WSP04728

• File Number: 8030
• Description: Section D General Correspondence-Other Organizations
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 9/10/1973
• Author: National Archives
• Title: US Water Resources Council - Federal Register - USWRC-Water and Related Land Resources - Establishment of Principles and Standards for Planning
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-5.42) pro-
vides that in planning for the use and development of water and related
land resour.::ea consideration ::shall be given to potential Wild, scenic,
and recreational ri'l..er areas in river basin and project plan reports,
and comparisons are to be made ....ith development alternatives which
would be precluded by preserving these areas.

(2) d~6trud:ion. or disruption oj man-made and natural resources
elithetic values, community cohesion and the availability of public.
fadlities and services;

(3) adverse employment effects and tax and p1'Operty value losses;

(4) injurioull clisp};~.cement of people, busines6es, and farms; and

The Nationa( Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (title Xlli. Public Law
90-448) provides that States, to remain eligible for nood insurance.
must aclopt accelltable arrangements for land use regulation in flood-
prol1e areas. Thill prOVision, together with Executive Order 11296,
August 10, 1966, places i:\creased em?hasis on land use regulations
and administrative policies as means of reducing flood damages.
Planning policiell must include adequate provision for lhese new enact-
ments and directives in an integrated program of ilood-pJain managemen~.

(5) disruption o{ desirable commuDity a!1d regiODal growth.

The same Act also includes in Section Z09 the following statement:
"It is the iDtent of Congre6s that the objectives o{ enhancing regionaL
economic development, the quality of the total envirorunent, including
its protection and improvement, the -well~being c>! the people of th~
United States and the n.:ltionaJ economic development are the objectives
to be included in federally financed water resourc~ projects, and in the
evaluation or benefits and costs attributable thereto, giving due considera-
tiCln to the most feasible alternative me'ans o{ accomplishing these
objectives. "

The Estuary Protection Act o{ 1968 (Public Law 90~454) outlines
a policy oE reB.6Qnable !:-a.lance between the conservation of the Datura!
resources ancl n'itural beauty of the Nation'li estuarine areas and the
neecl to develop such areas to further thO!; growth and development of
the Nation.

The Rural Development Act of 197Z, Public Law 92-419, provides
Eor improving the economjc and living conditions of rural America by
broadening and strengthening ongoing programs of financial and tech-
nical anistance to farmers and rural communities. It provides for the
management of agricultural wastes, storage of water for rural needs,
recharge of groundwater, fire protection, long term contract program
for land treatment, acquisition of laDd rights with other Federal funds,
farm research, and a land inventory and monitoring program.

The Nationa.l Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-190)
authori2:ell and directs Fed~r;a.l agencie5 in the decision-making process
to give appropl:'"iate condderation to environmental amenitief\ and values,
along with technical considerations. The results of this analysis arc to
be included in proposals for Federal action.

The Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970 (title n of
Public Law 91-Z24) further emphasizes congrelsional interest in im-
proving the environment and the major responsibility that State and
local governments have for implementing this policy.

The Federal Water PollutioD Control Act Amendments of 1972,
Public Law 92-500, establishes the goals that:

(1) the discharge of pollutantlO into navigable waters be eliminated
by 1985;

The Flood Control Act 0[1970 (Public Law 91-611) requires in
Section 122 promulgatior. of guidelines desigDed to assure that pos sible
adverlle economic, sodal and environmental eUects relating to any pro-
posed project have been fully considered in developing suc!t project. and
that the final decision::! on thiC! project are made in the best overall pub-
lic interest, taking into consideration the need lor flood control, navi-
gation and associated purpolles, and the cost of elimina.ting or
minimizing such adverse.effects and the follo~ng:

(2) an interim goal of water quality be provided for the protection
of fish, ahelHish and wildlife, and for recrea.tion by July 1, 1983;

(3) the discharge o{ toxic pollutants in toxic: amounts be prohibited;

(4) Federal financial assistan,:e be provided to construct publicly
owned waste treatment plants;

(1) air, noise, and water pollution;

'(5) water quality and areawide waste treatTnent management plan-
ning include multiobjective water reaources and land use planning;

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FEDERAL RlGI5TER, VOL. 38, NO. 174-MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1973

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