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<br />-249- <br /> <br /> <br />f' f", ;, ~,", <br />lJ :Jvl.. , <br /> <br />is to be preserved or enhanced to protect human health and fish <br />and wildlife resources. Certain plan elements will improve the <br />management of fish and wildlife resources, protect natural, <br />historic and cultural areas, and improve public access to <br />important recreational resources. Human occupancy of hazardous <br />portions of the flood plain will be discouraged and structural <br />protection of valuable flood plains already developed is <br />contemplated in those instances where reliance on nonstructural <br />approaches will not work. Certain irreversible and irretrievable <br />commitments of resources associated with plan implementation are <br />also identified. <br /> <br />PURPOSB OF ABD NBBD FOR ACTION <br /> <br />The Missouri River Basin Water Resources Management Plan was <br />prepared through the joint efforts of the 23 State, Federal, and <br />interstate members of the Missouri River Basin Commission as well <br />as numerous other concerned agencies and individuals. The plan <br />will serve as a guide for the development, conservation, <br />preservation, and management of water and related land resources <br />in the Missouri River Basin. It is the product of extensive <br />interagency and interstate cooperation and collective judgment <br />and therefore, a reliable guide for programming and budgeting for <br />all levels of government. The recommendations in the plan are <br />intended to support the Congress, the Federal Government, and <br />States in programming, budgeting, and funding water resources <br />programs and projects in the Missouri River Basin. The <br />environmental effects of the plan have been determined in <br />accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and <br />subsequent implementing regulations of the COuncil on <br />Environmental Quality (40 CFR, Parts 1500 through 1508) and the <br />Water Resources Council (18 CFR, Part 707). <br /> <br />Section 707.8 of the Water Resources Council's regulations <br />indicates that regional water resource plans normally require an <br />environmental impact statement. Sections 707.5 and 707.9 of the <br />regulations require the environmental statement to reflect the <br />level of planning carried on during the study and to address <br />those environmental considerations and alternatives relevant to <br />decisionmaking at that level. Through this process, generally <br />known as tiering, the level of detail in the analysis was reduced <br />through the development of broad environmental impact information <br />relating to groups of actions categorized according to function <br />in the regional plan. Environmental assessments or impact <br />studies previously conducted at nationwide, level B, or level C <br />planning levels provided a basis for this analysis, and the <br />