An Act to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for a more effective program of water pollution control
PL 87-88 (H.R.6441), enacted 07/20/1961

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not apply to cases of permanent total disability or death: AiiA pro-
vided further^ That in applying this limitation there shall not be taken 
into account any amount payable under section 8(g) of this title for 
maintenance during rehabilitation or any amount of additional com-
pensation required to be paid under this section for delay or default 
m the payment of compensation or any amount accruing as interest 
upon defaulted compensation collectible under section 18.'' 
SEO. 4. The amendments made by the foregoing provisions of this 
Act shall become effective as to injuries or death sustained on or after 
the date of enactment. 
Approved July 14, 1961. 
July 20, 1961 
[H. R. 6441] 
Public Law 87-88 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for a more effective 
program of water pollution control, and for other purposes. 
F e d e r a l Water 
Pollution 
Control 
A c t 
Amendments 
of 1961. 
70 Stat. 498. 
3 3 u s e 
4 6 6 a -
466g, 4661. 
Water 
control. 
q u a l i t y 
Storage. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the last 
sentence of section 1(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 466(a)) is amended to read as follows: "To this end, the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereinafter in this Act 
called the 'Secretary') shall administer this Act." 
(b) Sections 2, 3,4, 5, 6,7, and 8(c) (3), and the first sentence of sec-
tion 10(a), of such Act are each amended by striking out "Surgeon 
General" and "Surgeon General's" wherever they appear therein and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary" and "Secretary's", respectively. 
(c) Sections 4 (a) and 7 (c) of such Act are each amended by striking 
out "Public Health Service" and inserting in lieu thereof "Department 
of Health, Education, and Welfare". 
(d) Sections 7(a) (2) (B) and 10(b) of such Act are each amended 
by striking out "Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "Secretary". 
(e) Section 10(a) of such Act is amended by striking out the second 
and third sentences thereof. 
SEC. 2. Section 2 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is 
amended by inserting " ( a ) " after "SEC. 2." and by inserting at the 
end of such section the following: 
"(b) (1) In the survey or planning of any reservoir by the Corps 
of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, or other Federal agency, con-
sideration shall be given to inclusion of storage for regulation of 
streamflow for the purpose of water quality control, except that any 
such storage and water releases shall not be provided as a sub-
stitute for adequate treatment or other methods of controlling waste 
at the source. 
" (2) The need for and the value of storage for this purpose shall be 
determined by these agencies, with the advice of the Secretary, and 
his views on these matters shall be set forth in any report or presenta-
tion to the Congress proposing authorization or construction of any 
reservoir including such storage. 
"(3) The value of such storage shall be taken into account in deter-
mining the economic value ot the entire project of which it is a 
part, and costs shall be allocated to the purpose of water quality con-
trol in a manner which will insure that all project purposes share 
equitably in the benefits of multiple-purpose construction. 
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"(4) Costs of water quality control features incorporated in any 
Federal reservoir or other impoundment under the provisions of this 
Act 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." 
SEC. 3. (a) The proviso in paragraph (4) of subsection (a) of 
^,^^%^°''"'^'"" 
section 4 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended to 
read as follows: ^''Provided, That the Secretary shall report annually 
to the appropriate committees of Congress on his operations under this 
paragraph;'. 
(b) Section 4 of such Act is further amended by inserting at the 
R««earch, etc. 
end thereof the following new subsections: 
" (d) (1) In carrying out the provisions of this section the Secretary 
shall develop and demonstrate under varied conditions (including 
conducting such basic and applied research, studies, and experiments 
as may be necessary): 
"(A) Practicable means of treating municipal sewage and 
other waterborne wastes to remove the maximum possible amounts 
of physical, chemical, and biological pollutants in order to restore 
and maintain the maximum amount of the Nation's water at a 
quality suitable for repeated reuse; 
"(B) Improved methods and procedures to identify 
and 
measure the effects of pollutants on water uses, including those 
pollutants created by new technological developments; and 
"(C) Methods and procedures for evaluatmg the effects ov> 
water quality and water uses of augmented streamflows to control 
water pollution not susceptible to other means of abatement. 
