[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2041 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2041

 To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 
 with respect to the dumping of dredged material in Long Island Sound, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 1996

 Mr. D'Amato (for himself, Mr. Moynihan, and Mr. Faircloth) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 
 with respect to the dumping of dredged material in Long Island Sound, 
                        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 ``Long Island Sound Preservation and 
Protection Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. DUMPING OF DREDGED MATERIALS IN LONG ISLAND SOUND.

    Section 106(f) of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries 
Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1416(f)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Dumping of Dredged Material in Long Island Sound.--
            ``(1) In general.--No dredged material from any Federal or 
        non-Federal project that contains any of the constituents 
        prohibited as other than trace contaminants (as defined by the 
        Federal ocean dumping criteria stated in section 227.6 of title 
        40, Code of Federal Regulations) may be dumped in Long Island 
        Sound or Block Island Sound except in a case in which it is 
        demonstrated to the Administrator, and the Administrator 
        certifies by publication in the Federal Register, that the 
        dumping of the dredged material containing the constituents 
        will not cause significant undesirable effects, including the 
        threat associated with bioaccumulation of such constituents in 
        marine organisms.
            ``(2) Federal projects exceeding 25,000 yards.--In addition 
        to other provisions of law and notwithstanding the specific 
        exclusion relating to dredged material of the first sentence in 
        section 102(a), any dumping of dredged material in Long Island 
        Sound from a Federal project (or pursuant to Federal 
        authorization) by a non-Federal applicant in a quantity 
        exceeding 25,000 cubic yards shall comply with the criteria 
        established under the second sentence of section 102(a) 
        relating to the effects of dumping.
            ``(3) Relation to other law.--Subsection (d) shall not 
        apply to this subsection.''.
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