Pub. L. 89-753, tit. II, sec. 201

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 80 Stat. 1247to 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; “(2) No grant shall be made for more than 70 per centum of the cost or 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 80 Stat. 1248resources 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 pollution 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 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.