Considers Federal Water Pollution Control Administration functions. Includes report by American City Magazine "Municipal Sewer Service Charges, " (p. 59-174). Appendix includes a listing of state water quality standards (p. A3-A68).
Continuation of hearings on S. 2525 and related S. 3206, to amend Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Interior Dept to establish and enforce regulations on disposal of sewage and bilge water and discharge of trash from vessels in U.S. navigable waters, to encourage use of on-board pollution filters, and to assist in funding of state and municipal waste treatment plants and water pollution research. Includes report "Estimate of Sewage Facility Needs for California Public Agencies, 1968-1972," by California State Water Resources Control Board, Mar. 1968 (p. 721-783).
Committee Serial No. 91-2. Considers S. 7 and similar S. 544, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide Federal funds for waste treatment facility construction, to establish standards for vessel sewage discharge sanitation devices and for a program to clean up oil spills, and to provide for more strict Federal water pollution standards compliance.