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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1974
TRAIN URGES SPEED-UP IN THE AWARDING OF FEDERAL GRANTS TO
BUILD WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
Russell E. Train, Administrator of the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency, told the opening of a meeting between Federal
and State officials in Washington, D.C., that Federal assistance
to cities must be expedited for the construction of waste
water treatment plants.
The Administrator said he had called the special meeting,
held January 9-10, to iron out the remaining differences over
the requirements of the water law so that the Federal funds
can be disbursed as quickly and effectively as possible.
The special Task Force is composed of representatives
from Michigan, Mississippi, California, Maryland, New York
and Wyoming, from four regional offices of EPA and from EPA
headquarters.
Train said, "We have a responsibility to maintain the
integrity of the statute and the requirements it imposes,
but at the same time, to see to it that the funds are made
available as expeditiously as possible."
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EPA is now in the final stages of preparing construction
grants as well as other regulations that will assist the States
in carrying out the requirements of the water law.
Other EPA officials taking part in the meeting included
Deputy Administrator John R. Quarles, Chairman; Alvin L. Aim,
Assistant Administrator for Planning and Management/ and Robert
Sansom, Assistant Administrator for Air and Water Programs.
Representing EPA regional offices at the meetings were
Donald DuBois, deputy regional administrator, Denver; Clifford
Smith, deputy regional administrator, Boston; Francis T. Mayo,
regional administrator, Chicago; and James L. Agee, regional
administrator, Seattle.
State officials taking part in the discussions were
Ralph W. Purdy, executive secretary, Michigan Water Resources
Commission; Gene Seebald, New York Department of Environmental
Conservation; James B. Coulter, Maryland Department of Natural
Resources; Glen Wood, Jr., Mississippi Air and Water Pollution
Control Commission; Arthur E. Williamson, Director of Sanitary
Engineering Services of Wyoming, and William Dendy, California
Water Resources Control Board.
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