[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2565 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2565

    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the 
    Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish 
 lakewide management plans for the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 1993

  Mr. Fingerhut (for himself, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Stokes, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. 
    Yates, Mr. LaFalce, and Mr. Barcia of Michigan) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the 
    Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish 
 lakewide management plans for the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Great Lakes National Program Act''.

SEC. 2. LAKEWIDE MANAGEMENT PLANS.

    Paragraph (4) of section 118(c) of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(4) Lakewide management plans.--
                    ``(A) Deadlines.--
                            ``(i) Lake michigan and lake superior.--Not 
                        later than January 1, 1995, the Administration 
                        shall publish in the Federal Register the final 
                        Lakewide Management Plan for Lake Michigan and 
                        Lake Superior.
                            ``(ii) Lake erie, lake huron, and lake 
                        ontario.--Not later than January 1, 1998, the 
                        Administrator shall publish in the Federal 
                        Register proposed Lakewide Management Plans for 
                        Lake Erie, Lake Huron, and Lake Ontario.
                    ``(B) Contents.--Each Lakewide Management Plan 
                shall be consistent with the requirements of Annex 2 of 
                the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and shall--
                            ``(i) include an assessment of the 
                        environmental condition of the lake, including 
                        water and sediment quality and natural 
                        resources;
                            ``(ii) identify--
                                    ``(I) the pollutants that exceed 
                                water or sediment quality standards in 
                                the lake, describing the loadings of 
                                the pollutants to the lake, including 
                                conventional, non-conventional, and 
                                toxic pollutants; and
                                    ``(II) the point and nonpoint 
                                sources of the pollutants;
                            ``(iii) provide a comprehensive protection 
                        plan recommending specific actions to restore 
                        and maintain the chemical, physical, and 
                        biological integrity of the lake, including--
                                    ``(I) the specific measures to 
                                protect and maintain high quality 
                                waters; and
                                    ``(II) an identification of the 
                                reduction in loadings of pollutants 
                                identified in clause (ii) to ensure the 
                                restoration and attainment of water and 
                                sediment quality standards, and the 
                                protection and propagation of a 
                                balanced indigenous population of fish, 
                                shellfish, and wildlife and recreation 
                                in and on the water; and
                            ``(iv) provide a schedule for implementing 
                        recommended actions, including the 
                        identification of the agencies and sources 
                        responsible for implementing the loading 
                        reductions, and the funding sources to support 
                        the implementation.
                    ``(C) Cooperation.--Each Lakewide Management Plan 
                shall be developed in cooperation with--
                            ``(i) the State or States bordering the 
                        lake, including the public in the State or 
                        States;
                            ``(ii) appropriate representatives of 
                        Canada; and
                            ``(iii) the Great Lakes Policy 
                        Committee.''.

SEC. 3. SEDIMENT CLEANUP.

    (a) Removal of Toxic Pollutants.--Section 118(c)(7) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(7)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(D) Full scale demonstration projects.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Program Office shall 
                        conduct 5 full scale demonstration projects of 
                        promising technologies to remedy contaminated 
                        sediments at such sites as the Program Office 
                        determines are appropriate.
                            ``(ii) Selection of sites.--In selecting 
                        sites for the demonstration projects, the 
                        Program Office shall give priority 
                        consideration to the sites referred to in 
                        subparagraph (A).
                            ``(iii) Deadlines.--The Program Office 
                        shall--
                                    ``(I) not later than December 31, 
                                1995, complete engineering plans for 
                                the full scale demonstration projects 
                                to be conducted under this 
                                subparagraph; and
                                    ``(II) not later than December 31, 
                                2000, complete the full scale 
                                demonstration projects to be conducted 
                                under this subparagraph.
                    ``(E) Assessments and pilot scale demonstration 
                projects.--
                            ``(i) Assessments.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The Program 
                                Office shall conduct chemical, 
                                physical, and biological assessments of 
                                contaminated sediments at each area of 
                                concern.
                                    ``(II) Recommendations.--Bases on 
                                the assessments, the Program Office 
                                shall make recommendations on 
                                technologies to remedy contaminated 
                                sediments at each such area.
                                    ``(III) Use of previous findings.--
                                In conducting the assessments, the 
                                Program Office shall incorporate 
                                previous findings which are relevant to 
                                the assessments and avoid duplication 
                                of previous or ongoing efforts.
                            ``(ii) Pilot scale demonstration 
                        projects.--If, after conducting assessments 
                        under clause (i), the Program Office does not 
                        have sufficient information to make 
                        recommendations on technologies to remedy 
                        contaminated sediments at an area of concern, 
                        the Program Office shall obtain such 
                        information by conducting a pilot scale 
                        demonstration project of promising technologies 
                        to remedy contaminated sediments at the area of 
                        concern.
                            ``(iii) Deadlines.--The Program Office 
                        shall--
                                    ``(I) not later than December 31, 
                                1999, complete assessments of 
                                contaminated sediments to be conducted 
                                under clause (i);
                                    ``(II) not later than December 31, 
                                1999, transmit to Congress (as part of 
                                a comprehensive report required by 
                                paragraph (10)) recommendations made 
                                under clause (i) on technologies to 
                                remedy contaminated sediments for those 
                                areas of concern for which the Program 
                                Office has sufficient information to 
                                make the recommendations and a 
                                description of pilot scale 
                                demonstration projects to be conducted 
                                under clause (ii), including the 
                                locations of such projects and 
                                engineering plans for such projects; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) not later than December 31, 
                                2001, complete all pilot scale 
                                demonstration projects to be conducted 
                                under clause (ii) and transmit to 
                                Congress (as part of a comprehensive 
                                report required by paragraph (10)) a 
                                final report containing findings on 
                                activities conducted under this 
                                subparagraph and recommendations for 
                                remediation of contaminated sediments 
                                at each area of concern.
                    ``(F) Dissemination of information and 
                coordination.--The Program Office shall assist in and 
                promote the dissemination of information on 
                technologies to remedy contaminated sediments at areas 
                of concern, including the dissemination of such 
                information to Federal departments and agencies.''.
    (b) Conforming and Technical Amendments.--Section 118(c) of such 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading to paragraph (6), by striking ``5-year 
        plan and program'' and inserting ``Plan and program'';
            (2) in the heading to paragraph (7), by striking ``5-year 
        study and demonstration projects'' and inserting ``Study and 
        demonstration projects''; and
            (3) in paragraph (7)--
                    (A) by striking ``(A)'' and inserting ``(A) 5-year 
                study.--'';
                    (B) by indenting subparagraph (A) and aligning 
                subparagraph (A) with subparagraph (B);
                    (C) by striking ``(B)'' and inserting ``(B) 
                Deadlines for demonstration projects.--''; and
                    (D) by striking ``(C)'' and inserting ``(C) 
                Publication of information.--''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Subsection (h) of section 118 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(h)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated for activities of the Program Office $30,000,000 per 
fiscal year for each of fiscal years 1994 through 2000. Such sums shall 
remain available until expended.''.

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