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public participantso In one instance, a public meeting was held in Albuquerque on Activity 1, Problem ldentification~ There was good public attendance at this open meeting. ' However, due to the incon- venience of attend,ance from 'distant places, the Rio Grande Coordinat- ing Committee decided to obtain public input by circulation of draft reports to interested persons or organizations selected by State members of the Committee. This was done prior to adoption of formal reports submitted by the Regional Sponsor which ref lee t pertinent public views. . . Organizational Structures. Responsibility for the Assessment, including financing, rests with the U. S. Water Resources Council under provisions of the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-90). Water Resources Council. Representatives of eight Federal De- partments or Agencies constitute the Water Resources Council. These include the Departments of Agriculture, Army, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, and Transportation, and the Environ- mental Protection Agency and Federal Power Commission. The Secre- tary of Interior has from inception served as Chairman of the Council. In addition the Council currently has Observers representing 15 agenc ies which include the Office of Management and Budget, Department of Justice, Council on Environmental Quality; eight River Basin Commissions in- cluding Great Lakes, Missouri River, New England River Basins, Ohio River, Pacific Northwes.t River Basins, Upper Mississippi, Delaware, Susquehanna; three Inter-Agency Committees including Southeast Basins, Pacific Southwest, and Arkansas-White-Red Basins; and the Tennessee Valley Authority. A small staff under a Director and through nine working com- mittees perform the work for the Water Resources Council. The key working committee, the National Assessment Committee, is concerned with performance of the National Assessment. Members of the National Assessment Committee, as shown under "Acknowledgments," include representatives of the eight Federal Departments or Agencies as outlined for the Council with a Staff officer serving as Chairman. The other committees quite similarly constituted include: policy, planning, energy development and implications, hydrology, sedimen- tation, vector, economics, and organization for economic coopera~ tion and development - economic commission for Europe Inter-Agency Committee. The Specific Problem Analysis portion of the Assessment, as explained in the "Introduction," is performed by Regional Sponsors for the 21 Assessment Regions who report to the Water Resources Council. These sponsors; include River Basin Commissions (8 regions), Inter-Agency Committees (6 regions), State Agencies (3 regions), and Federal Agencies (4 regions). 81 003129