...toward amending the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1956. The purposes of the 1956 act were "... to support and aid technical research relating to...with the prevention and control of water pollution." £6/ In furtherance of this general objective, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service (Department...

...Department of the Army (Corps of Engineers) . , (4) The Congress expressed its policy in 33 USC 466, ". . .to recognize, preserve, and protect the primary responsibilities...States in preventing and controlling water pollution . . . " In so doing, the Congress specifically exempted the Oil Pollution Act of 1924 from this policy...

...water pollution, it is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to recognize, preserve, andprotect the primary responsibilities and rights of the States...with the prevention and control of water pollution. To this end, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this Act called the "Secretary")...

...the public health and welfare by the prevention and control of water pollution, it is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to recognize, preserve,...to the prevention and control of water pollution, ana to provide Federal technical services and financial aid to State and interstate agencies and to...

...those portions of sections 1 ( a) and 1 ( b ) of the present law, which state : It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to recognize, preserve...States in preventing and controlling water pollution • * * plus the further assurance that — Nothing in this Act shall be construed as impairing or...

...have primary responsibility in pollution control. This declaration reads, in part, as follows : nical services and financial aid to State and interstate...prevention and control of water pollution * * *." The declaration further states that — "* * * Nothing in this act shall be construed as impairing or in...

...dedicated to abate existing pollution. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act specifically states it to he the policy of Congress to recognize, preserve, and...States in preventing and controlling water pollution. It also specifically states that nothing in the act shall be construed as impairing or in any manner...

...the public health and welfare by the prevention and control of water pollution, it is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to recognize, preserve,...primary responsibilities and rights of the States in prevening and controlling water pollution, to support and aid technical research relating to the prevention...

...the pending legislation. The present law declares in section 1 ( a ) — * * * It is hereby declared to be the policy of Congress to recognize, preserve,...primary responsibilities and rights of the States in the preventing and controlling of water pollution. for prevention and control of water pollution and...

...Responsibilities," this House report states as follows : "The bill reaffirms and clarifies congressional policy to recognize, preserve, and protect the primary responsibilities...States in preventing and controlling water pollution. "Nothing in the bill is intended to impair or in any manner affect any right or jurisdiction of the...