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Congressional Guidance Needed on Federal Cost Share of Water Resource Projects When Project Benefits Are Not Widespread

CED-81-12 Published: Nov 13, 1980. Publicly Released: Nov 13, 1980.
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Highlights

Many water resource projects provide benefits to large segments of the country; however, the Corps of Engineers (CE) and the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) have built some projects that primarily benefit only a few landowners or businesses.

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Recommendations for Executive Action

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Department of Agriculture The Secretary of Agriculture should direct the Administrator of SCS to stop including ongoing land treatment measures as part of the estimated project cost and non-Federal share in SCS feasibility studies. The estimated land treatment costs should be itemized but shown separately on a different schedule.
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