March 7, 1968, are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Part 410 in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1) and 1 CFR Part 20. The regulations apply to all waste dischargers, public and private, using the Delaware River or any of its tributaries making up the Delaware River Basin. Part I of the regulations comprises general definitions and interstate cooperation factors; Part II comprises new water quality standards adopted by the Commission on April 26, 1967; and Part III comprises the application of the new water quality standards, including determination of water uses, water quality criteria, effluent requirements, and enforcement procedures.

(b) The regulations and information about them may be obtained from the Delaware River Basin Commission, Post Office Box 360, Trenton, N.J. 08603. The regulations may be examined at State libraries in New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, and at the Library of Congress.

(c) The regulations may be amended from time to time by the Commission after due notice and public hearing. An official historic file of changes will be kept for public inspection in the offices of the Commission.

(Article 5 and sec. 14.2, 75 Stat. 696, 708) [33 F.R. 6243, Apr. 24, 1968]

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(a) The Office of Water Resources Research has been established as a component of the Department of the Interior. It reports to the Secretary of the Interior and is administered by a Director.

(b) The Secretary has delegated to the Director authority to take the actions and make the determinations that, under the Act, are the responsibility of the Secretary, except for determinations under section 303 of the Act, the issuance of regulations, reporting to the President, and reporting to the Congress. The Director has redelegated to the Associate Director the authority of the Director, to be exercised under his general administrative direction.

March 7, 1968, are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Part 410 in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) (1) and 1 CFR Part 20. The regulations apply to all waste dischargers, public and private, using the Delaware River or any of its tributaries making up the Delaware River Basin. Part I of the regulations comprises general definitions and interstate cooperation factors; Part II comprises new water quality standards adopted by the Commission on April 26, 1967; and Part III comprises the application of the new water quality standards, including determination of water uses, water quality criteria, effluent requirements, and enforcement procedures.

(b) The regulations and information about them may be obtained from the Delaware River Basin Commission, Post Office Box 360, Trenton, N.J. 08603. The regulations may be examined at State libraries in New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, and at the Library of Congress.

(c) The regulations may be amended from time to time by the Commission after due notice and public hearing. An official historic file of changes will be kept for public inspection in the offices of the Commission.

(Article 5 and sec. 14.2, 75 Stat. 696, 708) [33 F.R. 6243, Apr. 24, 1968]

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PART 501-GENERAL

Purpose.

Office of Water Resources Research.
Definition of terms.

Allotments to institutes.

Programs of institutes.

501.6 Grants to institutes of matching funds for specific projects.

§ 501.2 Office of Water Resources Research.

(a) The Office of Water Resources Research has been established as a component of the Department of the Interior. It reports to the Secretary of the Interior and is administered by a Director.

(b) The Secretary has delegated to the Director authority to take the actions and make the determinations that, under the Act, are the responsibility of the Secretary, except for determinations under section 303 of the Act, the issuance of regulations, reporting to the President, and reporting to the Congress. The Director has redelegated to the Associate Director the authority of the Director, to be exercised under his general administrative direction.

(b) "Allotment" means the funds made available to an institute in a particular fiscal year pursuant to section 100 of the Act and the regulations in this chapter,

(c) "Director" means the Director, Office of Water Resources Research,

(d) "Fiscal year" means a twelvemonth period ending on June 30,

(e) "Institute" means a water resources research institute, center, or equivalent agency established in accordance with provisions of Title I of the Act,

(f) "Scientists" including individuals in any professional discipline including individuals in the life, physical, or social sciences, and engineers,

(g) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representative, and

(h) "State" includes each of the fifty States, and Puerto Rico.

§ 501.4

Allotments to institutes.

(a) Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, an allotment of $75,000 in the first fiscal year, $87,500 in each of the second and third fiscal years, and $100,000 in each fiscal year thereafter will be available to each State to assist in establishing and carrying on the work of an institute.

(b) An institute must be identified with a college or university in a State, unless two or more States cooperate in the designation of a single interstate or regional institute, in which event the sums assignable to all of the cooperating States shall be paid to such institute.

(c) An institute, as authorized by appropriate State authority, may, and is encouraged to, arrange with other colleges and universities within the State to participate in the institute's work. Such participation will not make the other colleges and universities ineligible for assistance under section 200 of the Act.

(d) Prior to receiving an allotment, each institute must meet certain qualifications prescribed in the Act and the regulations in this chapter.

§ 501.5 Programs of institutes.

(a) It shall be the duty of each institute to plan and conduct or arrange for a component or components of the college or university with which it is identified to conduct

(1) Competent research, investigations, and experiments of either a basic or practical nature, or both, in relation to water resources, and

(2) Training of scientists through such research, investigations, and experiments.

(b) Such research, investigations, experiments, and training may include, without being limited to:

(1) Aspects of the hydrologic cycle, (2) Supply and demand for water, (3) Conservation and best use of available supplies of water,

(4) Methods of increasing such supplies, and

(5) Economic, legal, social, engineering, recreational, biological, geographic, ecological, and other aspects of water problems.

(c) Institutes shall give due regard to: (1) The varying conditions and needs of the respective States,

(2) Water research projects being conducted (or supported) by agencies of the Federal and State governments, the agricultural experiment stations, and others,

(3) Advice and assistance as provided by the Director pursuant to section 104 of the Act.

(4) Coordination of their programs with programs of other institutes and agencies, and

(5) Avoidance of any undue displacement of scientists elsewhere engaged in water resources research.

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(d) An institute may also plan for research, investigations, and experiments to be conducted as part of the institute's program at colleges and universities other than the college or university with which the institute is identified. purposes of financial management, reporting, and other research program management and administration activities, the institute shall be responsible for performance of the activities of other participating colleges and universities. The activities of participating colleges and universities must meet all of the requirements (such as scope of work, qualifications, coordination with other research) that are applicable to other portions of an institute's program.

§ 501.6 Grants to institutes of matching funds for specific projects.

(a) Section 101 of the Act provides for grants to institutes with the condition that such grants be matched on not less than a dollar-for-dollar basis with funds from States or other non-Federal sources. Appropriations are authorized in the following amounts: