projects, the construction of combined sewers which encourage water pollution. The subcommittee has pointed out to the Department of Commerce and the Bureau of Public Roads that this committee's House Report 1648, entitled "Separating Storm and Sanitary Sewers in Urban Renewal," 89th Congress, issued June 23, 1966, specifically recommends that Federal agencies prohibit the use of Federal funds for the construction of combined sewers in order to comply with the national policy on water pollution control and abatement.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-It is not possible to estimate the monetary benefits. It is essential, however, to the success of the national drive for clean water that each Federal agency take action to prohibit the perpetuation of combined sewer systems which contribute so heavily to water pollution.

3. Inventory of Industrial Waste Discharges.

(a) Summary of investigation.-In the last 2 years, the subcommittee has continued to collect evidence indicating that the Federal Government must have information on the nature and quantity of waste discharges by industries in order to vigorously advance the water pollution program. The subcommittee in 1963 urged that a national industrial waste discharges inventory be established, but action thereon was deferred because of opposition by representatives of various industries. Since that time the hearings held by this subcommittee have helped to bring a shift of attitude by many industries. In August 1966, the subcommittee renewed its recommendation for the establishment of such an inventory by the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration. The Secretary of the Interior accepted the subcommittee's recommendation and informed the subcommittee that each regional office of the FWPCA will proceed immediately to develop an industrial waste inventory for its region and that he expects these regional inventories will constitute the equivalent of a national inventory.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-Although it is not possible to estimate monetary benefits at this time, the establishment of a national inventory of industrial waste discharges will contribute significantly to the nationwide drive for clean water and result in considerable savings to the taxpayers.

4. Interior Department's Amendments to Trespass Regulations. (a) Summary of investigation.-The subcommittee raised questions with the Secretary of the Interior regarding a proposed new trespass regulation of the Department published in the Federal Register, pointing out that there were ambiguities and inconsistencies in the regulation and between the regulation and the Bureau of Land Management manual. The regulations involved the sale of material, or issue of a lease, permit, or license, to a trespasser. The Department of the Interior, after several exchanges of correspondence, agreed that the regulation and manual provisions were inconsistent and ambiguous and would prepare revisions to eliminate the inconsistencies and clarify the ambiguities.

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(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.—It is not possible to estimate the monetary benefits.

5. Oral Auction Versus Sealed Bidding in Timber Sales by the Forest Service and the Interior Department.

(a) Summary of investigation.-The subcommittee is examining into various aspects of bidding procedures used by the Forest Service and the Interior Department, including both seaied and oral auction bids, in the sale of Federal timber. In December 1965, the Budget Bureau informed the subcommittee that it had requested an interdepartmental study of Federal timber sale programs and practices, "to permit evaluation of the relevant factors which influence the price received for Federal timber, e.g., Federal timber appraisal systems, character of the timber economy, methods of bidding, etc. Budget Bureau informed the subcommittee on October 10, 1966, that it was reviewing the interdepartmental study and expected to have its review completed early in 1967, and that the results of the study and review "should permit the executive branch to develop an improved program for the administration of Federal timber sales by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management."

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(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-The study may produce substantial monetary benefits for the Federal Government, but it is not possible to estimate them at this time. Federal timber sales activities totaled $184 million in 1965.

6. Bonneville-California Intertie.

(a) Summary of investigation.-The subcommittee is continuing its examination of the Interior Department's operations and program for the electrical intertie between the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest. It has been and is in contact with the Federal Power Commission which is conducting an independent review for the committee of the Bonneville-California intertie. The FPC submitted interim reports on its review in April 1965 and in August 1966.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-The revisions resulting from the committee's previous work on the proposed intertie plan will accrue $200 million or more in total power savings to the Federal Government, the State of California, and other preference customers.

7. Executive Order 11258 Regarding Water Pollution from Federal Installations.

(a) Summary of investigation.-The subcommittee reviewed various drafts of Executive Order 11258 at the request of the Bureau of the Budget and made proposals for changes in substance and wording which were incorporated in the final order. The order was subsequently replaced by a revised order (No. 11288, July 2, 1966; 31 F.R. 9261).

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-The changes recommended by the subcommittee considerably strengthened the order. The order has resulted in a speedup of water pollution abatement efforts at all Federal installations.

8. Interior Department's Purchase, by Negotiated Contracts, of Terminal Equipment for the Direct-Current Pacific Coast Electrical Intertie.

(a) Summary of investigation. The subcommittee examined whether the Department of the Interior has authority to negotiate a contract, amounting to $52 million, for the purchase of two terminal facilities for the Pacific coast electrical intertie. The Comptroller General, by letters to the subcommittee in September and October 1965, ruled that the Interior Department did not have the authority to negotiate this contract under the Emergency Powers Act of 1958 but could, in the special circumstances, do so under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-The subcommittee's inquiry resulted in a ruling by the Comptroller General which will require contracting agencies to comply with the provisions of law preventing use of the Emergency Powers Act as justification for the negotiation of contracts not permitted under other provisions of law.

