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The Bureau of Mines is concerned with evaluation and 
development of ways to minimize adverse environmental effects of 
non-living resource extraction. 
The Office of Water Resources Research supports broad-base 
research on water quality and supply problems with emphasis in the 
coastal zone and research which integrates social and behavioriai 
sciences with natural sciences and engineering. 
includes studies of physical and chemical aspects of water, water 
quality management and protection, and impact of pollution. 
The Office of Saline Waters supports studies of seawater 
intrusion in estuaries and environmental effects of the disposal 
of brine wastes. 
The Interior agency with the greatest specific authority 
regarding pollution abatement and control is the Federal Water 
Quality Administration. As mentioned earlier, the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act of 1965, as amended, gives FWQA authority 
to operate 
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out to the 3-mile limit, as follows: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to prepare 
comprehensive programs for control and prevention 
of water pollution as it affects all legitimate 
water users, including flow regulation. 
Encourages enactment of uniform State legislation 
and promotes interstate compacts for control of 
pollution. 
Authorizes the establishment of research fellow- 
ships, provides for technical training of staff 
personnel and other qualified persons, authorizes 
extramural research, provides for demonstrations, 
and provides for technical assistance to other 
Federal agencies, States, communities, and indus- 
tries. 
Directs the establishment of a broad program of 
research, including provisions for seven field 
laboratories for research purposes and two water 
quality criteria laboratories. 
Requires that basic data on chemical, physical, 
and biological water quality and other informa- 
tion relating to water pollution prevention and 
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