---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 1254a"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "1254a"
heading: "Research on effects of pollutants"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/1254a"
units:
  - "Chapter 26 — Water Pollution Prevention and Control"
  - "Subchapter I — Research and Related Programs"
---

# §1254a. Research on effects of pollutants


In carrying out the provisions of [section 1254(a) of this title](/usc/33/1254.md?p=a), the Administrator shall conduct research on the harmful effects on the health and welfare of [persons](/usc/33/1362.md?p=5) caused by [pollutants](/usc/33/1362.md?p=6) in water, in conjunction with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other Federal, [State](/usc/33/1362.md?p=3), and [interstate agencies](/usc/33/1362.md?p=2) carrying on such research. Such research shall include, and shall place special emphasis on, the effect that bioaccumulation of these [pollutants](/usc/33/1362.md?p=6) in aquatic species has upon reducing the value of aquatic commercial and sport industries. Such research shall further study methods to reduce and remove these [pollutants](/usc/33/1362.md?p=6) from the relevant affected aquatic species so as to restore and enhance these valuable resources.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–4, title I, § 105, Feb. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 15.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Quality Act of 1987, and not as part of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which comprises this chapter.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definition

Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, see section 1(d) of Pub. L. 100–4, set out as a note under section 1251 of this title.