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PUBLIC LAW 89-670-OCT. 15, 1966

[80 STAT.

providing transportation services for their own use; (2) an interoceanic canal located outside the contiguous United States; (3) defense features included at the direction of the Department of Defense in the design and construction of civil air, sea, and land transportation; (4) programs of foreign assistance; (5) water resource projects; or (6) grant-in-aid programs authorized by law. The standards and criteria developed or revised pursuant to this subsection shall be promulgated by the Secretary upon their approval by the Congress. strndard^^""'^'^^^' '^^^ staudards and criteria for economic evaluation of water resource projects shall be developed by the Water Resources Council established 42 USC i^96^2a ^^ Public Law 89-80. For the purpose of such standards and criteria, the primary direct navigation benefits of a water resource project are defined as the product of the savings to shippers using the waterway and the estimated traffic that would use the waterway; where the savings to shippers shall be construed to mean the difference between (a) the freight rates or charges prevailing at the time of the study for the movement by the alternative means and (b) those which would be charged on the proposed waterway; and where the estimate of traffic that would use the waterway will be based on such freight rates, taking into account projections of the economic growth of the area. The Water Resources Council established under section 101 of Public Law 89-80 is hereby expanded to include the Secretary of Transportation on matters pertaining to navigation features of water resource projects. (b) Every survey, plan, or report formulated by a Federal agency which includes a proposal as to which the Secretary has promulgated standards and criteria pursuant to subsection (a) shall be (1) prepared in accord with such standards and criteria and upon the basis of information furnished by the Secretary with respect to projected growth of transportation needs and traffic in the affected area, the relative efficiency of various modes of transport, the available transportation services in the area, and the general effect of the proposed investment on existing modes, and on the regional and national economy; (2) coordinated by the proposing agency with the Secretary and, as appropriate, with other Federal agencies, States, and local units of government for inclusion of his and their views and comments; and (3) transmitted thereafter by the proposing agency to the President for disposition in accord with law and procedures established by him. AMENDMENTS TO OTHER L A W S

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SEC. 8. (a) Section 406(b) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended (72 Stat. 763; 49 U.S.C. 1376(b)), is amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof: " I n applying clause (3) of this subsection, the Board shall take into consideration any standards and criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation, for determining the character and quality of transportation required for the commerce of the United States and the national defense." (b) Section 201 of the Appalachian Regional Development Act (,f 1965^ as amended (79 Stat. 10; 40 U.S.C. App. 206) is amended as follows: (1) The first sentence of subsectioti (a) of that section is amended b}- striking the words "Commerce (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Secretary')" and inserting in lieu thereof "Transportation". (2) The last sentence of subsection (a) of that section is amended by inserting after the word "Secretary", the words "of Transportation". (3) Subsection (b) of that section is amended by inserting after the word "Secretary", the words "of Commerce".

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