[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1553 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1553

 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

                           November 13, 1997

  Mr. D'Amato (for himself and Mr. Moynihan) 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 1997''.

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

    Section 106 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act 
of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1416) is amended by striking subsection (f) and 
inserting the following:
    ``(f) Dumping of Dredged Material in Long Island Sound.--
            ``(1) Prohibition.--No dredged material from any Federal or 
        non-Federal project in a quantity exceeding 25,000 cubic yards 
        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, Code of 
        Federal Regulations) may be dumped in Long Island Sound 
        (including Fishers 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 the constituents in marine organisms.
            ``(2) Compliance with other requirements.--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 (including Fishers Island Sound) or Block Island Sound 
        from a Federal project pursuant to Federal authorization, or 
        from a dredging project by a non-Federal applicant, in a 
        quantity exceeding 25,000 cubic yards, shall comply with the 
        requirements of this Act, including 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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