in charge of river and harbor improvements, and persons employed under them by authority of the Secretary of the Army, and persons employed by the Secretary, and officers of the Customs and Coast Guard of the United States shall have the power and authority and it shall be their duty to swear out process and to arrest and take into custody, with or without process, any person who may violate any of said provisions: Provided, That no person shall be arrested without process for a violation not committed in the presence of some one of the aforesaid persons: And provided further, That whenever any arrest is made under the provisions of this Act the person so arrested shall be brought forthwith before a commissioner, judge, or court of the United States for examination of the offenses alleged against him and such commissioner, judge, or court shall proceed in respect thereto as authorized by law in cases of crimes against the United States. Sec. 7. This Act shall be in addition to other laws for the preservation and protection of interstate or navigable waters and shall not be construed as repealing, modifying, or in any manner affecting the provisions of such laws. 1.2j(3) COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE CLEAN WATERS RESTORATION ACT OF 1966 OCTOBER 15, 1966.-Ordered to be printed [p. 49] Mr. BLATNIK, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany S. 2947] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the House to the bill (S. 2947) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in order to improve and make more effective certain programs pursuant to such act, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amendment insert the following: That this Act may be cited as the "Clean Waters Restoration Act of 1966". TITLE I Sec. 101. Section 3 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(c) (1) The Secretary shall, at the request of the Governor of a State, or a majority of the governors when more than one State is involved, make a grant to pay not to exceed 50 per centum of the administrative expenses of a planning agency for a period not to exceed 3 years, if such agency provides for adequate representation of appropriate State, interstate, local, or (when appropriate) international, interests in the basin or portion thereof involved and is capable of developing an effective, comprehensive water quality control and abatement plan for a basin. "(2) Each planning agency receiving a grant under this subsection shall develop a comprehensive pollution control and abatement plan for the basin which "(A) is consistent with any applicable water quality standards established pursuant to current law within the basin; [p. 1] "(B) recommends such treatment works and sewer systems as will provide the most effective and economical means of collection, storage, treatment, and purification of wastes and recommends means to encourage both municipal and industrial use of such works and systems; and "(C) recommends maintenance and improvement of water quality standards within the basin or portion thereof and recommends methods of adequately financing those facilities as may be necessary to implement the plan. "(3) For the purposes of this subsection the term 'basin' includes, but is not limited to, rivers and their tributaries, streams, coastal waters, sounds, estuaries, bays, lakes, and portions thereof, as well as the lands drained thereby." TITLE II Sec. 201. (a) Section 6 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended to read as follows: "GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT "Sec. 6. (a) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to any State, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate agency for the purpose of "(1) assisting in the development of any project which will demonstrate a new or improved method of controlling the discharge into any waters of untreated or inadequately treated sewage or other wastes from sewers which carry storm water or both storm water and sewage or other wastes, or "(2) assisting in the development of any project which will demonstrate advanced waste treatment and water purification methods (including the temporary use of new or improved chemical additives which provide substantial immediate improvement to existing treatment processes) or new or improved methods of joint treatment systems for municipal and industrial wastes, and for the purpose of reports, plans, and specifications in connection therewith. "(b) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to persons for research and demonstration projects for prevention of pollution of waters by industry including, but not limited to, treatment of industrial waste. "(c) Federal grants under subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the following limitations: "(1) No grant shall be made for any project pursuant to this section unless such project shall have been approved by the appropriate State water pollution control agency or agencies and by the Secretary; "(2) No grant shall be made for any project in an amount exceeding 75 per centum of the estimated reasonable cost thereof as determined by the Secretary; and "(3) No grant shall be made for any project under this section unless the Secretary determines that such project will serve as a useful demonstration for the purpose set forth in clause (1) or (2) of subsection (a). "(d) Federal grants under subsection (b) of this section shall be subject to the following limitations: "(1) No grant shall be made under this section in excess of $1,000,000; [p. 2] '(2) No grant shall be made for more than 70 per centum of the cost of the project; and “(3) No grant shall be made for any project unless the Secretary determines that such project will serve a useful purpose in the development or demonstration of a new or improved method of treating industrial wastes or otherwise preventing pollution of waters by industry, which method shall have industry-wide application. "(e) For the purposes of this section there are authorized to be appropriated (1) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for each of the next three succeeding fiscal years, the sum of $20,000,000 per fiscal year for the purposes set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, including contracts pursuant to such subsections for such purposes; "(2) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years, the sum of $20,000,000 per fiscal year for the purpose set forth in clause (2) of subsection (a); and "(3) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years, the sum of $20,000,000 per fiscal year for the purpose set forth in subsection (b)." (b) Section 5 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(g) (1) The Secretary shall, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Water Resources Council, and with other appropriate Federal, State, interstate, or local public bodies and private organizations, institutions, and individuals, conduct and promote, and encourage contributions to, a comprehensive study of the effects of pollution, including sedimentation, in the estuaries and estuarine zones of the United States on fish and wildlife, on sport and commercial fishing, on recreation, on water supply and water power, and on other beneficial purposes. Such study shall also consider the effect of demographic trends, the exploitation of mineral resources and fossil fuels, land and industrial development, navigation, flood and erosion control, and other uses of estuaries and estuarine zones upon the pollution of the waters therein. "(2) In conducting the above study, the Secretary shall assemble, coordinate, and organize all existing pertinent information on the Nation's estuaries and estuarine zones; carry out a program of investigations and surveys to supplement existing information in representative estuaries and estuarine zones; and identify the problems and areas where further research and study are required. "(3) The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a final report of the study authorized by this subsection not later than three years after the date of enactment of this subsection. Copies of the report shall be made available to all interested parties, public and private. The report shall include, but not be limited to— "(A) an analysis of the importance of estuaries to the economic and social well-being of the people of the United States and of the effects of population upon the use and enjoyment of such estuaries; "(B) a discussion of the major economic, social, and ecological trends occurring in the estuarine zones of the Nation; "(C) recommendations for a comprehensive national program for the preservation, study, use, and development of estuaries of the Nation, and the respective responsibilities which should be assumed [p. 3] by Federal, State, and local governments and by public and private interests. "(4) There is authorized to be appropriated the sum of $1,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1967, June 30, 1968, and June 30, 1969, to carry out the purposes of this subsection. "(5) For the purpose of this subsection, the term 'estuarine zones' means an environmental system consisting of an estuary and those transitional areas which are consistently influenced or affected by water from an estuary such as, but not limited to, salt marshes, coastal and intertidal areas, bays, harbors, lagoons, inshore waters, and channels, and the term ‘estuary' means all or part of the mouth of a navigable or interstate river or stream or other body of water having unimpaired natural connection with open sea and within which the sea water is measurably diluted with fresh water derived from land drainage. "(h) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, other than subsection (g), not to exceed $60,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, and $65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969. Sums so appropriated shall remain available until expended." (c) (1) Subsection (d) of section 5 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking out " (1)" and by striking out all of paragraph (2) of such subsection. (2) The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect July 1, 1967. Sec. 202. (a) Subsection (a) of section 7 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking out "and for each succeeding fiscal year to and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968, $5,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "for each succeeding fiscal year to and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $5,000,000, and for each succeeding fiscal year to and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $10,000,000". |