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<br />~ <br /> <br />. DRAFT <br /> <br />b. History and Organization of Federal Water Related Environmental Action <br />Programs <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />(1) Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 <br /> <br />This Act was the beginning of a major Federal role in water <br /> <br />pollution control. While the 1948 Act was temporary, it was made <br /> <br />permanent by the Act of 1956, which provided for Federal participation <br /> <br />in a wide variety of activities related to control of water pollution. <br /> <br />These included Federal-State cooperation in developing comprehensive <br /> <br />programs, increased technical assistance, intensified and broadened <br /> <br />research, provided grants for the support of State programs and for <br /> <br />construction of waste treatment works and modified and simplified <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />enforcement measures for controlling pollution of interstate waters. <br /> <br />Subsequent amendments have strengthened and extended the previous law, <br /> <br />especially in the areas of enforcements, grants and research. <br /> <br />This Act provides for Federal cooperation with States and their <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />(2) Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954 <br /> <br />political subdivisions, soil,or water conservation districts, flood <br /> <br />..- <br /> <br />prevention or control districts, and other local public agencies for <br /> <br />the purpose of preventing such damages and of furthering the conserva- <br /> <br />tion, development, utilization, and disposal of water and thereby of <br /> <br />preserving and protecting the Nation's land and water resources. <br /> <br />Subsequent amendments provided for the inclusion of fish and <br /> <br />wildlife measures in small watershed projects and authorized cost- <br /> <br />sharing of fish and wildlife developments. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />(3) Wilderness Act of 1964 <br /> <br />This Act provides for the establishment of National Wilderness <br /> <br />Preservation System by Congress composed of federally owned areas <br /> <br />-_-1\. <br />