Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1296

 91 STAT. 1262

Report. 42 USC 4361.

Report to President and Congress. Legislative recommendations. Presidential report to Congress. 42 USC 4361b.



Personnel positions, increase.

PUBLIC LAW 95-155—NOV. 8, 1977 mont, which niay need to bo more effectively coordinated in order to minimize unnecessary duplication of pro<^rams, projects, and research facilities; (2) to determine the steps which might be taken under existing law, by him and by the heads of such other agencies, to accomplish or promote such coordination, and to provide for or encourage the taking of such steps; and (3) to determine the additional legislative actions which would be needed to assure such coordination to the maximum extent possible. The Administrator shall include in each annual revision of the fiveyear plan provided for by section 5 of Public Law 94-475 a full and complete report (m the actions taken and determinations made during the preceding year under this subsection, and may submit interim reports on such actions and determinations at such other times as he dee'Ms appropriate. (b) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall coordinate environmental research, development, and demonstration programs of such Agency with the heads of other Federal agencies in order to minimize unnecessary duplication of programs, projects, and research facilities. (c)(1) I n order to promote the coordination of environmental research and development activities, and to assure that the action taken and methods used (under subsection (a) and otherwise) to b i i n g about s'H'li coordination will be as effective as possible for that purpose, the Council on Environmental Quality in consultation with the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall prompt]y undertake and carry out a joint study of all aspects of the coordination of enviromnental research and development. The Chairman of the Council shall prepare a I'eport on the results of such study, together with such recommendations (including legislative recommeiulations) as he deems appropriate, and shall submit such report to the President and the (\)ngress not later than May 31, 1978. (2) Not later than September 80, 1978, the President shall report to the Congress on steps he has taken to implement the recommendations included in the report under paragraph (1), including any reconunendations he may have for legislation. SEC. 10. The Administrator of the P^nvironmental Protection Agency shall implement the recommendations of the report prepared for the House Committee on Science and Technology entitled "The Environmental Protection Agency Research Program with primary emphasis on the Community Health and P^nvironmental Surveillance System ( C H P J S S): An Investigative Report", unless for any specific recommendation he determines (1) that such recommendation has been implemented, (2) that implementation of such recommendation would not enhance the quality of the research, or (3) that implementation of such reconnnendation will require funding which is not available. Where such funding is not available, the Administrator shall request the required authorization or appropriation for such implementation. The Administrator shall report the status of such implementation in each annual revision of the five-year plan transmitted to the Congres-s under section 5 of Public Law 94-475. SEC. 11. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall increase the number of personnel positions in the Health and Ecological Effects program to 862 positions for fiscal year 1978.

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