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Frequently, there are instances where the State and the park 

 people have gotten together nicely on this. Either one or the other 

 has changed his mind about a former stand. Where the two are 

 still divergent when it gets to the Bureau, then we all look at the 

 record very carefully. Because of our increased affluence, because 

 of things which have generated this conference, we all have be- 

 come much more aware of doing what you are suggesting. I 

 think in the future the adverse impacts, inconsistencies, the argu- 

 ments that we have had will probably be at a minimum at least 

 I hope they will. 



HAROLD GILLIAM. I would like to follow up on what has just been 

 said and suggested by a number of people. The final decision on 

 whether the Federally financed freeways should go through parks 

 rests with the Bureau of Public Roads and I wonder, since the Bureau 

 of Public Roads is not expert in parks, whether this decision should 

 not rest with the Federal department which is the expert in parks; 

 namely, the National Park Service. 



I recommend that the National Park Service not only be consulted 

 on freeways going through parks, but its consent be required when- 

 ever a Federally financed freeway is going to go through a park of 

 any kind. 



NICHOLAS ROOSEVELT. Does your panel or any other group in- 

 tend to establish standards for scenic roads? The possibility was 

 mentioned, but is anything definite going to be done on that? 



Senator FARR. On the State level in California the Scenic High- 

 way Advisory Committee in the month of June will establish 

 standards. 



Mr. ROOSEVELT. I mean on a nationwide basis. 



Dr. LEVIN. In connection with our study efforts we have made 

 an attempt to not only define what we mean by "scenic road" and 

 "parkway" but we have set up certain criteria to assist the State 

 agencies, and these have been conservation agencies as well as the 

 highway agencies, in order to make nominations. We have set up 

 as many as eight or nine different criteria. 



Mr. ROOSEVELT. Are they available to the public? 



Dr. LEVIN. I will give you a copy of our manual. 



JOHN MACRAE. I wonder if there is any effort to make a national 



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