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Calendar No. 320 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1342 

[Report No. 116–170] 

To require the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere to update periodically the environmental sensitivity index products of the National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration for each coastal area of the Great 

Lakes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 7, 2019 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

DECEMBER 10, 2019 

Reported by Mr. WICKER, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To require the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere 

to update periodically the environmental sensitivity index 

products of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for each coastal area of the Great Lakes, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Lakes Environ3 mental Sensitivity Index Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. UPDATE TO ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX 

5 PRODUCTS OF NATIONAL OCEANIC AND AT6 MOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION FOR GREAT 

7 LAKES. 

8 (a) UPDATE REQUIRED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SEN9 SITIVITY INDEX PRODUCTS FOR GREAT LAKES.—Not 

10 later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

11 this Act, the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere 

12 shall commence updating the environmental sensitivity 

13 index products of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

14 Administration for each coastal area of the Great Lakes. 

15 (b) PERIODIC UPDATES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SEN16 SITIVITY INDEX PRODUCTS GENERALLY.—Subject to the 

17 availability of appropriations and the priorities set forth 

18 in subsection (c), the Under Secretary shall— 

19 (1) periodically update the environmental sensi20 tivity index products of the Administration; and 

21 (2) endeavor to do so not less frequently than 

22 once every 7 years. 

23 (c) PRIORITIES.—When prioritizing geographic areas 

24 to update environmental sensitivity index products, the 

25 Under Secretary shall consider— 


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1 (1) the age of existing environmental sensitivity 

2 index products for the areas; 

3 (2) the occurrence of extreme events, be it nat4 ural or man-made, which have significantly altered 

5 the shoreline or ecosystem since the last update; 

6 (3) the natural variability of shoreline and 

7 coastal environment; and 

8 (4) the volume of vessel traffic and general vul9 nerability to spilled pollutants. 

10 (d) ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY INDEX PRODUCT

11 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘environmental sen12 sitivity index product’’ means a map or similar tool that 

13 is utilized to identify sensitive shoreline, coastal or off14 shore, resources prior to an oil spill event in order to set 

15 baseline priorities for protection and plan cleanup strate16 gies, typically including information relating to shoreline 

17 type, biological resources, and human use resources. 

18 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

20 appropriated to the Under Secretary $7,500,000 to 

21 carry out subsection (a). 

22 (2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated or 

23 otherwise made available pursuant to paragraph (1) 

24 shall be available to the Under Secretary for the 

25 purposes set forth in such paragraph until expended. 


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1 (e) FUNDING.—Amounts for activities under this sec2 tion shall be derived from amounts otherwise authorized to 

3 be appropriated or made available for the Under Secretary. 


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Calendar No. 320 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1342 

[Report No. 116–170] 

A BILL 

To require the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atother purposes. each coastal area of the Great Lakes, and for Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for mental sensitivity index products of the National mosphere to update periodically the environDECEMBER 10, 2019 

Reported with an amendment 


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