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512 pounding or diverting any stream or other body of water, and that the reports and recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior on the possible damage to wildlife be included in any report submitted to Congress by the federal construc- tion agency." In providing for pollution abatement by the Surgeon General under the 1948 Water Pollution Control Act, Congress established a review board which includes representa- tives of the Departments of Agriculture, the Army, and the Interior and the General Services Administrator to review poli- cies and programs of the Public Health Service under the Act and to make recommendations thereon to the Surgeon General.100 In addition to these statutory measures, some action to co- ordinate program development has been taken within the Exec- utive Branch through interagency committees and the like. These have already been detailed.101 And the process of proj- ect review and authorization affords some possibility for recon- ciling any conflicts in programs not theretofore resolved.102 Limitations on Program Development.-Three types of limi- tations on program development may be noted. Some are in- herent in requirement as to authorization. Secondly, opera- tions of some agencies are geographically restricted by law. And finally there are the limitations imposed by appropriations. (Authorizations)-The Bureau of Reclamation has blanket organic authority to make examinations and surveys of poten- tial irrigation projects in the West.103 Examinations and sur- veys for navigation and flood-control projects by the Army Engineers may be undertaken, however, only after authoriza- tion by an act of Congress.104 And after the "regular or formal reports made as required by law on any examination, survey, 99 Act of August 14, 1946, § 2, 60 Stat. 1080, 16 U. S. C. 662. 100 Act of June 30, 1948, § 6, 62 Stat. 1155, 1158, as amended, 33 U. S. C. 466e (Supp. III). 101 See supra, pp. 430-439. 102 See infra, pp. 520-538. 103 Act of June 17,1902, § 2, 32 Stat. 388, as amended, 43 U. S. C. 411. See also Act of August 4,1939, § 9(a), 53 Stat. 1187,1193, 43 U. S. O. 485h(a). 104 Act of March 4, 1913, § 3, 37 Stat. 801, 825, 33 U. S. O. 545; Act of August 11,1939, § 6, 53 Stat. 1414,1415,33 U. S. 0. 701b-4.

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