Thirty-five years ago Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "A river is more than an amenity, it is a treasure." Only recently has the truth of this observation entered the public conscience. For we now recognize that the Nation's rivers, far from being treasured, have been carelessly neglected for too long.

Today we face a harsh reality. Our waters are burdened with blight. We know that every river system in America suffers from some degree of pollution. This menace is growing more serious with every passing day.

We have just begun to take the steps to clean and restore our waters.

The task is immense. The journey will be long. If our new programs are to succeed we must combine our efforts Federal, State, local, and private-in new and creative partnerships.

The attack against water pollution should be unified and coordinated.

It should be carried forward as an integral part of comprehensive planning for the development of river basins. But, most importantly, the Government's management structure must be strengthened and reshaped to meet the challenges that lie ahead.

In my February 23 message on the quality of our environment I stated:

• we must reorganize the Federal effort. In the past, the Federal antipollution effort has been organizationally separate from water conservation and programs.

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"One agency should assume leadership in our clean water effort.

"That agency should be the Department of the Interior."

The Department of the Interior, for many years, has been concerned with the comprehensive management and development of the Nation's water resources.

It plans, constructs, and operates multiple-purpose water and related land resources projects.

It carries on research and development on the removal of minerals from water.

It administers the Water Resources Research Act. The Secretary of the Interior also serves as Chairman of the Water Resources Council responsible for coordinating river basin planning. Under the Clean Rivers Restoration Act of 1966 and other legislation which I have recently proposed, the Secretary will become the focal point for Federal efforts in this area.

It is wise management to place under his control the related resources and authority now in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

The reorganization plan maintains a proper and effective role for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare with respect to the health aspects of pollution. At the same time it places in the Department of the Interior all of the necessary tools to move forward the drive to clean America's waters.

The reorganization plan herewith transmitted will transfer to the Secretary of the Interior the functions of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act except for responsibilities relating to public health for which the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare has special competence. That Department will retain responsibility under section 3(b) of the act for advising on public health questions involved in determinations by Federal agencies of the need for and value of the inclusion of storage for water quality control in Federal reservoirs. The Federal Water Pollution Control Administration would be transferred to the Department of the Interior.

The Secretary of the Interior in administering the act will also be required to consult with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on public health aspects relating to water pollution. This consultative responsibility is now vested in the Surgeon General by section

2(k) of the Water Quality Act of 1965. The plan transfers that responsibility to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

The Water Pollution Control Advisory Board and the hearing boards provided for in the act would be transferred to the Department of the Interior, together with their respective functions. The reorganization plan also makes the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare a member of the Advisory Board and gives him the opportunity to select a member of each hearing board.

The reorganization plan would in no way impair the rights and benefits of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service who may transfer to the Water Pollution Control Administration.

The reorganization to be accomplished by the plan transmitted herewith will enable the Federal Government to organize for action against pollution on a river basin basis under the unified leadership of the Secretary of the Interior.

After investigation, I have found and hereby declare that each reorganization included in the accompanying reorganization plan is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes set forth in section 2(a) of the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended. I have also found and hereby declare that it is necessary to include in the accompanying reorganization plan, by reason of the reorganizations made thereby, provision for the membership of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on the Water Pollution Control Advisory Board and for the appointment and compensation of an additional Assistant Secretary of the Interior. The rate of compensation fixed for that officer is that which I have found to prevail in respect of comparable officers in the executive branch of the Government.

The reorganizations provided for in the reorganization plan transmitted herewith will produce significant longrange savings and economies by reason of the efficiencies in organization and in the elimination of duplication of effort it will bring about. It is, however, impracticable to specify or itemize at this time the reductions of expenditures which it is probable will be brought about by the taking effect of the reorganizations included in the reorganization plan.

I recommend that the Congress allow the accompanying plan to become effective.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON.

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10014

Ex. Ord. No. 10014, Nov. 5, 1948, 13 F.R. 6601, formerly set out under this section, which related to the cooperation of Federal and State agencies to prevent pollution of surface and underground waters, was superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 11258, Nov. 17, 1965, 30 F.R. 14483.

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11258

Ex. Ord. No. 11258, Nov. 17, 1965, 30 F.R. 14483, formerly set out under this section, which related to prevention, control, and abatement of water pollution by federal activities, was superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 11288, July 2, 1966, 31 F.R. 9261.

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 11288

Ex. Ord. No. 11288, July 2, 1966, 31 F.R. 9261, which provided for prevention, control, and abatement of water pollution from federal activities, was superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 11507, Feb. 4, 1970, 35 F.R. 2573, set out as a note under section 4331 of Title 42, Public Health and Welfare.

