PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 758-JUNE 30,1948 mReporsand recom- SEC. 4. The Surgeon General shall prepare and publish, from time to time, reports of such surveys, studies, investigations, research, and experiments made under the authority of this Act as he may consider desirable, together with appropriate recommendations with regard to the control of water pollution. wos for treatment SEC. 5 . The Federal Works Administrator is authorized, subject to Post, p . 1160. the provisions of section 9 (c), to make loans to any State, municipal- ity, or interstate agency for the construction of necessary treatment works to prevent the discharge by such State or municipality of untreated or inadequately treated sewage or other waste into inter- state waters or into a tributary of such waters, and for the preparation (either by its engineering staff or by practicing engineers employed for that purpose) of engineering reports, plans, and specifications in con- Limitationa nection therewith. Such loans shall be subject, however, to the fol- lowing limitations: (a) No loan shall be made for any project unless such project shall have been approved by the appropriate State water pollution agency or agencies and by the Surgeon General, and unless such project is included in a comprehensive program developed pur- suant to this Act; (b) no loan shall be made for any project in an amount exceeding 331/3 per centum of the estimated reasonable cost thereof, as determined by the Federal Works Administrator, or in an amount exceeding $250,000, whichever amount is the smaller; (c) every such loan shall bear interest at the rate of 2 per centum per annum, payable semiannually; and (d) the bonds or other obligations evidencing any such loan (1) must be duly authorized and issued pursuant to State and local law, and (2) may, as to the security thereof and the payment of principal thereof and interest thereon, be sub- ordinated (to the extent deemed feasible and desirable by the Federal Works Administrator for facilitating the financing of such projects) to other bonds or obligations of the obligor issued to finance such project or that may then be outstanding. Review of reports, SEC. 6. (a) The Surgeon General and the Federal Works Adminis- loan applications, etc. aTS trator, in carrying out their respective functions under this Act, shall provide for the review of all reports of examinations, research, investi- gations, plans, studies, and surveys, made pursuant to the provisions BsoP. of this Act and all applications for loans under section 5. In deter- mining the desirability of projects for treatment works and of approv- ing loans in connection therewith, consideration shall be given to the public benefits to be derived by the construction thereof, the propriety of Federal aid in such construction, the relation of the ultimate cost of constructing and maintaining the works to the public interest and to the public necessity for the works, and the adequacy of the provisions made or proposed by the applicant for the loan for assuring proper and efficient operation and maintenance of the works after completion of the construction thereof. Water Pollution (b) There is hereby established in the Public Health Service a Water Control Advisory Board. Pollution Control Advisory Board to be composed as follows: The Surgeon General or a sanitary engineer officer designated by him, who shall be Chairman of the Board, a representative of the Department of the Army, a representative of the Department of the Interior, a representative of the Federal Works Agency, and a representative of the Department of Agriculture, designated by the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Interior, the Federal Works Administrator, and the Secretary of Agriculture, respectively; and six persons (not officers or employees of the Federal Government) to be appointed annually by the President. One of the persons appointed by the Presi- dent shall be an engineer who is expert in sewage and industrial-waste disposal, one shall be a person who shall have shown an active interest in the field of wildlife conservation, and, except as the President may [62 STAT.
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