‘‘(A) STATE PROGRAMS.—Any State may
submit to the Administrator a comprehensive
program for monitoring and notification under
subsection (a). If the Administrator determines
that the program meets the performance cri-
teria established under subsection (a), the Ad-
ministrator shall provide a grant to such State
for implementation of such program in accord-
ance with this section.
‘‘(B) LOCAL PROGRAMS.—If a State does
not submit a program for approval under sub-
paragraph (A) within 1 year following the date
of publication of performance criteria under
subsection (a), or if the program submitted by
the State is not approved, a local government
within such State may submit a program for
monitoring and notification applicable to that
local government and if the Administrator de-
termines that the program meets the perform-
ance criteria established under subsection (a),
the Administrator shall provide a grant to such
local government for implementation of such
program in accordance with this section.
‘‘(C) COST SHARING.—Grants under this
subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of the
costs of implementing an approved monitoring
and notification program in any fiscal year.
‘‘(f) DELEGATION
OF RESPONSIBILITY.—A State
program approved under subsection (e) may allow delega-
tion of responsibility for monitoring and notification to
local government authorities and the State may make im-
plementation grant moneys received by a State available
to such delegated local government authorities.
‘‘(g) REVIEW AND REVISION OF REGULATIONS.—
The Administrator shall review and revise regulations pub-
lished pursuant to this section periodically, but in no event
less than once every 5 years.
‘‘(h) FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) LIST
OF
AREAS
WITH
NO
MONITORING
PROGRAM.—Beginning not later than 18 months
after publishing performance criteria under sub-
section (a), the Administrator shall maintain a list
of discrete areas of coastal recreation waters for
which the Administrator cannot verify the existence
of a program for monitoring and notification that
meets the performance criteria established under
subsection (a), other than those discrete areas of
coastal recreation waters where the Administrator
determines that monitoring is not necessary to en-
sure compliance with applicable water quality cri-
teria or the protection of the public safety. The Ad-
ministrator shall make such list publicly available
through publication in the Federal Register and
through electronic media. The Administrator shall
update such list at least once annually.
‘‘(2) EPA IMPLEMENTATION.—If, after the last
day of the 3-year period beginning on the date the
Administrator includes a discrete area of coastal
recreation waters on the list under paragraph (1),
there remains no program for monitoring and notifi-
cation that meets the criteria established under sub-
section (a) for such area, the Administrator shall
conduct such a program for such area.
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following
definitions apply:
‘‘(1) COASTAL
RECREATION
WATERS.—The
term ‘coastal recreation waters’ means the Great
Lakes and marine coastal waters used by the public
for swimming, bathing, surfing, or other similar
water contact activities.
‘‘(2) FLOATABLE MATERIALS.—The term ‘float-
able materials’ means any foreign matter that may
float or remain suspended in the water column and
includes plastic, aluminum cans, wood, bottles, and
paper products.’’.
SEC. 6. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Not later than 4 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and periodically thereafter, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to Congress a report including—
(1) recommendations concerning the need for
additional water quality criteria and other actions
needed to improve the quality of coastal recreation
waters; and
(2) an evaluation of State or local efforts to im-
plement this Act, including the amendments made
by this Act.
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.
(2) COASTAL RECREATION WATERS.—The term
‘‘coastal recreation waters’’ means the Great Lakes
and marine coastal waters used by the public for
swimming, bathing, surfing, or other similar body
contact purposes.
(3) FLOATABLE MATERIALS.—The term ‘‘float-
able materials’’ means any foreign matter that may
float or remain suspended in the water column and
includes plastic, aluminum cans, wood, bottles, and
paper products.
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator—
(1) for making grants to State or local govern-
ments under section 406(e) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, $7,500,000 for each of fiscal
years 2000 through 2004; and
(2) for carrying out the other provisions of this
Act (including amendments made by this Act), such
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years
2000 through 2004.
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