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[80 STAT. 1608]
PUBLIC LAW 89-000—MMMM. DD, 1966
[80 STAT. 1608]

REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 OF 1966

1608 Transmitted Feb. 28, 1966. Effective May 10, 1966. Ante, p. 394. 5 USC 901-913.

[80 STAT.

Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1966 Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, February 28, 1966, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 191\.9, 63 Stat. 203, as amended. WATER POLLUTION CONTROL

1. Transfers of functions and agencies, (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, hereinafter referred to as the Act (33 U.S.C. 466 et seq.), including all functions of other officers, or of employees or agencies, of that Department under the Act, are hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Interior. (b) The Federal Water Pollution Control Administration is hereby transferred to the Department of the Interior. (c)(1) The Water Pollution Control Advisory Board, together with its functions, is hereby transferred to the Department of the Interior. (2) The functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (including those of his designee) under section 9 of the Act shall be deemed to be hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Interior. (3) The Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall be an additional member of the said Board as provided for by section 9 of the Act and as modified by this reorganization plan. (d)(1) The Hearing Boards provided for in sections 10(c)(4) and 10 (i) of the Act, including any Boards so provided for which may be in existence on the effective date of this reorganization plan, together with their respective functions, are hereby transferred to the Department of the Interior. (2) The functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under the said sections 10(c)(4) and 10(f) shall be deemed to be hereby transferred to the Secretary of the Interior. (3) The Secretary of the Interior shall give the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare opportunity to select a member of each Hearing Board appointed pursuant to sections 10(c)(4) and 10(f) of the Act as modified by this reorganization plan. (e) There are excepted from the transfers effected by subsection (a) of this section (1) the functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under clause (2) of the second sentence of section 1(b) of the Act, and (2) so much of the functions of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under section 3(b)(2) of the Act as relates to public health aspects. (f) The functions of the Surgeon General under section 2(k) of the Water Quality Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 905) are transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. Within 90 days after this reorganization plan becomes effective, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare shall present to the President for his approval an interdepartmental agreement providing in detail for the implementation of the consultations provided for by said section 2(k). Such interdepartmental agreement may be modified from time to time by the two Secretaries with the approval of the President. SECTION

70 Stat. 498.

79 Stat. 903. 33 USC 466f.

33 USC 466g.

33 USC 466.

33 USC 466-1 note.