Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies

摘要

The P&G is an administrative document designed to guide water project formulation and evaluation studies of the four major Federal water development agencies: the Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, Soil Conservation Service and Tennessee Valley Authority. The term 'Principles' refers to a short statement of 13 fundamental policies, approved by the President, upon which the document is based. The term 'Guidelines' refers to the remainder of the document. The Guidelines are composed of Standards (Chapter I) and Procedures (Chapters II and III). The P&G is designed to provide these agencies with a significantly increased amount of discretion in conducting their water resources planning activities. In addition, the new document removes water planning from the regulatory environment, makes the plan formulation guidelines more adaptable to local conditions, emphasizes state and local concerns, increases the scope of risk and uncertainty considerations, and incorporates new concepts into the benefit evaluation procedures.