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Office of Water Research and Technology 



Water Resources Research Act 



Grants and matching grants assist research on water -related 

 problems of interest to the states and regions. 



Authority: 42 U.S.C. §§1961a-l961c. 



Contact: Frank J. Carlson, Biological Sciences Division, 

 OWRT. Room 4219, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Washington, 

 D.C. 20240; (202) 343-2 101. 



Tennessee Valley Authority 



TVA Projects 



Manages reservoir system containing wetlands; involved in 

 fisheries and wildlife management in that context . 



Authority: 16 U.S.C. §831. 



Contact: Division of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife Devel- 

 opment. TVA. Norris, Tennessee 37828. 



Departmen t of Transportation 



Preservation of the nation's wetlands 



Policy to protect wetlands to fullest extent possible during 

 planning, construction, and operation of federal and federally- 

 financed projects. May assist in acquisition or mitigation where 

 destruction of wetlands inevitable. 



Authority: DOT Order 5660. 



Contact: Office of Environmental Affairs. Dept. of Trans- 

 portation, Washington, D.C; (202) 426-4361 . 



Coast Guard 



General Bridge Act 



Issues permits for all bridge projects over navigable waters. 



Authority: 33 U.S.C. §3525. 



Contact: Office of Environmental Affairs (see above). 



Water Resources Council 



Executive Order 11990 



Requires federal leadership in wetlands protection and pre- 

 servation, and mandates that federal agencies avoid destruction 

 of wetlands if feasible. Alienation of federal wetlands re- 

 stricted, requiring covenants in the deed or removal of the pro- 

 perty from the market. 



Authority: E.O. 1 1990. 



Contact: WRC, Suite 800, 2120 L St., N.W., Washington, 

 D.C. 20037; (202) 254-6303. 



Adopted from Jon Kusler, Richard Newton, and Corbin Har- 

 wood. Our National Wetland Heritage: A Protection 

 Guidebook (Prepared by Environmental Law Institute for U.S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service; forthcoming), Appendices E and F. 



Source: National Wetlands Newsletter, v. 1, no. 2. Washington, Environmental 

 Law Institute, January, 1979. p. 9-11. 



Note: Most of the contacts listed are not accurate today, but program 



descriptions and authorities have changed little in the past three 

 years . 



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