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ters and for the achievement of goals regarding the 

 elimination of discharge of pollutants and the im- 

 provement of water quality to at least the same 

 extent as the United States does under its laws. 



(d) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 

 chapter, the Administrator of the Environmental 

 Protection Agency (hereinafter in this chapter called 

 "Administrator" > shall administer this chapter. 



(e) Public participation in the development, revi- 

 sion, and enforcement of any regulation, standard, 

 effluent limitation, plan, or program established by 

 the Administrator or any State under this chapter 

 shall be provided for, encouraged, and assisted by the 

 Administrator and the States. The Administrator, in 

 cooperation with the States, shall develop and pub- 

 lish regulations specifying minimum guidelines for 

 public participation in such processes. 



(f ) It is the national policy that to the maximum 

 extent possible the procedures utilized for imple- 

 menting this chapter shall encourage the drastic 

 minimization of paperwork and interagency decision 

 procedures, and the best use of available manpower 

 and funds, so as to prevent needless duplication and 

 unnecessary delays at all levels of government. 

 (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title I, § 101, as added Oct. 18, 

 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, § 2, 86 Stat. 816.) 



§ 1252. Comprehensive programs for water pollution 

 control. 



(a) The Administrator shall, after careful investi- 

 gation, and in cooperation with other Federal agen- 

 cies, State water pollution control agencies, inter- 

 state agencies, and the municipalities and industries 

 Involved, prepare or develop comprehensive pro- 

 grams for preventing, reducing, or eliminating the 

 pollution of the navigable waters and ground waters 

 and Improving the sanitary condition of surface and 

 underground waters. In the development of such 

 comprehensive programs due regard shall be given 

 to the Improvements which are necessary to conserve 

 such waters for the protection and propagation of 

 fish and aquatic life and wildlife, recreational pur- 

 poses, and the withdrawal of such waters for public 

 water supply, agricultural, industrial, and other pur- 

 poses. For the purpose of this section, the Adminis- 

 trator is authorized to make joint investigations 

 with any such agencies of the condition of any 

 waters in any State or States, and of the discharges 

 of any sewage, industrial wastes, or substance which 

 may adversely affect such waters. 



(b) (1) In the survey or planning of any reservoir 

 by the Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, 

 or other Federal agency, consideration shall be given 

 to inclusion of storage for regulation of streamfiow, 

 except that any such storage and water releases shall 

 not be provided as a substitute for adequate treat- 

 ment or other methods of controlling waste at the 

 source. 



(2) The need for and the value of storage for 

 regulation of streamfiow (other than for water qual- 

 ity) including but not limited to navigation, salt 

 water intrusion, recreation, esthetics, and fish and 

 wildlife, shall be determined by the Corps of Engi- 

 neers, Bureau of Reclamation, or other Federal 

 agencies. 



(3) The need for. the value of. and the impact of, 

 storage for water quality control shall be determined 

 by the Administrator, and his views on these matters 

 shall be set forth in any report or presentation to 

 Congress proposing authorization or construction of 

 any reservoir including such storage. 



(4) The value of such storage shall be taken into 

 account in determining the economic value of the 

 entire project of which it is a part, and costs shall 

 be allocated to the purpose of regulation of stream- 

 flow in a manner which will insure that all project 

 purposes, share equitably in the benefit of multiple- 

 purpose construction. 



(5) Costs of regulation of streamfiow features in- 

 corporated in any Federal reservoir or other im- 

 poundment under the provisions of this chapter shall 

 be determined and the beneficiaries identified and if 

 the benefits are widespread or national in scope, the 

 costs of such features shall be nonreimbursable. 



(6) No license granted by the Federal Power Com- 

 mission for a hydroelectric power project shall in- 

 clude storage for regulation of streamfiow for the 

 purpose of water quality control unless the Admin- 

 istrator shall recommend its inclusion and such 

 reservoir storage capacity shall not exceed such 

 proportion of the total storage required for the water 

 quality control plan as the drainage area of such 

 reservoir bears to the drainage area of the river 

 basin or basins involved in such water quality control 

 plan. 



(c) (1) The Administrator shall, at the request of 

 the Governor of a State, or a majority of the Gov- 

 ernors when more than one State is involved, make 

 a grant to pay not to exceed 50 per centum of the 

 administrative expenses of a planning agency for a 

 period not to exceed three years, which period shall 

 begin after October 18, 1972, if such agency provides 

 for adequate representation of appropriate State, 

 Interstate, local, or (when appropriate) interna- 

 tional interests in the basin or portion thereof in- 

 volved and is capable of developing an effective, com- 

 prehensive water quality control plan for a basin or 

 portion thereof. 



(2) Each planning agency receiving a grant under 

 this subsection shall develop a comprehensive pollu- 

 tion control plan for the basin or portion thereof 

 which — 



(A) is consistent with any applicable water 

 quality standards effluent and other limitations, 

 and thermal discharge regulations established 

 pursuant to current law within the basin; 



(B) recommends such treatment works as will 

 provide the most effective and economical means 

 of collection, storage, treatment, and elimination 

 of pollutants and recommends means to encourage 

 both municipal and industrial use of such works; 



(C) recommends maintenance and Improve- 

 ment of water quality within the basin or portion 

 thereof and recommends methods of adequately 

 financing th(5se facilities as may be necessary to 

 implement the plan; and 



(D) as appropriate, is developed in cooperation 

 with, and is consistent with any comprehensive 

 plan prepared by the Water Resources Council, 

 any areawide waste management plans developed 

 pursuant to section 1288 of this title, and any State 



