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16 U.S.C. § 665 — Investigations as to effect of sewage, industrial wastes; reports
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The Secretary of the Interior, through the Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Bureau of Mines, is authorized to make such investigations as he deems necessary to determine the effects of domestic sewage, mine, petroleum, and industrial wastes, erosion silt, and other polluting substances on wildlife, and to make reports to the Congress concerning such investigations and of recommendations for alleviating dangerous and undesirable effects of such pollution. These investigations shall include (1) the determination of standards of water quality for the maintenance of wildlife; (2) the study of methods of abating and preventing pollution, including methods for the recovery of useful or marketable products and byproducts of wastes; and (3) the collation and distribution of data on the progress and results of such investigations for the use of Federal, State, municipal, and private agencies, individuals, organizations, or enterprises.
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The Secretary of the Interior, through the Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Bureau of Mines, is authorized to make such investigations as he deems necessary to determine the effects of domestic sewage, mine, petroleum, and industrial wastes, erosion silt, and other polluting substances on wildlife, and to make reports to the Congress concerning such investigations and of recommendations for alleviating dangerous and undesirable effects of such pollution. These investigations shall include (1) the determination of standards of water quality for the maintenance of wildlife; (2) the study of methods of abating and preventing pollution, including methods for the recovery of useful or marketable products and byproducts of wastes; and (3) the collation and distribution of data on the progress and results of such investigations for the use of Federal, State, municipal, and private agencies, individuals, organizations, or enterprises.
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There is hereby established in the Department of the Interior a bureau of mining, metallurgy, and mineral technology, to be designated the United States Bureau of Mines, and there shall be a director of said bureau, who shall be thoroughly equipped for the duties of said office by technical education and experience and who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and there shall also be in the said bureau such experts and other employees, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, as may be required to carry out the purposes of sections 1, 3, and 5 to 7 of this title in accordance with the appropriations made from time to time by Congress for such purposes.
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**(a) Short title** This Act may be cited as the “Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act”.
**(b) Authorization** For the purpose of recognizing the vital contribution of our wildlife resources to the Nation, the increasing public interest and significance thereof due to expansion of our national economy and other factors, and to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration and be coordinated with other features of water-resource development programs through the effectual and harmonious planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife conservation and rehabilitation for the purposes of this Act in the United States, its Territories and possessions, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized (1) to provide assistance to, and cooperate with, Federal, State, and public or private agencies and organizations in the development, protection, rearing, and stocking of all species of wildlife, resources thereof, and their habitat, in controlling losses of the same from disease or other causes, in minimizing damages from overabundant species, in providing public shooting and fishing areas, including easements across public lands for access thereto, and in carrying out other measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act; (2) to make surveys and investigations of the wildlife of the public domain, including lands and waters or interests therein acquired or controlled by any agency of the United States; and (3) to accept donations of land and contributions of funds in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
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**(a) Consultations between agencies** Except as hereafter stated in subsection (h) of this section, whenever the waters of any stream or other body of water are proposed or authorized to be impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the stream or other body of water otherwise controlled or modified for any purpose whatever, including navigation and drainage, by any department or agency of the United States, or by any public or private agency under Federal permit or license, such department or agency first shall consult with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, and with the head of the agency exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the particular State wherein the impoundment, diversion, or other control facility is to be constructed, with a view to the conservation of wildlife resources by preventing loss of and damage to such resources as well as providing for the development and improvement thereof in connection with such water-resource development.
**(b) Reports and recommendations; consideration** In furtherance of such purposes, the reports and recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior on the wildlife aspects of such projects, and any report of the head of the State agency exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the State, based on surveys and investigations conducted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and such State agency for the purpose of determining the possible damage to wildlife resources and for the purpose of determining means and measures that should be adopted to prevent the loss of or damage to such wildlife resources, as well as to provide concurrently for the development and improvement of such resources, shall be made an integral part of any report prepared
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The Secretary of the Interior shall, on the basis of studies carried out pursuant to sections 757a to 757f of this title and [section 665 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section665&num=0&edition=prelim), make recommendations to the Secretary of Health and Human Services concerning the elimination or reduction of polluting substances detrimental to fish and wildlife in interstate or navigable waters or the tributaries thereof. Such recommendations and any enforcement measures initiated pursuant thereto by the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall be designed to enhance the quality of such waters, and shall take into consideration all other legitimate uses of such waters.