"(2) For the purposes of this subsection there is authorized to be 
appropriated not more than $5,000,000 for any fiscal year, and the total 
Appropriation, 
sum appropriated for such purposes shall not exceed $25,000,000. 
"(e) The Secretary shall establish, equip, and maintain field labora-
tory and research facilities, including, but not limited to, one to be 
located in the northeastern area of the United States, one in the 
Middle Atlantic area, one in the southeastern area, one in the mid-
western area, one in the southwestern area, one in tho, Pacific North-
west, and one in the State of Alaska, for the conduct of research, 
investigations, experiments, field demonstrations and studies, and 
training relating to the prevention and control of water pollution. 
Insofar as practicable, each such facility shall be located near institu-
tions of higher learning in which graduate training in such research 
might be carried out. 
''(f) The Secretary shall conduct research and technical develop-
ment work, and make studies, with respect to the quality of the waters 
of the Great Lakes, including an analysis of the present and projected 
future water quality of the Great Lakes under varying conditions of 
waste treatment and disposal, an evaluation of the water quality 
needs of those to be served by such waters, an evaluation of municipal, 
industrial, and vessel waste treatment and disposal practices with 
respect to such waters, and a study of alternate means of solving water 
pollution problems (including additional waste treatment measures) 
with respect to such waters." 
SEC. 4. (a) Subsection (a) of section 5 of the Federal Water Pollu- 
Grants to states, 
tion Control Act is amended by inserting immediately following **''* 
"June 30, 1961, $3,000,000" the following: 'S and for each succeeding 
fiscal year to and including the fiscal year endincr June 30, 1968, 
$5,000,000". 
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Effective dates. 
Limitations, 
(b) Subsection (f) of section 5 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act is amended by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph 
(4) thereof, by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (5) 
thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "; and", and by 
adding after such paragraph (5) the following new paragraph: 
"(6) sets forth the criteria used by the State in determining 
priority of projects as provided in section 6 (b) (4)." 
(c) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
take effect July 1, 1961. 
(d) The amendment made by subsection (b) of this section shall 
take effect July 1,1962. 
SEC. 5. (a) 
Clause (2) of subsection (b) of section 6 of the 
Federal "Water Pollution Control Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(2) except as otherwise provided in this clause, no grant shall be 
made for any project in an amount exceeding 30 per centum of the 
estimated reasonable cost thereof as determined by the Secretary, 
or in an amount exceeding $600,000, whichever is the smaller: Pro-
vided^ That the grantee agrees to pay the remaining cost: Provided 
further, That, in the case of a project which will serve more than 
one municipality (A) the Secretary shall, on such basis as he deter-
mines to be reasonable and equitable, allocate to each municipality 
to be served by such project its share of the estimated reasonable 
cost of such project, and shall then apply the limitations provided 
in this clause (2) to each such share as if it were a separate proj-
ect to determine the maximum amount of any grant which could 
be made under this section with respect to each such share, and 
the total of all the amounts so determined or $2,400,000, whichever 
is the smaller, shall be the maximum amount of the grant which 
may be made under this section on account of such project, and 
(B) for the purpose of the limitation in the last sentence of sub-
section (d), the share of each municipality so determined shall be 
regarded as a grant for the construction of treatment works;". 
(b) Subsection (b) of such section 6 is further amended by striking 
out "and" at the end of clause (3) and by inserting before the period at 
the end of clause (4) :"; and (5) no grant shall be made under this sec-
tion for any project in any State in an amount exceeding $250,000 until 
a grant has been made thereunder for each project in such State (A) 
for which an application was filed with the appropriate State water 
pollution control agency prior to one year after the date of enactment 
of this clause and (B) which the Secretary determines met the require-
ments of this section and regulations thereunder as in effect prior to 
the date of enactment of this clause". 
