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

(6) Regional or river basin (Level B) plan, be l:ompleted by the
Water Resources Council for all river basins in the United States by
1980 (Section 2.09); and that

in plan formulation. Its presence necessitate"J t~t the full range of
effects of plans be shown in terms of specified components of objec-
tives rega.tdle9. of the lIize of the effect or the compoDeDt for which
an alternative plan has been formulated.

(1) a ma.jor resea.rch and demonstration e{fort be made to develop
technology to eliminate the discharge of pollutants.

D. Objectives

The Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, Public Law 9Z-583,
provides for a comprehensive, long range, and coordinated national
program in marine science, to eata.blirJh a National Council on Ma.rine
Resources and Engineering Development, and a Commis.ion on Marine
Science, Engineering and Resources: and for annual grants to any
coastal State for the purp,,.e of assisting in the development Of a
management program for the land and water resources of ita coastal
zone, and far annual grants to any coastal State for not more than
662/3 per centum of the costs of administering the State's rnanagement
program.

1. National econornic development. The national economic develop-
ment objective is. enhanced by increasing the. value of the nation's out-
put of goads and services and iJnproving national economic eUiciency.

National econc.mic development reflects increases in the Nation's
productive output, an output which is partly renected in a national t
produl:t and income accounting framework designed to measu.te the.
continuing flows of goods and ..ervic:es into direct consunlption or
investment.

C. Relationllhips of Pr02ram Measure. to
Objectives

In addition, national economic development is affected by bene-
ficial and adverse externalities stemming from normal economic pro~.
duction a.nd cODsUInption, imperfect. market conditions, and changes in
productivity ol resource inputs due to investment. National <:lconomic
development is aha affected by the availability of public goods which
are not accounted for in the national product and income accounting
framework. Thus, the concept of national economic development is
broader than that of national incc!me and is used to measure the impact
of go\'erronental investnu:nt on the total national ou.tput. The gross
national product and nationa.l income accounts do not give a complete
accounting of tbe value of the output of final goods and services resulting
from governmental investlnenta because only goverrunent expenditures
are included. This is especially a-ue" in those .ituationa where govern-
mental invest:rrient ill required to overcome imperfections in the printe
market. Therefore, national economic development all defined :in these
standards is only partially reflected in the gross national product and
national income accounting framework.

Formulating courses of action that effectively contribute to the
attainment of the national econom:ic development and environmental
quality objectives is tl:ie paramoUlJt t41Bk of wate,.r and land resources
planning. These actions are only the meane by which objective:!! can
be attained. For instance, providing flood control or preserving a
ecenic river is meaningful only. to the extent tholt such actions con-
tribute to specifi.c need9 that CaD. be related to the objectives. Thus,
plans ate to be formulated in terms of their beneficial or adverse
eCfectB on tl:1e objectives.

These standards relate primarily to the planning of water andla.nd
resource progra.ms that contribute to specified componentll of the
objectives. It is recognized that other programs may alao contribute
. to these objectives. In .ome instances, water and land programs are
the only means or are the most effective means to achieve the objective...
In the U6ual caBe, however, it is likely that a combination of water and
land programl!l and other programs will be the most effective ,means to
achieve the desired objectives. In the formulation of plan.. therefore,
these standa.rds provide lor the consideration of the full range of alter-
natives relevant to the needs for water a.J:?d land resources.

A similar situation p:revailB wbere a privde investment results in
the production of final public good. or externalities that are Dot exchanged
in the market.

Components of the national eCODomic development objective indude:

a. Tbe valu~ of increased outputs of Boods and s.,rvic:es resulting
from a pla.n. Developments of water.41nd land resource:!! result in
increased production of goods and .ervices which can be measured in

A liiven pla.n formulated for one or several r;;ompoJlenb of the
objective:!! may affect the components of other objectives in a beneficial

or adverse manner. This joint effect relationehip ie a conunon occurrence

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FEDERAL REGISTER, VOL. 38, NO. 174-MONDAY, SEPTEMIER 10, 1973

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