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 1252 70 Stat. 507; 79 Stat. Q03. 33 USC 466 note. Cost e s t i m a t e s.

Report to Congress.

P e r s o n n e l requirements.

Report to P r e s i dent and Congress, Watercraft pollution study.

Report to Congress. Incentive assistance to industries.

Report to Congress. Oil Pollution Act, 1924, revision. Definitions.

PUBLIC LAW 89-753-NOV. 3, 1966

[80 STAT.

SEC. 210. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, is amended by renumbering existing section 16 as section 19 and by adding immediately after section 15 the following new sections: "SEC. 16. (a) In order to provide the basis for evaluating programs authorized by this Act, the development of new programs, and to furnish the Congress with the information necessary for authorization of appropriations for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1968, the Secretary, in cooperation with State water pollution control agencies and other water pollution control planning agencies, shall make a detailed estimate of the cost of carrying out the provisions of this Act; a comprehensive study of the economic impact on affected units of government of the cost of installation of treatment facilities; and a comprehensive analysis of the national requirements for and the cost of treating municipal, industrial, and other effluent to attain such water quality standards as established pursuant to this Act or applicable State law. The Secretary shall submit such detailed estimate and such comprehensive study of such cost for the five-year period beginning July 1, 1968, to the Congress no later than January 10, 1968, such study to be updated each year thereafter. " (b) The Secretary shall also make a complete investigation and study to determine (1) the need for additional trained State and local personnel to carry out programs assisted pursuant to this Act and other programs for the same purpose as this Act, and (2) means of using existing Federal training programs to train such personnel. He shall report the results of such investigation and study to the President and the Congress not later than July 1, 1967. "SEC. 17. The Secretary of the Interior shall, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the Secretary of Commerce, conduct a full and complete investigation and study of the extent of the pollution of all navigable waters of the United States from litter and sewage discharged, dumped, or otherwise deposited into such waters from watercraft using such waters, and methods of abating either in whole or in part such pollution. The Secretary shall submit a report of such investigation to Congress, together with his recommendations for any necessary legislation, not later than July 1, 1967. "SEC. 18. The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a full and complete investigation and study of methods for providing incentives designed to assist in the construction of facilities and works by industry designed to reduce or abate water pollution. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, the possible use of tax incentives as well as other methods of financial assistance. In carrying out this study the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the Treasury as well as the head of any other appropriate department or agency of the Federal Government. The Secretary shall report the results of such investigation and study, together with his recommendations, to the Congress not later than January 30, 1968." SEC. 211. (a) The Oil Pollution Act, 1924 (43 Stat. 604; 33 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), is amended to read as follows: "That this Act may be cited as the 'Oil Pollution Act, 1924'. "SEC. 2. When used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— "(1) 'oil* means oil of any kind or in any fonn, including fuel oil, sludge, and oil refuse; " (2) 'person' means an individual, company, parthership, corporation, or association; any owner, operator, master, officer, or employee of a vessel; and any officer, agent or employee of the United States;

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