Water Pollution Control Hearings on Water Quality Act of 1965: Hearings Before the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3988, S. 4, and Related Bills, February 18, 19, and 23, 1965

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965 - Water - 399 pages
Considers H.R. 3988 and numerous related bills, to expand national water pollution control and abatement provisions, establish the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, authorize a program of research and development, expand the number eligible grant recipients and require establishment of Federal clean water standards.

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Page 111 - Congress to recognize, preserve, and protect the primary responsibilities and rights of the States in preventing and controlling water pollution...
Page 248 - Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing for the same type of work on similar construction in the immediate locality, as determined by the Secretary...
Page 284 - Act is to enhance the quality and value of our water resources and to establish a national policy for the prevention, control, and abatement of water pollution.
Page 118 - The court shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action of the Secretary or to set it aside, in whole or in part. The judgment of the court shall be subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in section 1254 of title 28, United States Code.
Page 127 - municipality' means a city, town, borough, county, parish, district, association, or other public body created by or pursuant to State law and having jurisdiction over disposal of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes, or an Indian tribe or an authorized Indian tribal organization, or a designated and approved management agency under section 208 of this Act. (5) The term 'person...
Page 82 - interstate waters" means all rivers, lakes, and other waters that flow across or form a part of State boundaries, including coastal waters. (f) The term "municipality...
Page 299 - It is further agreed that the waters herein defined as boundary waters and waters flowing across the boundary shall not be polluted on either side to the injury of health or property on the other.
Page 120 - Act and all applications for loans under section 5, in determining the desirability of projects for treatment works and of approving loans in connection therewith, consideration shall be given to the public benefits to be derived by the construction thereof, the propriety of Federal aid in such construction, the relation of the ultimate cost of constructing and maintaining the works to the public interest and to the public necessity for the works, and the adequacy of the provisions made or proposed...
Page 91 - The contract is not in a field of science or technology in which there has been little significant experience outside of work funded by the Government, or where the Government has been the principal developer of the field...
Page 92 - ... experience outside of work funded by the government, or where the government has been the principal developer of the field, and the acquisition of exclusive rights at the time of contracting might confer on the contractor a preferred or dominant position ; or (4) the services of the contractor are — (i) for the operation of a government-owned research or production facility; or (ii) for coordinating and directing the work of others...

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