HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIR AND WATER

POLLUTION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2947, S. 2987, S. 1092, S. 1479, S. 1908, S. 2481, S. 2636,
S. 2851, S. 2940, S. 3225, and S. 3226

BILLS AMENDING THE FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ACT AND OTHER PENDING LEGISLATION
RELATING TO WATER POLLUTION CONTROL

62-611

APRIL 19, 20, 26, 27, 28; MAY 5, 10, 11, AND 12, 1966

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1966

RICHARD B. ROYCE, JOSEPH F. VAN VLADRICKEN, WILLIAM E. MIRON, Jr., and LEON G. BILLINGS, Professional Staff Members

CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

APRIL 19, 1966

Hon. Edmund S. Muskie, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine.

Hon. J. Caleb Boggs, a U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware_

Hon. Jennings Randolph, a U.S. Senator from the State of West Virginia_

Hon. John Sherman Cooper, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kentucky..

Hon. Frank E. Moss, a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah__

Hon. George Murphy, a U.S. Senator from the State of California.

Hon. Joseph D. Tydings, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland.

Hon. Abraham Ribicoff, a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut-

Hon. Jacob K. Javits, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York...

Hon. Sam J. Ervin, Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of North Carolina__

Hon. Paul Douglas, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois.......

Hon. Wayne Morse, a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon-

APRIL 20, 1966

Hon. John W. Gardner, Secretary, Department of Health, Education, and

Welfare, accompanied by Hon. James A. Quigley, Assistant Secretary__

Hon. Stewart Udall, Secretary of the Interior

Hon. James A. Quigley, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health, Edu-

cation, and Welfare...

122

APRIL 26, 1966

Hon. Edward M. Kennedy, a U.S. Senator from the State of Massa-

chusetts..

139

151

Hon. Ralph S. Locher, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, in behalf of U.S. Confer-

ence of Mayors and National League of Cities..

Achilles M. Tuchtan, chairman, board of directors, accompanied by Walter

A. Scheiber, executive director, and John J. Bosley, deputy director and

general counsel, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments._

James F. Wright, executive director, Delaware River Basin Commission__

APRIL 27, 1966

Hon. Frank Lausche, a U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio..

Hon. Joseph S. Clark, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania...

Hon. Edmund G. "Pat" Brown, Governor of the State of California....

Samuel S. Baxter, commissioner of water, Philadelphia, Pa., and president

of the American Water Works Association__.

Spiro T. Agnew, county executive, Baltimore County, Md., on behalf of

National Association of Counties..

166

174

191

198

201

210

221

Roy M. Harris, director of the Washington State Pollution Control Com-

mission, appearing on behalf of Association of State & Interstate Water

Pollution Control Administrators-

227

APRIL 28, 1966

Dr. Hollis Ingraham, commissioner of health, State of New York, on

behalf of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller..

235

James Doherty, legislative representative, AFL-CIO; accompanied by

George Taylor, economist..

245