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**(a) Report by Secretary of Commerce** In March of each year, the Secretary of Commerce shall report to the Congress on his activities under this subchapter during the previous fiscal year. The report shall include—
(1) the Secretary’s findings made under [section 1441 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1441&num=0&edition=prelim), including an evaluation of the short-term ecological effects and the social and economic factors involved with the dumping;
(2) the results of activities undertaken pursuant to [section 1442 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1442&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) with the concurrence of the Administrator and after consulting with officials of other appropriate Federal agencies, an identification of the short- and long-term research requirements associated with activities under subchapter I, and a description of how Federal research under this subchapter and subchapter I will meet those requirements; and
(4) activities of the Department of Commerce under [section 665 of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section665&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Report by Administrator** In March of each year, the Administrator shall report to the Congress on his activities during the previous fiscal year under [section 1443 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1443&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Report by Under Secretary** On October 31 of each year, the Under Secretary shall report to the Congress the specific programs that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency carried out pursuant to this subchapter in
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**(a) Secretary of Commerce**
(1) The Secretary of Commerce, in close consultation with other appropriate Federal departments, agencies, and instrumentalities shall, within six months of October 23, 1972, initiate a comprehensive and continuing program of research with respect to the possible long-range effects of pollution, overfishing, and man-induced changes of ocean ecosystems. These responsibilities shall include the scientific assessment of damages to the natural resources from spills of petroleum or petroleum products. In carrying out such research, the Secretary of Commerce shall take into account such factors as existing and proposed international policies affecting oceanic problems, economic considerations involved in both the protection and the use of the oceans, possible alternatives to existing programs, and ways in which the health of the oceans may best be preserved for the benefit of succeeding generations of mankind.
(2) The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure that the program under this section complements, when appropriate, the activities undertaken by other Federal agencies pursuant to subchapter I and [section 1443 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1443&num=0&edition=prelim). That program shall include but not be limited to—
(A) the development and assessment of scientific techniques to define and quantify the degradation of the marine environment;
(B) the assessment of the capacity of the marine environment to receive materials without degradation;
(C) continuing monitoring programs to assess the health of the marine environment, including but not limited to the monitoring of bottom oxygen concentrations, contaminant levels in biota, sediments, and the water column, diseases in fish
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 666
and in accordance with such rules and regula-
tions for the conservation, maintenance, and
management of wildlife, resources thereof, and
its habitat thereon, as may be adopted by the
Secretary in accordance with general plans ap-
proved jointly by the Secretary of the Interior
and the head of the department or agency exer-
cising primary administration of such areas:
Provided, That such rules and regulations shall
not be inconsistent with the laws for the protec-
tion of fish and game of the States in which such
area is situated: Provided, further, That lands
having value to the National Migratory Bird
Management Program may, pursuant to general
plans, be made available without cost directly
to the State agency having control over wildlife
resources, if it is jointly determined by the Sec-
retary of the Interior and such State agency
that this would be in the public interest: And
provided further, That the Secretary of the Inte-
rior shall have the right to assume the manage-
ment and administration of such lands in behalf
of the National Migratory Bird Management
Program if the Secretary finds that the State
agency has withdrawn from or otherwise relin-
quished such management and administration.
(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 4, 48 Stat. 402; 1939 Reorg.
Plan No. II, § 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731,
53 Stat. 1433; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff.
June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Aug. 14,
1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1081; Pub. L. 85–624, § 2, Aug.
12, 1958, 72 Stat. 567.)
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This Act, referred to in text, is act Mar. 10, 1934, ch.
55, 48 Stat. 401, known as the Fish and Wildlife Coordi-
nation Act, which is classified generally to sections 661
to 666c–1 of
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