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control be collected and disseminated. (FWQA has 
organized a data bank, STORET, for storage and 
retrieval of pollution-related data.) 
£. Authorizes grants to States and interstate agencies 
to assist them in improving and expanding their 
water pollution control programs. 
g. Authorizes grants to communities to assist in con- 
struction of waste treatment facilities. 
h. Requires that water quality standards be adopted 
for all interstate waters and that implementation 
schedules be established for achieving the stand- 
ards adopted. 
i. Directs that enforcement action be taken when 
necessary to abate pollution or to achieve con- 
formity with the water quality standards imple- 
mentation schedule. 13/ 
j- Directs Federal departments and agencies to pro- 
vide adequate treatment of wastes discharged by 
any installation of the Federal Government. 
In addition, administration of the Oil Pollution Act of 
1924, is assigned to FWQA, as is responsibility for control of 
pollution caused by vessels. 
The Federal Water Quality Administration has established 
a National Coastal Pollution Research Program, headquartered in 
Corvallis, Oregon. This program has the lead responsibility for 
all research and development work in ocean pollution. It has 
established as its number one priority the study of the discharge 
of wastes from barges. Some of the studies completed or nearly 
so by this or other FWQA programs are 
a. Waste Management in Coastal Waters - Prepared by the 
the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering 
under contract to FWQA 
13/ Enforcement proceedings are conducted (1) to abate the pollu- 
tion of coastal waters, and (2) when there are violations of 
water quality standards. Included are activities where pol- 
lution has damaged shellfish and economic injury has resulted. 
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