EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
d.
General Planning Considerations.
(1) Interdisciplinary Planning. An interdisciplinary approach
should be used in planning to ensure the involvement of physical,
natural and social sciences personnel. The disciplines of the
planners should be appropriate to the problems and opportunities
identified in the planning process.
(2) Public Involvement. Interested and affected agencies,
groups, and individuals (collectively termed the public) should be
provided opportunities to participate throughout the planning process.
The purpose of public involvement is to ensure that Federal programs
are responsive to the needs and concerns of the public. The
objectives of public involvement are to provide information about
proposed Federal activities to the public; make the public's desires,
needs, and concerns known to decision makers; to provide for
consultation with the public before decisions are reached; and to take
into account the public's views in reaching decisions. Public
involvement and coordination with certain agencies (e.g., U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service) is statutorily required in the planning process.
Coordination with other agencies and potential non-Federal sponsors
should be initiated as early in the planning process as possible.
(3) Federal-State Relationship in Planning. The governor or
his or her designated representative for each affected state is to be
contacted before initiating a study and such agreements as are
appropriate to carry out a coordinated planning effort are to be
established. The state agency or agencies responsible for or
concerned with water resource planning are to be provided with the
opportunity to participate on the study management team in defining
the problems and opportunities, scoping the study, and in review and
consultation.
5-7. Procedures for Evaluating NED. Procedures for evaluating NED
benefits of alternative plans are prescribed in P&G, Chapter II
(incorporated in Corps planning guidance as part of ER 1105-2-100).
a. Period of Analysis.
The period of analysis for comparing
costs and benefits following project implementation shall be the
lesser of: (1) the period of time over which any alternative plan
would have significant beneficial or adverse effects; or (2) a period
not to exceed 50 years except for major multiple-purpose reservoir
projects; or (3) a period not to exceed 100 years for multiple-purpose
reservoir projects.
b. Price Level. Project NED benefits and costs must be
compared at a common point in time. (P&G 1.4.10)
c. Cost Estimating Procedure. Resources required or displaced
to achieve project purposes by project installation and/or operation,
maintenance, and replacement activities represent an NED (real) cost
and are evaluated as such. Resources required or displaced to
minimize adverse impacts or mitigate environmental losses are also
evaluated as NED costs. Costs incurred for features other than those
required for project purposes are not project costs and therefore not
NED costs. (P&G 2.12, ER 1110-2-1302)
(1) Real and Financial Costs. Two concepts of cost are used in
Federal planning. The two are related but distinct; care must be
taken in their use. The two concepts are real cost and financial
cost, and each has several synonyms. Synonomous with real cost is
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