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<br />, <br /> <br />~~: <br /> <br />PAGE 9 <br />WE MUST CONSIDER HHETHER PRIVATE DEVELOPf'1ENTS HILL r'1.~INTAHJ rmJIf'1ur1 <br />STREAM FLOWS, WHETHER WILDLIFE f1ITIGATIOfl MEASURES vJILL BE PE0UIRED. <br />WHETHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. WHETHER SALINITY <br />ABATEMENT r1EASURES ~iI LL BE POLLO\'/ED. COrlS IDER HHAT ARE THE ENVI ROt'lMENTAL <br />PROTECTIONS IrJ THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATg DEVELOPt1ENT OPTImlS AND ,~SK <br />WHETHER IT IS IN THE STATE"S B~ST INTEREST TO SEE THE P~BLIC ALTERNATIVE <br />GO FORWARD, <br />HI ADDITION TO HAVING BEEN DECLAR~D HIVIRONf1ENTALLY lHlsourJD. THESE <br />PROJECTS ARE BEING CHALLENGED OA THE BASIS OF BENEFIT-COST RATIO. AT <br />THE TIME THESE PROJECTS WERE AUTHORIZED AND FOR SOME YEARS SUBSEQUENT. <br />THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE BEMEFIT-COST RATIO. BUT THE R~LES CONTINUE <br />TO CHANGE. THE RULES WERE NOT CHANGED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE PROJECT AREAS, <br />NOR FOR THAT FACT BY THE CotIGRESS. ANYGrjE CAN WHl A tlur~BERS GAME IF THAT <br />ANYONE HAS THE POI'IER TO CHANGE THE RULES. AT THE BESL A BEriEFIT-COST <br />RATIO IS ONLY A HYPOTHETICAL ANALYSIS. THEPE IS NO LAv! IN EXISTEtKE <br />WHICH STATES THAT IT MUST EITHER BIND THE CONGRESS OR THE PRESIDENT TO <br />ANY PARTI CULAR COURSE OF ACTION. <br /> <br />THE FACT IS THAT THE FUTUR~ VALUE OF liATER CANNOT BE DETERMINED BY <br />AljY MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS NOW IfJ EXISTENCE. LET tlE RECITE Af.l ACTUAL CASE. <br />