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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.

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

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.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Great Lakes National

5 Program Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. LAKEWIDE MANAGEMENT PLANS.

2 Paragraph (4) of section 118(c) of the Federal Water

3 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(4)) is amended

4 to read as follows:

5 ‘‘(4) LAKEWIDE MANAGEMENT PLANS.—

6 ‘‘(A) DEADLINES.—

7 ‘‘(i) LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE SUPE8 RIOR.—Not later than January 1, 1995,

9 the Administration shall publish in the

10 Federal Register the final Lakewide Man11 agement Plan for Lake Michigan and Lake

12 Superior.

13 ‘‘(ii) LAKE ERIE, LAKE HURON, AND

14 LAKE ONTARIO.—Not later than January

15 1, 1998, the Administrator shall publish in

16 the Federal Register proposed Lakewide

17 Management Plans for Lake Erie, Lake

18 Huron, and Lake Ontario.

19 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each Lakewide Man20 agement Plan shall be consistent with the re21 quirements of Annex 2 of the Great Lakes

22 Water Quality Agreement, and shall—

23 ‘‘(i) include an assessment of the envi24 ronmental condition of the lake, including

25 water and sediment quality and natural re26 sources;
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1 ‘‘(ii) identify—

2 ‘‘(I) the pollutants that exceed

3 water or sediment quality standards

4 in the lake, describing the loadings of

5 the pollutants to the lake, including

6 conventional, non-conventional, and

7 toxic pollutants; and

8 ‘‘(II) the point and nonpoint

9 sources of the pollutants;

10 ‘‘(iii) provide a comprehensive protec11 tion plan recommending specific actions to

12 restore and maintain the chemical, phys13 ical, and biological integrity of the lake, in14 cluding—

15 ‘‘(I) the specific measures to pro16 tect and maintain high quality waters;

17 and

18 ‘‘(II) an identification of the re19 duction in loadings of pollutants iden20 tified in clause (ii) to ensure the res21 toration and attainment of water and

22 sediment quality standards, and the

23 protection and propagation of a bal24 anced indigenous population of fish,
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1 shellfish, and wildlife and recreation

2 in and on the water; and

3 ‘‘(iv) provide a schedule for imple4 menting recommended actions, including

5 the identification of the agencies and

6 sources responsible for implementing the

7 loading reductions, and the funding

8 sources to support the implementation.

9 ‘‘(C) COOPERATION.—Each Lakewide

10 Management Plan shall be developed in co11 operation with—

12 ‘‘(i) the State or States bordering the

13 lake, including the public in the State or

14 States;

15 ‘‘(ii) appropriate representatives of

16 Canada; and

17 ‘‘(iii) the Great Lakes Policy Commit18 tee.’’.

19 SEC. 3. SEDIMENT CLEANUP.

20 (a) REMOVAL OF TOXIC POLLUTANTS.—Section

21 118(c)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33

22 U.S.C. 1268(c)(7)) is amended by adding at the end the

23 following new subparagraphs:

24 ‘‘(D) FULL SCALE DEMONSTRATION

25 PROJECTS.—
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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Program Of2 fice shall conduct 5 full scale demonstra3 tion projects of promising technologies to

4 remedy contaminated sediments at such

5 sites as the Program Office determines are

6 appropriate.

7 ‘‘(ii) SELECTION OF SITES.—In select8 ing sites for the demonstration projects,

9 the Program Office shall give priority con10 sideration to the sites referred to in sub11 paragraph (A).

12 ‘‘(iii) DEADLINES.—The Program Of13 fice shall—

14 ‘‘(I) not later than December 31,

15 1995, complete engineering plans for

16 the full scale demonstration projects

17 to be conducted under this subpara18 graph; and

19 ‘‘(II) not later than December

20 31, 2000, complete the full scale dem21 onstration projects to be conducted

22 under this subparagraph.

23 ‘‘(E) ASSESSMENTS AND PILOT SCALE

24 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—

25 ‘‘(i) ASSESSMENTS.—
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1 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Program

2 Office shall conduct chemical, phys3 ical, and biological assessments of

4 contaminated sediments at each area

5 of concern.

6 ‘‘(II) RECOMMENDATIONS.—

7 Bases on the assessments, the Pro8 gram Office shall make recommenda9 tions on technologies to remedy con10 taminated sediments at each such

11 area.

12 ‘‘(III) USE OF PREVIOUS FIND13 INGS.—In conducting the assess14 ments, the Program Office shall incor15 porate previous findings which are rel16 evant to the assessments and avoid

17 duplication of previous or ongoing ef18 forts.

19 ‘‘(ii) PILOT SCALE DEMONSTRATION

20 PROJECTS.—If, after conducting assess21 ments under clause (i), the Program Office

22 does not have sufficient information to

23 make recommendations on technologies to

24 remedy contaminated sediments at an area

25 of concern, the Program Office shall obtain
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1 such information by conducting a pilot

2 scale demonstration project of promising

3 technologies to remedy contaminated sedi4 ments at the area of concern.

5 ‘‘(iii) DEADLINES.—The Program Of6 fice shall—

7 ‘‘(I) not later than December 31,

8 1999, complete assessments of con9 taminated sediments to be conducted

10 under clause (i);

11 ‘‘(II) not later than December

12 31, 1999, transmit to Congress (as

13 part of a comprehensive report re14 quired by paragraph (10)) rec15 ommendations made under clause (i)

16 on technologies to remedy contami17 nated sediments for those areas of

18 concern for which the Program Office

19 has sufficient information to make the

20 recommendations and a description of

21 pilot scale demonstration projects to

22 be conducted under clause (ii), includ23 ing the locations of such projects and

24 engineering plans for such projects;

25 and
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1 ‘‘(III) not later than December

2 31, 2001, complete all pilot scale dem3 onstration projects to be conducted

4 under clause (ii) and transmit to Con5 gress (as part of a comprehensive re6 port required by paragraph (10)) a

7 final report containing findings on ac8 tivities conducted under this subpara9 graph and recommendations for reme10 diation of contaminated sediments at

11 each area of concern.

12 ‘‘(F) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION

13 AND COORDINATION.—The Program Office

14 shall assist in and promote the dissemination of

15 information on technologies to remedy contami16 nated sediments at areas of concern, including

17 the dissemination of such information to Fed18 eral departments and agencies.’’.

19 (b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

20 Section 118(c) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amend21 ed—

22 (1) in the heading to paragraph (6), by striking

23 ‘‘5-YEAR PLAN AND PROGRAM’’ and inserting ‘‘PLAN

24 AND PROGRAM’’;
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1 (2) in the heading to paragraph (7), by striking

2 ‘‘5-YEAR STUDY AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS’’

3 and inserting ‘‘STUDY AND DEMONSTRATION

4 PROJECTS’’; and

5 (3) in paragraph (7)—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)

7 5-YEAR STUDY.—’’;

8 (B) by indenting subparagraph (A) and

9 aligning subparagraph (A) with subparagraph

10 (B);

11 (C) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)

12 DEADLINES FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—

13 ’’; and

14 (D) by striking ‘‘(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C)

15 PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—’’.

16 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

17 Subsection (h) of section 118 of the Federal Water

18 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(h)) is amended to

19 read as follows:

20 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

21 is authorized to be appropriated for activities of the Pro22 gram Office $30,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal

23 years 1994 through 2000. Such sums shall remain avail24 able until expended.’’.

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