9. Use of Government-Owned Planes in Reseeding National Forests. (a) Summary of investigation.-The subcommittee examined into the comparative costs and efficiency of the Forest Service's reseeding of burned-over forest lands by the use of (1) Government-owned planes, and (2) private planes under contract.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-It is impossible to predict at this time what monetary benefits will accrue to the Government as a result of this investigation.

10. Concession Contracts in the National Parks.

(a) Summary of investigation.-The subcommittee staff assisted the full committee in connection with a bill affecting the concession contract policies of the National Park Service.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-As a result of the committee's efforts, the President has directed the Budget Bureau to make a comprehensive survey of the concessions policies of all Government agencies. This survey may result in substantial monetary benefits to the United States, but the amount thereof cannot now be estimated.

11. Central Valley Project Electric Service to City of Santa Clara, Calif.

(a) Summary of investigation.-The subcommittee examined into problems encountered by the city of Santa Clara, Calif., in utilizing its

allocation from the Interior Department of 75 megawatts of Central Valley power. These problems were in large measure resolved when the Department entered into a contract with the city enabling the city to purchase the Central Valley project power effective December 1,

1965.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-The city of Santa Clara will save more than $1 million per year by purchasing power from the Central Valley project instead of from a private utility, and the Federal Government will be complying with the preference law.

12. Exchange of Public Timberlands in Oregon for Private Lands in Point Reyes National Park in California by the Department of the Interior.

(a) Summary of investigation.-The subcommittee investigated a proposal to exchange public timberlands in Oregon for private lands in Point Reyes National Park in California. The proposal was eventually abandoned.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.—It is impossible to assess the monetary benefits either of the exchange or of its abandon

ment.

13. Requiring Government Contractors to Have Insurance To Protect Third Parties Injured in the Course of Work Under the Contracts.

(a) Summary of investigation.-The subcommittee is examining the question whether the Government should procure its supplies and services from contractors or subcontractors who are not financially responsible for injuries or damages they inflict on others during the course of their work under the Government contract. The subcommittee sent a questionnaire to seven major agencies of the Federal Government to determine their practice regarding requiring contractors to obtain insurance to compensate third parties injured by the contractor's negligence or fault during the course of the contract work. The agencies are the Atomic Energy Commission, General Accounting Office, Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Department of the Interior, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The subcommittee is assessing their replies to the questionnaire.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-It is not possible at this time to estimate the monetary benefits of this study.

14. Virgin Islands Audit Reports.

(a) Summary of investigations.-The subcommittee staff is reviewing the audit reports of the comptroller of the Virgin Islands.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits. It is not possible at this time to estimate the monetary benefits of this study.

15. Alleged Pollution of Lake at Fort Ritchie, Md.

(a) Summary of investigation.-As the result of an inquiry by the subcommittee concerning alleged pollution of the lake at Fort Ritchie, Md., the Department of the Army, after investigation, reopened the lake as suitable for recreational purposes and informed the subcommittee that there would be a continuing surveillance of the lake's water quality.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-It is not possible to estimate the monetary benefits.

16. Death Valley National Monument.

(a) Summary of investigation.-The subcommittee staff assisted in the preparation of the Committee's House Report No. 193 (Mar. 22, 1965), entitled "Death Valley National Monument (Furnace Creek Area-Water Rights and Related Matters)." The subcommittee is following up on proposals for the Government's acquisition of the properties of the Death Valley Hotel Co. If the acquisition negotiations are unsuccessful, the subcommittee will examine the possibilities of settling the dispute as to water rights through litigation or by other methods. (See p. 84, supra.)

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.-It is not possible at this time to estimate the monetary benefits.

17. Mission to West Germany. (March 3-10, 1966.)

(a) Summary of investigation. The purpose of the mission was to study environmental pollution problems in West Germany and to exchange information with particular reference to water pollution problems created by industrial and population growth. One result of the mission has been the exchange of West German and American scientists, expert in the field of environmental pollution, to study each country's problems and solutions to those problems. The subcommittee staff assisted the chairman in the preparation of the report to the President by the mission, which was headed by the Secretary of the Interior, Congressman Robert E. Jones, and Senator Edmund S. Muskie.

(b) Estimated monetary and other benefits.—It is not possible to estimate the monetary benefits. However, the United States, its people and its industry, should benefit substantially from an exchange of information and experience with West Germany in the field of environmental pollution.

18. Review of Electric Power Contracts.

(a) Summary of investigation.-In June 1966, the subcommittee requested the Secretary of the Interior to establish in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water and Power a contract review section to review proposed major electric power contracts. The subcommittee also requested that the Interior Department provide a more adequate opportunity for prior review and comment by preference customers