PUBLIC WORKS FOR WATER, POLLUTION CONTROL, HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 14159 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS FOR 27-920 O Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1969 EX OFFICIO MEMBERS ON RIVERS AND HARBORS ITEMS JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia EX OFFICIO MEMBERS ON ATOMIC ENERGY ITEMS CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico KENNETH J. BOUSQUET, Clerk to Subcommittee (II) PUBLIC WORKS APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1970 MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1969 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10:05 a.m., in room S-126, the Capitol, Hon. Allen J. Ellender (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Ellender (presiding), Bible, McGee, Young, Hruska, Mundt, Allott, and Cotton. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF RECLAMATION STATEMENT OF WALTER J. HICKEL, SECRETARY ACCOMPANIED BY: RUSSELL E. TRAIN, UNDER SECRETARY JAMES R. SMITH, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, WATER AND POWER FLOYD E. DOMINY, COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF RECLAMATION FRANCIS M. WILES, ACTING DIRECTOR OF BUDGET, OFFICE OF WATER POLLUTION Senator ELLENDER. The subcommittee will please come to order. We are glad to have you, Mr. Secretary, to present your case, and you may proceed. Secretary HICKEL. Fine. Mr. Chairman, Senator Young, and members of the committee, it is a pleasure to appear before this committee which has done so much for the Nation in developing its water resources; providing electric power; and providing a good start on a water pollution control program. I believe one of our most pressing problems is to stop the discharge of untreated or inadequately treated waste and sewage into our streams and rivers. Water pollution is a growing national menace and must be abated and controlled. We need to continue extensive abatement efforts at all levels-Federal, State and local. The most significant (2381) |