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115486 1 (1981-06-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadyte0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT 10 A.M. EDT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1981 STATEMENT OF HENRY ESCHWEGE, DIRECTOR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 115486 SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S WATER POLLUTION CONTROL CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE: WE ARE HERE AT YOUR INVITATION TO PRESENT OUR OBSERVATIONS AND CONCERNS REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM. OUR COMMENTS WILL BE BASED ON ISSUES PRESENTED IN A NUMBER OF OUR REPORTS ISSUED SINCE ENACTMENT OF THE CLEAN WATER ACT OF 1977. (ATTACH- MENT I.) WE BELIEVE THESE HEARINGS ARE MOST TIMELY BECAUSE OF THE GROWING CONCERN IN THE COUNTRY AND THE CONGRESS OVER THE NEED TO REDUCE GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND CONTROL INFLATION. ANY PROGRAM WITH THE MAGNITUDE, SCOPE, AND COMPLEXITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM--ONE OF THE LARGEST PUBLIC WORKS PRO- GRAMS IN THE HISTORY OF THE NATION--IS BOUND TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS. NEVERTHELESS, THE PROGRAM HAS ALSO HAD SOME SUCCESSES, PARTICULARLY WITH THE CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL WATER POLLUTION. HEAVILY POLLUTED RIVERS, SUCH AS THE CAYAHOGA, ARE BEING CLEANED UP AND VALUABLE COMMERCIAL AND SPORT FISH SUCH AS SALMON AND TROUT ARE RETURNING TO MANY RIVERS WHERE THEY LONG AGO DISAPPEARED. I

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