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Report to Congress.

Appropriation.

"Estuarine zones."

"Estuary."

Appropriation.

75 Stat. 205; 79 Stat. 903. 33 USC 466c.

Program g r a n t s. 33 USC 466d.

Construction grants. 70 Stat. 502; 79 Stat. 903. 33 USC 466e.

PUBLIC LAW 89-753-NOV. 3, 1966

[so STAT.

resources 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) I n 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 $65,00,(X)0 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 o u t " (1) " and by striking out all of paragraph (2) of such subsection. (2) The amendment made by this subsection shall take effec^t July 1, 1967. SEC. 202. (a) Subsection (a) of section 7 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by Striking out "and for each succeeding fiscal year to and including the fiscal year ending June 30', 1968, $5,000,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof "for each succeeding fiscal year to and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, $5,000,000, and for each succeeding fiscal year to and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $10,000,000". (b) Subsection (a) of section 7 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is further amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "including the training of personnel of public agencies." SEC. 203. (a) Subsection (b) of section 8 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended to read as follows: " (b) Federal grants under this section shall be subject to the following limitations: (1) No grant shall be made for any project pursuant

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