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for the fiscal year 1975 for grants to States under 

 this section which such sums shall remain available 

 until expended. The Administrator shall provide for 

 an equitable distribution of such sums to the States 

 with approved methods and procedures under this 

 section. (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title HI, § 314, as 

 added Oct. 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, § 2, 86 Stat. 875.) 



§1325. National Study Commission. 



(a) Establishment. 



There is established a National Study Commission, 

 which shall make a full and complete investigation 

 and study of all of the technological aspects of 

 achieving, and all aspects of the total economic, 

 social, and environmental effects of achieving or 

 not achieving, the effluent limitations and goals set 

 forth for 1983 in section 1311(b)(2) of this title. 



(b) Membership; chairman. 



Such Commission shall be composed of fifteen 

 members, including five members of the Senate, who 

 are members of the Public Works committee, ap- 

 pointed by the President of the Senate, five members 

 of the House, who are members of the Public Works 

 committee, appointed by the Speaker of the House, 

 and five members of the public appointed by the 

 President. The Chairman of such Commission shall 

 be elected from among its members. 



(c) Contract authority. 



In the conduct of such study, the Commission is 

 authorized to contract with the National Academy 

 of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineer- 

 ing (acting through the National liesearch Council) , 

 the National Institute of Ecology, Brookings Insti- 

 tution, and other nongovernmental entities, for the 

 investigation of matters within their competence. 



(d) Cooperation of departments, agencies, and instru- 

 mentalities of executive branch. 



The heads of the departments, agencies and In- 

 strumentalities of the executive branch of the Fed- 

 eral Government shall cooperate with the Commis- 

 sion in carrying out the requirements of this section, 

 and shall furnish to the Commission such informa- 

 tion as the Commission deems necessary to carry out 

 this section. 



(e) Report to Congress. 



A report shall be submitted to the Congress of the 

 results of such investigation and study, together with 

 recommendations, not later than three years after 

 October 18, 1972. 



(f) Compensation and allowances. 



The members of the Commission who are not offi- 

 cers or employees of the United States, while attend- 

 ing conferences or meetings of the Commission or 

 while otherwise serving at the request of the Chair- 

 man shall be entitled to receive compensation at a 

 rate not in excess of the maximum rate of pay for 

 Grade GS-18, as provided in the General Schedule 

 under section 5332 of Title 5. including traveltime 

 and while away from their homes or regular places 

 of business they may be allowed travel expenses, in- 

 cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence as authorized 

 by law for persons in the Government service em- 

 ployed intermittently. 



(g) Appointment of personnel. 



In addition to authority to appoint personnel sub- 



ject to the provisions of Title 5 governing appoint- 

 ments In the competitive service, and to pay such 

 personnel in accordance with the provisions of chap- 

 ter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title 

 relating to classification and General Schedule pay 

 rates, the Commission shill have authority to enter 

 lito contracts with private or public organizations 

 who shall furnish the Commission with such admin- 

 istrative and technical personnel as may be neces- 

 sary to carry out the purpose of this section. Person- 

 nel furnished by such organizations under this suD- 

 section are not, and shall not be considered to be. 

 Federal employees for any purposes, but in the per- 

 forms.nce of their duties shall be guided by the stand- 

 ards which apply to employees of the legislative 

 branches under rules 41 and 43 of the Senate and 

 House of Representatives, respectively. 



(h) Authorization of appropriation. 



There is authorized to be appropriated, for use 

 in carrying out this section, not to exceed $17,- 

 250,000. (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title III, § 315, as 

 added Oct. 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, § 2, 86 Stat. 

 875, and amended Dec. 28, 1973, Pub. L. 93-207, 

 § 1(5), 87 Stat. 906; Jan. 2, 1975, Pub. L. 93-592, 

 § 5, 88 Stat. 1925; Pub. L. 94-238; Mar. 23, 1976, 

 90 Stat. 250.) 



Amendments 



1976— Subsec. (h) . Pub. L. 94-238 substituted "$17,- 

 250,000" for "$17,000,000". 



1975 — Subsec. (h) Pub. L. 93-592 substituted "$17,000,- 

 000" for "$15,000,000". 



1973 — Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 93-207 added subsec. (g). 

 Former subsec. (g) redesignated (h). 



Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 93-207 redesignated former sub- 

 sec. (g) as (h). 



§ 1326. Thermal discharges. 



(a) Effluent limitations that will assure protection 

 and propagation of balanced, indigenous popula- 

 tion of shellfish, fi.sh, and wildlife. 



With respect to any point source otherwise subject 

 to the provisions of section 1311 of this title or sec- 

 tion 1316 of this title, whenever the owner or opera- 

 tor of any such source, after opportunity for public 

 hearing, can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the 

 Administrator (or, if appropriate, the State) that 

 any effluent limitation proposed for the control of 

 the thermal component of any discharge from such 

 source will require effluent limitations more stringent 

 than necessary to assure the projection and propa- 

 gation of a balanced, indigenous population of shell- 

 fish, fish, and wildlife in and on the body of water 

 into which the discharge is to be made, the Admin- 

 istrator (or, if appropriate, the State) may impose 

 an effluent limitation under such sections for such 

 plant, with respect to the thermal component of such 

 discharge (taking into account the interaction of 

 such thermal component with other pollutants) , that 

 will assure the protection and propagation of a bal- 

 anced, indigenous population of shellfish, fish, and 

 wildlife in and on that body of water. 



(b) Cooling water intake structures. 



Any standard established pursuant to section 1311 

 of this title or section 1316 of this title and appli- 

 cable to a point source shall require that the location. 