(c) The third sentence of subsection (c) of such section 6 is amended 
to read as follows: "Sums allotted to a State under the preceding sen-
tence which are not obligated within six months following the end 
of the fiscal year for which they were allotted because of a lack of 
projects which have been approved by the State water pollution control 
agency under subsection (b) (1) of this section and certified as en-
titled to priority under subsection (b) (4) of this section, shall be re-
allotted by the Secretary, on such basis as he determines to be reason-
able and equitable and in accordance with regulations promulgated 
by him, to States having projects approved under this section for 
which grants have not been made because of lack of funds: Provided, 
Special provi- Jiowever, That whenever a State has funds subject to reallocation and 
the Secretary finds that the need for a project in a community in such 
State is due in part to any Federal institution or Federal construction 
activity, he may, prior to such reallocation, make an additional grant 
Reallocation of 
unobligated sums. 
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with respect to such project which will in his judgment reflect an 
equitable contribution for the need caused by such Federal institution 
or activity. 
Any sum made available to a State by reallotment under 
the preceding sentence shall be in addition to any funds otherwise al-
lotted to such State under this Act. 
The allotments of a State under 
the second and third sentences of this subsection shall be available, 
in accordance with the provisions of this section, for payments with 
respect to projects in such State which have been approved under this 
section." 
(d) Subsection (d) of such section 6 is amended to read as follows: 
Appropriations. 
"(d) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal 
year through and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, the 
sum of $50,000,000 per fiscal year for the purpose of making grants 
under this section. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, 
for the purpose of making grants under this section, $80,000,000 for 
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, $90,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending June 30, 1963, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1964, $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1965, $100,000,-
000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and $100,000,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1967. Sums so appropriated shall remain 
available until expended: Provided^ That at least 50 percent of the 
Restricti«n. 
funds so appropriated for each fiscal year shall be used for grants for 
the construction of treatment works servicing municipalities of 125,000 
population or under." 
(e) Section 6 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the , ^f*^ °^ wages 
p -,1 ' • 
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for 1 ab or er 8 and 
followmg new subsection: 
mechanics. 
"(f) The Secretary shall take such action as may be necessary to 
insure that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or sub-
contractors on projects for which grants are made under this section 
shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing for the 
same type of work on similiar construction in the immediate locality, 
as determined by the Secretary of Labor, in accordance with the Act of 
March 3, 1931, as amended, known as the Davis-Bacon Act (46 Stat. 
1494; 40 U.S.C, sees. 276a through 276a-5)." 
SEC. 6. (a) The first sentence of subsection (a) (1) of section 7 of cJif^o'i Advi"sor 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended to read as fol- Board° 
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lows: "There is hereby established in the Department of Health, Edu-
cation, and Welfare, a Water Pollution Control Advisory Board, 
composed of the Secretary or his designee, who shall be chairman, and 
nine members appointed by the President, none of whom shall be 
Federal officers or employees." 
(b) The first sentence of subsection (a) (2) (A) of such section 7 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof: ", and 
(iii) the term of any member under the preceding provisions shall be 
extended until the date on which his successor's appointment is 
effective". 
(c) Members of the Water Pollution. Control Advisory Board 
(established pursuant to section 7(a) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act as in effect prior to enactment of this Act) serving 
immediately before the date of enactment of this Act shall be members 
of the Water Pollution Control Advisory Board, established by the 
amendment made by subsection (a) of this section, until the expira-
tion of the terms of office for which they were appointed. 
SEC. 7. (a) Subsection (a) of section 8 of the Federal Water Pollu- 
33 use 46(>g. 
tion Control Act is amended to read as follows: 
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Notific at i o n of 
pollution. 
C o n f e r ence of 
S t a t e 
and inter-
state agencies. 
Remedial action. 
Public hearing. 
"ENFORCEMENT MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION OP INTERSTATE' OR 
NAVIGABLE WATERS 
"SEC. 8. (a) The pollution of interstate or navigable waters in or 
adjacent to any State or States (whether the mptter causing or con-
tributing to such pollution is discharged directly into such waters 
or reaches such waters after discharge into a tributary of such waters), 
which endangers the health or welfare of any persons, shall be subject 
to abatement as provided in this Act." 
(b) Subsection (b) of such section 8 is amended by striking out 
"interstate waters" and inserting in lieu thereof "interstate or navi-
gable waters". 
