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<br />000458 <br /> <br />and the 1973 Watnr Resource Council's principles and standards <br />for planni~g for W2~er and related land resources. These new <br />requirements significan:ly incre~5ed the scop~ and complexity <br />of the stJdles. <br /> <br />Although the 1968 act directed that each study ri,cr be <br />studieo as expeditiously as possible to determine its suit- <br />ability for inclusion into the national system, a lO-year <br />period, October 1968 to Octob~r 1978, was initially mandated <br />for completion of 25 oE the o~iginal 27 studies. Two of the <br />27 studies were to be co~pleted within 2 years. In May 1974 <br />the Congress ~mender. the act and shortened the allowable <br />study period to the 3 fiscal years following the authoriza- <br />tion of additional studies. In January 1~75, 29 additional <br />studies were authorized with specifically mandated study <br />limits of 4 3/4 years for 28 of the studies and I year for 1 <br />study. Since 1975, two additional studies have been author- <br />ized and are to be completed within the 3-fiscal-year study <br />period. The Congress~hortened the allowable study period <br />because of concern tha~.long delays in completing river stu- <br />dies both end~~~er a river's possible inclusion into the <br />national system and trouble property owners along rivers who <br />are concerned with the future dlsposition of their property. <br /> <br />I, <br />'i <br />I, <br />~ <br /> <br />River stunies are not conductcL expeditiously <br /> <br />Of the 58 rivers designated for study as of December <br />1977, ~2 river studles had been completed and the study <br />reporLs submitted to the Congress. One study was under <br />review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and 35 <br />studies remain to be completed. Table 1 illustrates the <br />pace of the 22 completed studies, 20 of which were desig- <br />nated in the 1968 act and l from the 1975 amendment. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />e <br />