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the appropriate regulatory authority, subject to a timetable and a 

 definite program. 



Another question relates to the matter of industry and pollution 

 control enforcement. 



The difficulty of achieving enforcement of pollution control by 

 States and the need for more effective controls, including the use 

 of basic Federal requirements, have been outlined in a report by the 

 U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. 



The Commission states that : 



. . . serious economical and political repercussions which can re- 

 sult from the enforcement of stringent (State regulatory) provisions 

 usually means that they are employed relatively rarely. 



The Commission also notes that : 



Perhaps the most potent constraint on State pollution control is 

 competition for new industry and the fear of driving existing industries 

 from the State. Industry, fearing the loss of competitive positions if 

 required to make up the tremendous backlog of industrial waste 

 treatment, often has threatened to move. Differentials among the 

 States in standards and levels of enforcement make these threats 

 possible. 



If we as a Nation are to come anywhere near the goals that we 

 have set for ourselves in achieving clean water, we will need to look 

 equally to major policy adjustments in cost sharing, for industries 

 as well as municipalities, to the use of common facilities, and to new 

 technological advances both in industrial processes as well as in 

 waste treatment technology. This will be necessary if we are to be 

 realistic in the demands that may be placed upon the industrial seg- 

 ment of our society. The revised cost-sharing formulas proposed by 

 Governor Rockefeller and endorsed unanimously by the New York 

 State Legislature can be a guide to new State-Federal views on this 

 matter. 



The suggestions in this part are concerned with strengthening the 

 roles of both the States and the Federal Government; of providing 

 an effective alternate to the proposals presently before the Congress 

 and offering a means of maintaining a more balanced Federal-State 

 relationship during the next period in this continuous effort against 

 water pollution. 



3. For tomorrow and the longer future we will be able to control 

 pollution effectively to make water a contributor to national beauty, 

 and health and economic welfare only if we make rapid progress 



