections of economic develop- ment, translation of such projections into demands for water and related land resource uses, hydrologic projections of water avail- ability both as to quantity and quality, and projections of related land' resource availability, so as to outline the characteristics of projected water and related land resource problems and the general approaches that appear appropriate for their solution." Since adoption of this definition the Interdepartmental staff committee has modified the definition of the framework type of study by changing the last part to read "identification of objectives for meeting the needs in terms of management, regulation, or control of the water and related land resources, and as a maximum the formulation of a general plan of development," which explains the phrase "so as to outline the characteristics of projected water and related land resource prOblems and the general approaches that appear appropriate for their solution," somewhat more clearly.