WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ACT

[No. 84-17]

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON RIVERS AND HARBORS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

ON

S. 890 and H. R. 9540

TO EXTEND AND STRENGTHEN THE WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ACT

JULY 20, 1955, MARCH 12, 13, 14, and 15, 1956

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

56-61109

[No. 84-17]

4.S. Congress. House.

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON RIVERS AND HARBORS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

ON

S. 890 and H. R. 9540

TO EXTEND AND STRENGTHEN THE WATER POLLUTION
CONTROL ACT

68263

JULY 20, 1955, MARCH 12, 13, 14, AND 15, 1956

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1956

Adams, Milton P., executive secretary, Water Resources Commission

of Michigan

74, 208

Allen, James H., executive secretary, International Commission on the

Delaware River Basin.__.

Aspinall, Hon. Wayne N., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Colorado..........

Auld, David V., of American Waterworks Association...

Bacon, Vinton W., executive officer of the California State Water Pollu-
tion Control Board, accompanied by Adolphus Moskovitz, deputy
attorney general, State of California_

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Bailey, Hon. Cleveland M., a Member of Congress from the State of

West Virginia....

Barrett, Hon. Frank A., a United States Senator from the State of
Wyoming-

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Bergsma, Dr. Daniel, State commissioner of health of New Jersey-.

Brooks, Hon. Overton, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Louisiana.

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Callison, Charles H., conservation director, National Wildlife Federa-

tion, Washington, D. C...

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Cooley, Hon. Harold D., Member of Congress from the State of North

Carolina; accompanied by Col. S. C. MacIntire, Jr., city manager,

Rocky Mount, N. C...

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Dearing, Dr. W. P., Deputy Surgeon General, Department of Health,

Education, and Welfare...

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Dempsey, Hon. John J., Representative in Congress from the State of
New Mexico _ _

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355

Derounian, Hon. Steven B., a Representative in Congress from the

State of New York.

Devendorf, Earl, director, bureau of environmental_sanitation, and
chief engineer, New York State Department of Health, Albany,
N. Y..

Dickerson, Bruce W., sanitary engineer, Manufacturing Chemists'
Association, Inc.-

Difani, George, executive secretary, California Wildlife Federation___

Dill, George W., Jr., mayor of Morehead City, N. C., representing
American Municipal Association_

Ellsworth, Hon. Harris, Member of Congress from the State of Oregon.
Fuhrman, Dr. Ralph, secretary, Federation of Sewage and Industrial
Waste Associations, Washington, D. C.___

Henning, William D., national director, Izaak Walton League of
America, Inc___

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Holderby, J. M., representing, American Paper & Pulp Association. 68, 84, 305
Hollis, Mark D., chief engineer, Public Health Service, accompanied by
Sidney A. Saperstein, legislative attorney, and Murray_Stein,
attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare. - - -

Hudoba, Michael, Washington editor, Sports Afield_-

Jacobs, Dr. William R., president, Idaho Public Health Association__

Jacobs, Harold L., chairman, water pollution abatement committee of

the Manufacturing Chemists' Association..........