§ 1361. — Administration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1361]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1361. Administration
(a) Authority of Administrator to prescribe regulations
The Administrator is authorized to prescribe such regulations as are
necessary to carry out his functions under this chapter.
(b) Utilization of other agency officers and employees
The Administrator, with the consent of the head of any other agency
of the United States, may utilize such officers and employees of such
agency as may be found necessary to assist in carrying out the purposes
of this chapter.
(c) Recordkeeping
Each recipient of financial assistance under this chapter shall keep
such records as the Administrator shall prescribe, including records
which fully disclose the amount and disposition by such recipient of the
proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or
undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or used,
and the amount of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking
supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate
effective audit.
(d) Audit
The Administrator and the Comptroller General of the United States,
or any of their duly authorized representatives, shall have access, for
the purpose of audit and examination, to any books, documents, papers,
and records of the recipients that are pertinent to the grants received
under this chapter. For the purpose of carrying out audits and
examinations with respect to recipients of Federal assistance under this
chapter, the Administrator is authorized to enter into noncompetitive
procurement contracts with independent State audit organizations,
consistent with chapter 75 of title 31. Such contracts may only be
entered into to the extent and in such amounts as may be provided in
advance in appropriation Acts.
(e) Awards for outstanding technological achievement or innovative
processes, methods, or devices in waste treatment and pollution
abatement programs
(1) It is the purpose of this subsection to authorize a program
which will provide official recognition by the United States Government
to those industrial organizations and political subdivisions of States
which during the preceding year demonstrated an outstanding
technological achievement or an innovative process, method, or device in
their waste treatment and pollution abatement programs. The
Administrator shall, in consultation with the appropriate State water
pollution control agencies, establish regulations under which such
recognition may be applied for and granted, except that no applicant
shall be eligible for an award under this subsection if such applicant
is not in total compliance with all applicable water quality
requirements under this chapter, or otherwise does not have a
satisfactory record with respect to environmental quality.
(2) The Administrator shall award a certificate or plaque of
suitable design to each industrial organization or political subdivision
which qualifies for such recognition under regulations established under
this subsection.
(3) The President of the United States, the Governor of the
appropriate State, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
President pro tempore of the Senate shall be notified of the award by
the Administrator and the awarding of such recognition shall be
published in the Federal Register.
(f) Detail of Environmental Protection Agency personnel to State water
pollution control agencies
Upon the request of a State water pollution control agency,
personnel of the Environmental Protection Agency may be detailed to such
agency for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title V, Sec. 501, as added Pub. L. 92-500,
Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 885; amended Pub. L. 100-4, title V,
Sec. 501, Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 75.)
Amendments
1987--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100-4 inserted provision at end
authorizing Administrator to enter into noncompetitive procurement
contracts with independent State audit organizations, consistent with
chapter 75 of title 31, but only to extent and in such amounts as
provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
Environmental Court Feasibility Study
Section 9 of Pub. L. 92-500 authorized the President, acting through
the Attorney General, to study the feasibility of establishing a
separate court or court system with jurisdiction over environmental
matters and required him to report the results of his study, together
with his recommendations, to Congress not later than one year after Oct.
18, 1972.
Transfer of Public Health Service Officers
Pub. L. 89-234, Sec. 2(b)-(k), Oct. 2, 1965, 79 Stat. 904, 905,
authorized the transfer of certain commissioned officers of the Public
Health Service to classified positions in the Federal Water Pollution
Control Administration, now the Environmental Protection Agency, where
such transfer was requested within six months after the establishment of
the Administration and made certain administrative provisions relating
to pension and retirement rights of the transferees, sick leave
benefits, group life insurance, and certain other miscellaneous
provisions.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1283 of this title.
