Report to OMB on Columbia Dam benefit-cost analysis. Volume 1
This report summarizes a reevaluation by TVA staff of the remaining benefits and remaining costs for completing the Columbia Dam and Reservoir. Columbia Dam and Reservoir, along with the completed Normandy Dam and Reservoir, make up the Duck River project. This project was planned in the late 1960s in cooperation with the Upper Duck River Development Association and Agency as part of a comprehensive resource and economic development program for the 4-county area in middle Tennessee. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) asked TVA to make the reevaluation ''In view of the cost escalation and continuing environmental concerns....'' OMB asked that the analysis be prepared in accordance with ''Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies'' (Guidelines). These Guidelines were approved by the President in 1983 and are applied to Federal water development projects. According to the Guidelines the Federal objective of water resources planning is to contribute to national economic development consistent with protecting the Nation's environment. The Guidelines require the development of a National Economic Development (NED) account to identify beneficial and adverse effects on the economy. Thus, this report presents the development of the NED account for completing Columbia Dam and Reservoir.
- Research Organization:
- Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville (USA). Office of Natural Resources and Economic Development
- OSTI ID:
- 5365219
- Report Number(s):
- TVA/ONRED/AWR-86/34a; ON: DE86901713
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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