[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 55 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                 H. R. 55

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. Forbes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 
 relating 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''.

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 
        project, or from any non-Federal project, that contains any of 
        the constituents prohibited as other than trace contaminants 
        (as defined by the Federal ocean dumping criteria set forth in 
        section 227.6 of title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations) 
        may be dumped in Long Island Sound or Block Island Sound, 
        except in cases 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 such 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 in 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 exceeding 25,000 
        cubic yards shall comply with the criteria established pursuant 
        to 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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