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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 26 — Water Pollution Prevention and Control

§ 1254a. Research on effects of pollutants

Statutory text

In carrying out the provisions of section 1254(a) of this title, the Administrator shall conduct research on the harmful effects on the health and welfare of persons caused by pollutants in water, in conjunction with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other Federal, State, and interstate agencies carrying on such research. Such research shall include, and shall place special emphasis on, the effect that bioaccumulation of these pollutants in aquatic species has upon reducing the value of aquatic commercial and sport industries. Such research shall further study methods to reduce and remove these pollutants from the relevant affected aquatic species so as to restore and enhance these valuable resources.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 100–4 title I § 105 · 101 Stat. 7

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1254a

    (Pub. L. 100–4, title I, § 105, Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 15.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 100–4, title I, § 105, Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 15.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 105. RESEARCH ON EFFECTS OF POLLUTANTS. In carrying out the provisions of section 104(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator shall conduct research 33 USC 1254. on the harmful effects on the health and welfare of persons caused by pollutants in water, in conjunction with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other Federal, State, and interstate agencies carrying on such research. Such research shall include, and shall place special emphasis on, the effect that bioaccumulation of these pollutants in aquatic species has upon reducing the value of aquatic commercial and sport industries. Such research shall further study methods to reduce and remove these pollutants from the relevant affected aquatic species so as to restore and enhance these valuable resources.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Quality Act of 1987, and not as part of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definition

Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, see section 1(d) of Pub. L. 100–4, set out as a note under section 1251 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 100–4, title I, § 105, , 101 Stat. 15.)

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