EX. ORD. NO. 11548. DELEGATION OF PRESIDENTIAL FUNCTIONS Ex. Ord. No. 11548, July 20, 1970, 35 F.R., 11677, provided: By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (62 Stat. 1155, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 466 et seq.) [see section 1151 et seq. of this title] as amended by the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-224, approved Apr. 3, 1970) [classified principally to this chapter], hereinafter referred to as the Act, by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Delegations to the Secretary of the Interior. There is hereby delegated to the Secretary of the Interior responsibility and authority

(a) to carry out the provisions of subsection (1) (2) of section 5 of the Act [section 1155 (1) (2) of this title], relating to the study and investigation of methods to control the release of pesticides into the environment, Including the preparation of a report on such investigation for submission by the President to the Congress;

(b) in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to carry out the provisions of subsections (b) (2) and (b) (3) of section 11 of the Act [sections 1161(b) (2) and (b) (3) of this title], relating to the determination of those quantities of oil the discharge of which, at such times, locations, circumstances, and conditions, will be harmful to the public health or welfare of the United States and those which will not be harmful;

(c) to carry out the provisions of subsection (c) (2) (G) of section 11 of the Act [section 1161(c)(2) (G) of this title], relating to identification of dispersants and other chemicals to be used;

(d) to carry out the provisions of subsection (e) of section 11 of the Act [section 1161(e) of this title]. relating to determinations of imminent and substantial threat because of actual or threatened discharge of oil, and relating to securing relief necessary to abate such actual or threatened discharges through court action;

(e) in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to carry out the provisions of subsections (1) (1) (C) of section 11 of the Act [section 1161(j) (1) (C) of this title], relating to procedures, methods, and requirements for equipment to prevent discharges of oil from non-transportation-related onshore and offshore facilities; (f) to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) (1) of section 12 of the Act (section 1162(a) (1) of this title]. relating to the designation of hazardous substances, other than of which when discharged into or upon the navigable waters of the United States or adjoining shorelines or waters of the contiguous zone, present an imminent and substantial danger to public health or welfare:

(g) in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to carry out the provisions of subsection (s) (2)_of section 12 of the Act (section 1162(a)(2) of this title' relating to the establishment of recommended methods for the removal of hazardous substances within the meaning of subsection (a)(1) of section 12 of the Act (section 1162,*)(1) of this title?

Svc. 2 Delegations to the Secretary of Transportation. There is hereby delegated to the Secretary of Transportstion responsibility and authority

(a) in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior. to carry out the provisions of subsection (2).2).C) of section 11 of the Act (section 1181 2.1) ̊C) of this title), relating to procedures methods and requiremen's for equipment to prevent discharges of all from resses and EZAUSPOARTALÄon-related onshore and ofshore i

(b) Without derogating from any action heretofore taken thereunder, the letter of the President to the Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission dated June 2, 1970 (35 F.R. 8631), is hereby superseded.

SEC. 4. Delegation to the Council on Environmental Quality. (a) There is hereby delegated to the Council on Environmental Quality the responsibility and authority to carry out the provisions of subsection (c) (2) of section 11 of the Act [section 1161 (c) (2) of this title], providing for the preparation, publication, revision or amendment of a National Contingency Plan for the removal of oil (hereinafter referred to as the National Contingency Plan).

(b) Without derogating from any action heretofore taken thereunder, the letter of the President to the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality dated May 26, 1970 (35 F.R. 8423), is hereby superseded.

SEC. 5. Other delegations. (a) There is hereby delegated to the Secretary of the Interior and to the Secretary of Transportation, respectively, in and for the waters and areas assigned to each in section 306.2 of the National Contingency Plan (35 F.R. 8511) responsibility and authority

(1) to carry out the provisions of subsection (c) (1) of section 11 of the Act [section 1161 (c) (1) of this title]. relating to the removal of oil discharged into or upon the navigable waters of the United States, adjoining shorelines, or into or upon the waters of the United States:

(2) to carry out the provisions of subsection (d) of section 11 of the Act [section 1161(d) of this title). relating to the coordination and direction of removal or elimination of the threat of oil discharges, and the removal and destruction of vessels;

(3) to carry out the provisions of subsection (j) (1) (A) of section 11 of the Act [section 1161(J)(1)(A) of this title), relating to methods and procedures for the removal of discharged oil;

(4) to carry out the provisions of subsection (1) (1) (B) of section 11 of the Act section_1161(j) (1) (B) of this title), relating to criteria for the development and implementation of local and regional oil removal contingency plans:

