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[CITE: 33USC1254a]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
           CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
               SUBCHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 1254a. Research on effects of pollutants

    In carrying out the provisions of section 1254(a) of this title, the 
Administrator shall conduct research on the harmful effects on the 
health and welfare of persons caused by pollutants in water, in 
conjunction with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other Federal, 
State, and interstate agencies carrying on such research. Such research 
shall include, and shall place special emphasis on, the effect that 
bioaccumulation of these pollutants in aquatic species has upon reducing 
the value of aquatic commercial and sport industries. Such research 
shall further study methods to reduce and remove these pollutants from 
the relevant affected aquatic species so as to restore and enhance these 
valuable resources.

(Pub. L. 100-4, title I, Sec. 105, Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 15.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Water Quality Act of 1987, and 
not as part of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which comprises 
this chapter.


                               Definition

    Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, see section 1(d) of Pub. L. 100-4, set out as a note 
under section 1251 of this title.