(c) Paragraph (1) of subsection (c) of such section 8 is amended 
to read as follows: 
"(c)(1) Whenever requested by the Governor of any State or a 
State water pollution control agency, or (with the concurrence of 
the Governor and of the State water pollution control agency for 
the State in which the municipality is situated) the governing body 
of any municipality, the Secretary shall, if such request refers to 
pollution of waters which is endangering the health or welfare of 
persons in a State other than that in which the discharge or dis-
charges (causing or contributing to such pollution) originates, give 
formal notification thereof to the water pollution control agency 
and interstate agency, if any, of the State or States where such 
discharge or discharges originate and shall call promptly a con-
ference of such agency or agencies and of the State water pollution 
control agency and interstate agency, if any, of the State or States, 
if any, which may be adversely affected by such pollution. 
When-
ever requested by the Governor of any State, the Secretary shall, if 
such request refers to pollution of interstate or navigable waters 
which is endangering the health or welfare of persons only in the 
requesting State in which the discharge or discharges (causing or 
contributing to such pollution) originate, give formal notification 
thereof to the water pollution control agency and interstate agency, 
if any, of such State and shall promptly call a conference ot such 
agency or agencies, unless, in the judgment of the Secretary, the 
effect of such pollution on the legitimate uses of the waters is not 
of sufficient significance to warrant exercise of Federal jurisdiction 
under this section. The Secretary shall also call such a conference 
whenever, on the basis of reports, surveys, or studies, he has reason 
to believe that any pollution referred to in subsection (a) and en-
dangering the health or welfare of persons in a State other than that 
in which the discharge or discharges originate is occurring." 
(d) Paragraph (3) (A) of subsection (c) of such section 8 is 
amended by striking out "interstate" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"interstate or navigable". 
(e) Subsections (d), (e), and (f) of such section 8 are amended 
to read as follows: 
"(d) If the Secretary believes^ upon the conclusion of the con-
ference or thereafter, that effective progress toward abatement of 
such pollution is not being made and that the health or welfare of 
any persons is being endangered, he shall recommend to the appro-
priate State water pollution control agency that it take necessary 
remedial action. The Secretary shall aUow at least six months from 
the date he makes such recommendations for the taking of such 
recommended action. 
"(e) If, at the conclusion of the period so allowed, such remedial 
action has not been taken or action which in the judgment of the 
Secretary is reasonably calculated to secure abatement of such pol-
lution has not been taken, the Secretary shall call a public hearing, 
Notice olf hear-
ing. 
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to be held in or near one or more of the places where the discharge 
or discharges causing or contributing to such pollution originated, 
before a Hearing Board of five or more persons appointed by the 
Hearing Board. 
Secretary. 
Each State in which any discharge causing or contrib-
uting to such pollution originates and each State claiming to be 
adversely affected by such pollution shall be given an opportunity 
to select one member of the Hearing Board and at least one member 
shall be a representative of the Department of Commerce, and not 
less than a majority of the Hearing Board shall be persons other 
than officers or employees of the Department of Health, Education, 
and Welfare. 
At least three weeks' prior notice of such hearin| 
shall be given to the State water pollution control agencies anc 
interstate agencies, if any, called to attend the aforesaid hearing 
and the alleged polluter or polluters. On the basis of the evidence 
presented at such hearing, the Hearing Board shall make findings 
as to whether pollution referred to in subsection (a) is occurring 
and whether effective progress toward abatement thereof is being 
made. If the Hearing Board finds such pollution is occurring and 
eft'ective progress toward abatement thereof is not being made it 
shall make recommendations to the Secretary concerning the meas-
ures, if any, which it finds to be reasonable and equitable to secure 
abatement of such pollution. The Secretary shall send such findings 
and recommendations to the person or persons discharging any matter 
causing or contributing to such pollution, together with a notice 
specifying a reasonable time (not less than six months) to secure 
aoatement of such pollution, and shall also send such findings and 
recommendations and such notice to the State water pollution con-
trol agency and to the interstate agency, if any, of the State or 
States where such discharge or discharges originate. 