(5) to carry out the provisions of subsection (d) of section 12 of the Act section 1162 d of this title. relating to the removal of discharged hazardous sub

Sec. 6 Apency To Rense Notices of Duscharges of Ol or Bistrious Substances. The Coast Guard is hereby designated the "sppropriate actory” for the purpose of recering the ponce of discharge of of required by of section 11 If the Act section 1161 of this wile' and for the purpose of receiving the notice of Eischarge of ant hasardous substance required zf section 1 of the Act section 1162 of this true The Commands of the Coast Guard STAL INSU Terasums mnguementing the designation Sec. ↑ RedLiepazio eustong Secretaries of Departmenus and beats of ageciciues are hereby authorized to 7808JBCLZE WILL ther respective departments or setcues the responsibilities and aithrent desgated to them * S * subject to the requirements LSUSC

regarding the responsibility and authority delegated by section 1(a) of this order and officers who by this order are required to consult with the Secretary of Interior shall consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

RICHARD NIXON

§ 1152. Federal Water Quality Administration; establishment; appointment and compensation of head; professional, technical, and clerical assistance; delegation of authority.

CODIFICATION

Section, act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, § 2, as added Oct. 2. 1965, Pub. L. 89-234, § 2(a), 79 Stat. 903, and amended 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 2 eff. May 10, 1966, § 1(a), (b), 31 F.R. 6857, 80 Stat. 1608; Apr. 3, 1970, Pub. L. 91-224, title I, § 110(a), 84 Stat. 113, created within the Department of the Interior a Federal Water Quality Administration. Section has been omitted in view of 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 3, eff. Dec. 2, 1970, 35 F.R. 15623, 84 Stat. which

created the Environmental Protection Agency, abolished the Federal Water Quality Administration in the Department of the Interior, and transferred to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency all functions vested by law in the Secretary of the Interior and the Department of the Interior which had been administered through the Federal Water Quality Administration.

TRANSFER OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE OFFICERS TO
ADMINISTRATION

Subsecs. (b)-(k) of section 2 of Pub. L. 89-234 provided that:

"(b) Subject to such requirements as the Civil Service Commission may prescribe, any commissioned officer of the Public Health Service who, on the day before the effective date of the establishment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration [now the Environmental Protection Agency], was as such officer, performing functions relating to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [this chapter] may acquire competitive civil service status and be transferred to a classified position in the Administration [now Environmental Protection Agency] if he so transfers within six months (or such further period as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (now Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency] may find necessary in individual cases) [see section 1(g) of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 2] after such effective date. No commissioned officer of the Public Health Service may be transferred to the Administration [now Envoirmental Protection Agency] under this section if he does not consent to such transfer. As used in this section, the term 'transferring officer' means an officer transferred in accordance with this subsection.

"(c) (1) The Secretary [now Administrator] shall deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the civil service retirement and disability fund, on behalf of and to the credit of each transferring officer, an amount equal to that which such individual would be required to deposit in such fund to cover the years of service credited to him for purposes of his retirement as a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service to the date of his transfer as provided in subsection (b), but only to the extent that such service is otherwise creditable under the Civil Service Retirement Act [section 8831 et seq. of Title 5]. The amount so required to be deposited with respect to any transferring officer shall be computed on the basis of the sum of his basic pay, allowance for quarters, and allowance for subsistence and, in the case of a medical officer, his special pay, during the years of service so creditable, including all such years after June 30, 1960. "(2) The deposits which the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare [now Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency] is required to make under this subsection with respect to any transferring officer shall be made within two years after the date of his transfer as provided in subsection (b), and the amounts due under this subsection shall include interest computed from the period of service credited to the date of payment in accordance with section 4(e) of the Civil Service Retirement Act (5 U.S.C. 2254 (e)) [now covered by section 8334 (e) of Title 5]. [See section 1(g) of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 2].

"(d) All past service of a transferring officer as a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service shall be considered as civilian service for all purposes under the Civil Service Retirement Act [section 8331 et seq. of Title 5], effective as of the date any such transferring office acquires civil service status as an employee of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration [now Federal Water Quality Administration]; however, no transferring officer may become entitled to benefits under both the Civil Service Retirement act [section 8331 et seq. of Title 5] and title II of the Social Security Act [section 401 et seq. of Title 42] based on service as such a commissioned officer performed after 1956, but the individual (or his survivors) may irrevocably elect to waive benefit credit for the service under one Act to secure credit under the other.

