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Iccted from the scientific community, qualified by 

 education, training, and experience to provide, as- 

 sess, and evaluate scientific and technical informa- 

 tion on effluent standards and limitations. 



(3) Members of the Committee shall serve for a 

 term of four years, and may be reappointed, 

 (b) Action on proposed regulations. 



(1) No later than one hundred and eighty days 

 prior to the date on which the Administrator is re- 

 quired to publish any proposed regulations required 

 by section 1314(b) of this title, any proposed stand- 

 ard of performance for new sources required by sec- 

 tion 1316 of this title, or any proposed toxic effluent 

 standard required by section 1317 of this title, he 

 shall transmit to the Committee a notice of intent 

 to propose such regulations. The Chairman of the 

 Committee within ten days after receipt of such 

 notice may publish a notice of a public hearing by 

 the Committee, to be held within thirty days. 



(2) No later than one hundred and twenty days 

 after receipt of such notice, the Committee shall 

 transmit to the Administrator such scientific and 

 technical information as is in its possession, includ- 

 ing that presented at any public hearing, related to 

 the subject matter contained in such notice. 



(3) Information so transmitted to the Administra- 

 tor shall constitute a part of the administrative rec- 

 ord and comments on any proposed regulations or 

 standards as information to be considered with other 

 comments and information in making any final 

 determinations. 



(4) In preparing information for transmittal, the 

 Committee shall avail itself of the technical and 

 scientific services of any Federal agency, including 

 the United States Geological Survey and any na- 

 tional environmental laboratories which may be 

 established. 



(c) Secretary; legal counsel; compensation. 



(1) The Committee shall appoint and prescribe 

 the duties of a Secretary, and such legal counsel as 

 it deems necessary. The Conimittee shall appoint 

 such other employees as it deems necessary to exer- 

 cise and fulfill its powers and responsibilities. The 

 compensation of all employees appointed by the 

 Conunittee shall be fixed in accordance with chapter 

 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of Title 5. 



(2) Members of the Committee shall be entitled to 

 receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the 

 President but 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. 



(d) Quorum ; special panel. 



Five members of the Committee shall constitute a 

 quorum, and official actions of the Committee shall 

 be taken only on the affirmative vote of at least five 

 members. A special panel composed of one or more 

 members upon order of the Committee shall con- 

 duct any hearing authorized by this section and sub- 

 mit the transcript of such hearing to the entire 

 Committee for its action thereon. 



(e) Rules. 



The Committee is authorlMd to make such rules 

 as are necessary for the orderly transaction of its 

 business. (June 30. 1948, ch. 758, title V, § 515. as 

 added Oct. 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92-500. § 2, 86 Stat. 894.) 



§ 1375. Hcports to Congress. 



(a) Within ninety days following the convening 

 of each session of Congress, the Administrator shall 

 submit to the Congress a report. In addition to any 

 other report required by this chapter, on measures 

 taken toward Implementing the objective of this 

 chapter. Including, but not limited to, (1) the pro- 

 gress and problems associated with developing com- 

 prehensive plans under section 1252 of this title, 

 areawide plans under section 1288 of this title, basin 

 plans under section 1289 of this title, and plans under 

 section 1313(e) of this title; (2) a summary of 

 actions taken and results achieved In the field of 

 Water pollution control research, experiments, 

 studies, and related matters by the Administrator 

 and other Federal agencies and by other persons and 

 agencies under Federal grants or contracts; (3) the 

 progress and problems associated with the develop- 

 ment of effluent limitations and recommended con- 

 trol techniques: (4) the status of State programs, 

 including a detailed summary of the progress ob- 

 tained as compared to that planned under State pro- 

 gram plans for development and enforcement of 

 water quality requirements: (5) the identification 

 and status of enforcement actions pending or com- 

 pleted und"r this chapter during the pret^eding year; 

 (6) the status of State, interstate, and local pollu- 

 tion control programs established pursuant to, and 

 assisted by, this chapter; (7) a summary of the re- 

 sults of the survey required to be taken under section 

 1290 of this title: (8) his activities including recom- 

 mendations under sections 1259 through 1261 of this 

 title: and (9) all reports and recommendations made 

 by the Water Pollution Control Advisory Board. 



(b)(1) The Administrator, In cooperation with 

 the States, including water pollution control agencies 

 and other water pollution control planning agencies, 

 shall make (A) a detailed estimate of the cost of 

 carrying out the provisions of this chapter; (B) a 

 detailed estimate, biennially revised, of the cost of 

 construction of all needed publicly owned treatment 

 works in all of the States and o*' the cost of con- 

 struction of all needed publicly owned treatment 

 works in each of the St'>tes; (C) a comprehensive 

 studv of the economic impact on affected units of 

 government of the cost of installation of treatment 

 facilities; and (D) a comprehen.sive analysis of the 

 national requirements for and the cost of treating 

 municipal, industrial, and other effluent to attain the 

 water quality objectives as established by this chap- 

 ter or applicable State law. The Administrator shall 

 submit such detailed estimate and such comprehen- 

 sive study of such cost to the Congress no later than 

 Pebruarv 10 of each odd-numbered year. Whenever 

 the Administrator, pursuant to this subsection, re- 

 quests and receives an estimate of cost from a State, 

 he shall furni'h copies of such estimate together with 

 such detailed estimate to Congress. 



(2) Notwithstarding the second sentence of para- 

 graph (1) of this subsection, the Admini.strator shall 

 make a preliminary detailed estimate called for by 

 subpiragrarh (B) of such paragraph and .shall sub- 

 mit such preliminary detailed estimate to the Con- 

 gress no later than September 3, 1974. The Admin- 