"(f) If action reasonably calculated to secure abatement of the ^^Enforcement ac-
pollution within the time specified in the notice following the public 
Authority, 
hearing is not taken, the Secretary— 
"(1) in the case of pollution of waters which is endangering 
the health or welfare of persons in a State other than that in 
which the discharge or discharges (causing or contributing to 
such pollution) originate, may request the Attorney General to 
bring a suit on behalf of the United States to secure abatement 
of pollution, and 
"(2) in the case of pollution of waters which is endangering 
the health or welfare of persons only in the State in which the dis-
charge or discharges (causing or contributing to such pollution) 
originate, may, with the written consent of the Governor of such 
State, request the Attorney General to bring a suit on behalf of 
the United States to secure abatement of the pollution." 
(f) Subsection (h) of such section 8 is amended to read as follows: ^^l\ *"*'" •"**^ 
"(h) Members of any Hearing Board anointed pursuant to sub- "**'*'"' 
section (e) who are not regular full-time officers or employees of the 
United States shall, while participating in the hearing conducted by 
such Board or otherwise engaged on the work of such Board, be en-
titled to receive compensation at a rate fixed by the Secretary, but not 
exceeding $100 per diem, including travel time, and while away from 
their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 73b-2) for persons in the Government service employed 
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intermittently. 
" (i) As used in this section the term— 
Definition.. 
"(1) 'person' includes an individual, corporation, partnership, 
association. State, municipality, and political subdivision of a 
State, and 
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Discharges from 
Federal 
installa-
tions. 
33 u s e 466j. 
Definitions. 
Water Supply Act 
of 1958, 
a m e n d -
ment. 
43 u s e 390b. 
e o n s t r u c t i o n 
costs, payments. 
Agreements. 
Future demands. 
Short title. 
" (2) 'municipality' means a city, town, borough, county, parish, 
district, or other public body created by or pursuant to State law." 
SEC. 8. Section 9 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: 
"In his summary of any conference pursuant to section 8(c) (3) of 
this Act, the Secretary shall iiiclude references to any discharges 
allegedly contributing to pollution from any Federal property. 
Notice of any hearing pursuant to section 8(e) involving any pollu-
tion alleged to be effected by any such discharges shall also be given 
to the Federal agency having jurisdiction over the property involved 
and the findings and recommendations of the Hearing Board conduct-
ing such hearing shall also include references to any such discharges 
which are contributing to the pollution found by such Hearing 
Board." 
SEC. 9. Section 11 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is 
amended by striking out subsections (d) and (e) and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
"(d) The term 'State' means a State, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. 
" (e) The term 'interstate waters' means all rivers, lakes, and other 
waters that flow across or form a part of State boundaries, including 
coastal waters." 
SEC. 10. Section 301(b) of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 
319), is amended by striking out all beginning with ''''Provided^'' in the 
first proviso to the colon at the end of the second proviso and inserting 
in lieu thereof the following: '"''Provided, That the cost of any con-
struction or modification authorized under the provisions of this sec-
tion shall be determined on the basis that all authorized purposes 
served by the project shall share equitably in the benefits of multiple 
purpose construction, as determined by the Secretary of the Army 
or the Secretary of the Interior, as the case may be: Provided 
further, 
That before construction or modification of any project including 
water supply provisions for present demand is initiated. State or 
local interests shall agree to pay for the cost of such provisions in 
accordance with the provisions of this section: And provided 
further, 
That not to exceed 30 per centum of the total estimated cost of any 
project may be allocated to anticipated future demands where State 
or local interests give reasonable assurances, and there is reasonable 
evidence, that such demands for the use of such storage will be made 
within a period of time which will permit paying out the costs al-
located to water supply within the life of the project". 
SEC. 11. This Act may be cited as the "Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act Amendments of 1961". 
Approved July 20, 1961, 12:25 p.m. 
July 20, 1961 
[S. 1931] 
Public Law 87-89 
AN ACT 
To extend the provisions of title XIII of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, 
relating to war risk insurance. 
War risk i n s ur-
ance. 
Extension. 
72 Stat. 806. 
Be it eTUwted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled, That section 1312 
of tiUe X I I I of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1542), 
is hereby amended by striking out "June 13, 1961" and inserting 
"June 13, 1966" in lieu thereof. 
Approved July 20, 1961.