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B -- CONTRACT SERVICES TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT TEST OF DISTRIBUTED LOSS RATE PROCEDURES OF EVALUATION OF HYDROPOWER PROJECTS. SOL FERC96--RFP-60394 DUE 073096 POC Contract Specialist,Steven Shapiro (202)219-1154, Contracting Officer, Dave Orszak, (202)219-1157 Chapter VIII of the Engineering Guidelines (''Probable Maximum Flood'') includes detailed procedures for selecting loss rates for subbasins. The detailed method is a distributed loss accounting procedure using the Soil Conservation Service's STATSGO database. The distributed loss accounting procedures recommended in Chapter VIII can be quite time consuming, data intensive, and must be applied with understanding of the soils and hydrology of the basin. The procedure is relatively new and has not been evalutated in detail at many sites. The procedure has recently been updated to provide clearer definition on its approach and required analysis. The purpose of the proposed study is to provide an independent test of the clarity, logic, and application of the distributed loss-rate procedure using the STATSGO database. The overall goal is to scrutinize the procedure for its acceptability before it is included in the next printing of Chapter VIII of the guidelines. (0177)

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