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Lyndon Johnson: “The head of each department, agency, and establishment shall ensure compliance with Section 11 of the Federal Water…”

On the recordNovember 16, 1965
The head of each department, agency, and establishment shall ensure compliance with Section 11 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 466h), which declares it to be the intent of Congress that Federal departments and agencies shall, insofar as practicable and consistent with the interests of the United States and within available appropriations, cooperate with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and with State and interstate agencies and municipalities, in preventing or controlling water pollution;
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas
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Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 11258—Prevention, Control, and Abatement of Water Pollution by Federal Activities

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