"(e) A transferring officer on whose behalf a deposit is required to be made by subsection (c) and who, after transfer to a classified position in the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration [now Environmental Protection Agency] under subsection (b), is separated from Federal service or transfers to a position not covered by the Civil Service Retirement Act [section 8331 et seq. of Title 5], shall not be entitled, nor shall his survivors be entitled, to a refund of any amount deposited on his behalf in accordance with this section. In the event he transfers, after transfer under subsection (b), to a position covered by another Government staff retirement system under which credit is allowable for service with respect to which a deposit is required under subsection (c), no credit shall be allowed under the Civil Service Retirement Act [section 8331 et seq. of Title 5] with respect to such service.

"(f) Each transferring officer who prior to January 1, 1957, was insured pursuant to the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act of 1954 [section 8701 et seq. of Title 5], and who subsequently waived such insurance, shall be entitled to become insured under such Act upon his transfer to the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration [now Environmental Protection Agency] regardless of age and insurability.

"(g) Any commissioned officer of the Public Health Service who, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, is transferred to a position in the Federal Water Pollution Control ProtecAdministration [now Environmental tion Agency] which is subject to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended [chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of Title 5], shall receive a salary rate of the General Schedule grade of such position which is nearest to but not less than the sum of (1) basic pay, quarters and subsistence allowances, and, in the case of a medical officer, special pay, to which he was entitled as a commissioned officer of the Public Health Service on the day immediately preceding his transfer, and (2) an amount equal to the equalization factor (as defined in this subsection); but in no event shall the rate so established exceed the maximum rate of such grade. [See section 1(g) of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 2. As used in this section, the term 'equalization factor' amount deter

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mined by the Secretary to be equal to the sum of (A) 62 per centum of such basic pay and (B) the amount of Federal income tax which the transferring officer, had he remained a commissioned officer, would have been required to pay on such allowances for quarters and subsistence for the taxable year then current if they had not been tax free.

"(h) A transferring officer who has had one or more years of commissioned service in the Public Health Service immediately prior to his transfer under subsection (b) shall, on the date of such transfer, be credited with thirteen days of sick leave.

"(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, any commissioned officer of the United States Public Health Service with twenty-five or more years of service who has held the temporary rank of Assistant Surgeon General in the Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control of the United States Public Health Service for three or more years and whose position and duties are affected by this Act see [see short title of 1965 amendment note set out under section 1151 of this title], may, with the approval of the President, voluntarily retire from the United States Public Health Service with the same retirement benefits that would accrue to him if he had

held the rank of Assistant Surgeon General for a period of four years or more if he so retires within ninety days of the date of the establishment of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration [now Federal Water Quality Administration

"(1) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to restrict or in any way limit the head of the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration [now Federal Water Quality Administration) in matters of organisation or in otherwise carrying out his duties under section @ of this Act [this section] as he deems appropriate to the discharge of the functions of such Administration

"(k) The Surgeon General [now Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall be consulted by the head of the Administration on public health aspects relating to water pollution over which the head of such AdminIstration has administrative responsibility." [See section (f) of lund Reorg Plan No 21.

SEOTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1151 of this title.

$1153 Comprehensive water pollution programs. (a) Preparation or development of programs; cooperation with other agencies,

The Administrator shall, after careful investigation, and in cooperation with other Federal agencies, with State water pollution control agencies and interstate agenotes, and with the municipalities and industries involved, prepare or develop comprehensive programs for eliminating or reducing the pollution of Interstate waters and tributaries thereof and improving the sanitary condition of surface and underaround waters In the development of such comprehensive programs due regard shall be given to the

Movements which are necessary to conserve such waters for public water supplies, propagation of fish and aquale tre and wildhte, recreational purposes, and astacultural industrial, and other legitimate Wapt For the purpose of this section, the Adminis 70 #orised to make zum MiesigAISONS WILH ** ** * of the condition of any waters in * Saw Siales, and of the discharges of any ***** linal **/ or substance which may #die #Zwy such waters

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(4) Costs of water quality control features incorporated in any Federal reservoir or other impoundment under the provisions of this chapter shall be determined and the beneficiaries identified and if the benefits are widespread or national in scope, the costs of such features shall be nonreimbursable.

(c) Grants for administrative expenses of planning agencies; comprehensive pollution control and abatement plans for basins.

(1) The Administrator 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, interest 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;

(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 fames as may be MECESSATY TO implement the plam

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1956 Act July 9, 1956, struck out subsecs. (b) to (d) and designation "(a)" at beginning of section, substituted "water pollution control agencies" for "water pollution agencies", "develop" for "adopt", and "adversely" for "deleteriously", improvisions due regard formerly designated as subsec. (a) and required that be given to necessary improvements to conserve waters for propagation of wildlife. Former subsecs. (b) to (d), which related to cooperative activities by States, uniform State laws, State compacts, consent of Congress to State compacts, and which declared pollution to be a public nuisance, are now covered by sections 1154 and 1160 of this title.

