TITLE III— EXECUTIVE ORDERS 



1. Ex. Order 10584 — Rules and Regulations 



(See also Ex. Order 10913 under this title) 



Ex. Ord. No. 10584, Dec. 18, 1954, 19 F.R. 8725. as 

 amended by Ex. Ord. No. 10913, Jan. 18. 1961, 26 F.R. 510. 

 provided : 



Section 1. Scope o/ order. This order shall apply (a) 

 to the planning, construction, operation, and mainte- 

 nance of all works of Improvement under the authority 

 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act 

 (Public Law 566. approved August 4, 1954, as amended; 

 10 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) [this chapter], hereinafter re- 

 ferred to as the Act. and (b) to other programs and 

 projects of the Department of Agriculture, and to pro- 

 grams and projects of the Department of the Interior, the 

 Department of the Army, and other Federal agencies to 

 the extent that such programs or projects affect, or are 

 affected significantly by, works of improvement provided 

 for In the Act 



SBC. 2. General administration The Secretary of Agri- 

 culture shall have the following-described responsibilities 

 under the Act: 



(a) Approval or disapproval of applications for Fed- 

 eral assistance In preparing plans for works of Improve- 

 ment, and the assignment of priorities for the provision 

 of such assistance. 



(b) Establishing criteria for the formulation and Justi- 

 fication of plans for works of Improvement and criteria 

 for the sharing of the cost of both structural and land- 

 treatment measures which conform with the provisions 

 of the Act and with policies established by or at the di- 

 rection of the President for watershed protection, flood 

 prevention, Irrigation, drainage, water supply, and related 

 water-resources development purposes 



(c) Establishing engineering and economic standards 

 and objectives. Including standards as to degrees of flood 

 protection, for works of improvement planned and carried 

 out under the authority of the Act. 



(d) Determination and definition of (1) those land- 

 treatment measures and structural Improvements for 

 flood prevention and measures for the agricultural phases 

 of conservation, development, use and disposal of water 

 or for fish and wildlife development which are eligible for 

 assistance under the Act, and (2) the nature and extent 

 of such assistance and the conditions under which such 

 assistance shall be rendered 



(e) Planning and Installing works of Improvement on 

 lands under his Jurisdiction, and arranging for the par- 

 ticipation of other Federal agencies In the planning and 

 Installation of works of improvement on lands under 

 their Jurisdiction. Recommendations of the heads of 

 other Federal agencies for necessary works of Improve- 

 ment on lands under their Jurisdiction shall be submitted 

 as an Integral part of the plans of the Department of Ag- 

 riculture for works of Improvement Arrangements for 

 construction, operation, and maintenance of works of Im- 

 provement on such lands shall be mutually satisfactory 

 to the Secretary of Agriculture and the head of the Fed- 

 eral agency concerned. 



(f) Submitting plans for works of Improvement to the 

 State Governor or Governors concerned and to the Fed- 

 eral agencies concerned for review and comment when 

 the Secretary and the Interested local organization have 

 agreed on such plans; and, when and as required by the 

 Act, submitting such plans to the Secretary of the In- 

 terior and the Secretary of the Army for their review 

 and comment prior to transmission of the plans to the 

 iCongress through the President. 



(g) Giving full consideration to the recommendations 

 concerning the conservation and development of fish 

 and wildlife resources contained In any report of the 

 Secretary of the Interior which Is submitted to him. In 

 accordance with section 12 of the Act (section 1008 of 

 this title] and section 5 of this order, prior to the time he 

 and the local organization have agreed on a plan for 

 works of Improvement, and including in the plan such 

 works of Improvement for fish and wildlife purposes rec- 

 ommended In the report as are acceptable to him and the 

 local organization. 



(h) Holding public hearings at suitable times and 

 places when he determines that such action will further 

 the purposes of the Act. 



Sec. 3. Notification, (a) The Secretary of Agriculture 

 shall: 



(1» Notify In writing the State Governor or Governors 

 concerned, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 

 the Army, ana other Federal agencies concerned of his 

 decision to Initiate any survey or field Investigation In- 

 volving water-resources development work, and furnish 

 them with appropriate Information regarding the scope, 

 nature, status, and results of such survey or Investigation. 



(2) Notify the following, severally. In writing of all 

 approvals or disapprovals of applications for planning 

 assistance: the sponsoring organization, the State Gov- 

 ernor or Governors concerned, the Secretary of the In- 

 terior, the Secretary of the Army, and other Federal 

 agencies concerned. 



(b) The Secretary of the Interior shall notify In writ- 

 ing the State Governor or Governors concerned, the Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Army, and 

 other Federal agencies concerned of his decision to Initiate 

 any survey or field investigation Involving water -resources 

 development work, and furnish them with appropriate 

 Information regarding the scope, nature, status, and re- 

 sults of such survey or Investigation. 



(c) The Secretary of the Army shall notify In writing 

 the State Governor or Governors concerned, the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and 

 other Federal agencies concerned of his decision to Initiate 

 any survey or field Investigation Involving water-resources 

 development work, and furnish them with appropriate 

 Information regarding the scope, nature, status, and 

 results of such survey or Investigation. 



Sec. 4 Coordinotion. In order to assure the coordina- 

 tion of work authorized under the Act and the related 

 work of other agencies, so that the proper use, conserva- 

 tion, and development of water and related land resources 

 through Federal programs and financial assistance may 

 be achieved In the most orderly, economical, and effective 

 manner. 



(a) The Secretary of Agriculture, before authorizing 

 planning assistance In response to an application from a 

 local organization for assistance under the Act, shall: 



(l).When an application applies to a watershed lo- 

 cated in one of the seventeen western reclamation States 

 or Hawaii and It appears that a major objective Is the 

 agricultural phases of the conservation, development, 

 utilization, and disposal of water for Irrigation purposes, 

 request the views of the Secretary of the Interior con- 

 cerning the feasibility of achieving equivalent Irrigation 

 benefits by means of works of Improvement constructed 

 pursuant to the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (43 

 U.S.C. 391) . and acts amendatory or supplementary there- 



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