[COMMITTEE PRINT] FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL AMENDMENTS Working paper prepared for the use of the Committee on Public Works (DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION; NOT CORRECTED FOR TECHNICAL ERRORS) STAFF PRINT TITLE I RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS Sec 101-Declaration of Policy Sec. 102-Comprehensive Programs for Water Pollution Control Sec. 104-Research, Investigations, Training, and Information Sec. 105-Grants for Research and Development Sec. 106-Grants for Water Pollution Control Programs Sec. 107-Area Acid and other Mine Waste Sec. 108-Pollution in Great Lakes Sec. 109 Training Grants and Contracts Sec. 110-Application for training grant or contract Sec. 111-Award of Scholarships Sec. 112-Definitions for Sections 109-111 Sec. 113-Alaska village DECLARATION OF POLICY SECTION 1. (a) The Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended >ald a new title I. (b) Section 1 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is re- (e) Section 101, as redesignated, is further amended by striking the COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS FOR WATER POLLUTION CONTROL SEC. 3. (a) Section 3 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is esignated as section 102. b) Section 102, as redesignated, is further amended (1) by striking cretary" wherever it appears and inserting "Administrator"; and by striking interstate waters and tributaries thereof" in the I sentence of subsection (a) and inserting "interstate and intrastate ers and groundwaters"; and (3) by striking subsection (c). INTERSTATE COOPERATION AND UNIFORM LAWS EC 4. Section 4 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is signated as Section 103. RESEARCH, INVESTIGATIONS, TRAINING AND INFORMATION c. 5. (a) Section 5 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is signated as section 104. ) Section 104, as redesignated, is further amenderl→→→ (1) by striking "Department of the Interior" wherever it appears and inserting “Environmental Protection Agency"; 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 "(1) conduct, and promote the coordination and acceleration of, research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to the causes, effects, extent, prevention, and control of water pollution; "(2) encourage, cooperate with, and render technical services and provide financial assistance to water pollution control agencies and other appropriate public or private agencies, institutions, and organizations, and individuals, including the general public, in the conduct of such activities; "(3) conduct investigations and research and make surveys concerning any specific problem of water pollution in cooperation with any water pollution control agency with a view to recommending a solution of such problem, if he is requested to do so by such agency, or if, in his judgment, such problem may affect any community or communities in a State other than that in which the source of the matter causing or contributing to the pollution is located; "(4) establish advisory committees composed of recognized experts in various aspects of water pollution and representatives of the public to assist in the examination and evaluation of research progress and proposals and to avoid duplication of research. "(5) In cooperation with the States and other Federal agencies establish, equip, and maintain a water quality surveillance system for the purpose of monitoring the quality of the navigable waters of the United States, the contiguous zone, and the oceans, and shall report on such quality in the report required under subsection (a) of section 514. "(b) In carrying out the provisions of (a) of this section the Administrator is authorized to "(1) collect and make available, through publications and other appropriate means, the results of and other information, including appropriate recommendations by him in connection therewith, pertaining to such research and other activities; "(2) cooperate with other Federal departments and agencies, with water pollution control agencies, with other public and private agencies, institutions, and organizations, and with any industries involved, in the preparation and conduct of such research and other activities; "(3) make grants to water pollution control agencies, to other public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions, and organizations, and to individuals, for purposes stated in subsection (a)(1) of this section; COMMENTS |