SHORT TITLE

Section 1 of Pub. L. 89-753 provided: "That this Act [enacting section 1175, and former sections 466m and 466n of this title, amending this section, former sections 431 to 437, and sections 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1160, and 1173 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 1155 and 1158, and former section 431 of this title, and amending note set out under section 1151 of this title] may be cited as the 'Clean Water Restoration Act of 1966'."

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of the Secretary of the Interior and the Department of the Interior administered through the Federal Water Quality Administration, all functions which were transferred to the Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1966, and all functions vested in the Secretary of the Interior or the Department of the Interior by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act were transferred to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1970, § 2(a) (1), eff. Dec. 2, 1970, 35 F.R. 15623, 84 Stat., set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

All functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [this chapter], were transferred to the Secretary of the Interior and to the Department of the Interior by 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. May 10, 1966, 31 F.R. 6857, 80 Stat. 1608, set out as a note under section 1151 of this title, except, as provided by section 1(e) (2) of 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 2, so much of the functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under subsec. (b) (2) of this section as relates to public health aspects.

§ 1154. Interstate cooperation; uniform State laws; State compacts; consent of Congress to compacts. (a) The Administrator shall encourage cooperative activities by the States for the prevention and control of water pollution; encourage the enactment of improved and, so far as practicable, uniform State laws relating to the prevention and control of water pollution; and encourage compacts between States for the prevention and control of water pollution.

(b) The consent of the Congress is given to two or more States to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with any law or treaty of the United States, for (1) cooperative effort and mutual assistance for the prevention and control of water pollution and the enforcement of their respective laws relating thereto, and (2) the establishment of such agencies, joint or otherwise, as they may deem desirable for making effective such agreements and compacts. No such agreement or compact shall be binding or obligatory upon any State a party thereto unless and until it has been approved by the Congress. (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, § 4, formerly § 3, 62 Stat. 1157; July 9, 1956, ch. 518, § 1, 70 Stat. 498; July 20, 1961, Pub. L. 87-88, § 1(b), 75 Stat. 204; renumbered Oct. 2, 1965,

Pub. L. 89-234, § 2(a), 79 Stat. 903; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 2(a) (1), eff. Dec. 2, 1970, 35 F.R. 15623, 84 Stat.

CODIFICATION

"Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency" was substituted for "Secretary of the Interior" pursuant to 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 3, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, which abolished the Federal Water Quality Administration in the Department of the Interior and transferred to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency all functions of the Secretary of the Interior and the Department of the Interior formerly administered through the Federal Water Quality Administration.

AMENDMENTS

1961-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87-88 substituted "Secretary" for "Surgeon General".

1956-Act July 9, 1956, provided for interstate cooperation, uniform State laws, State compacts, and consent of Congress to compacts, which provisions were formerly contained in subsecs. (b) and (c) of section 1153 of this title. Former provisions of this section which related to research, investigations, and surveys by the Surgeon General are now covered by section 1155(b) of this title. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of the Secretary of the Interior and the Department of the Interior administered through the Federal Water Quality Administration, all functions which were transferred to the Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1966, and all functions vested in the Secretary of the Interior or the Department of the Interior by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act were transferred to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1970 § 2(a) (1), eff. Dec. 2, 1970, 35 F.R. 15623, 84 Stat., set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

All functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [this chapter], with certain specified exceptions, were transferred to the Secretary of the Interior and to the Department of the Interior by 1966 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. May 10, 1966, 31 F.R. 6857, 80 Stat. 1608, set out as a note under section 1151 of this title.

§ 1155. Research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies.

(a) Authorization; powers and duties of Administra

tor.

The Administrator shall conduct and encourage, cooperate with, and render assistance to other appropriate public (whether Federal, State, interstate, or local) authorities, agencies, and institutions, private agenices and institutions, and individuals in the conduct of, and promote the coordination of, research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, and studies relating to the causes, control, and prevention of water pollution. In carrying out the foregoing, the Administrator is authorized to

(1) collect and make available, through publications and other appropriate means, the results of and other information as to research, investigations, and demonstrations relating to the prevention and control of water pollution, including appropriate recommendations in connection therewith;

(2) make grants-in-aid to public or private agencies and institutions and to individuals for research or training projects and for demonstrations, and provide for the conduct of research, training, and demonstrations by contract with public or private agencies and institutions and with individuals without regard to section 529 of Title 31 and section 5 of Title 41;