SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Estuaries Act 
of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAM AMENDMENTS. 
(a) PURPOSES OF CONFERENCE.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE CON-
SERVATION
AND
MANAGEMENT
PLANS.—Section 
320(b)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(b)(4)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) develop and submit to the Administrator a 
comprehensive conservation and management plan 
that— 
‘‘(A) identifies the estuary and its associ-
ated upstream waters to be addressed by the 
plan, with consideration given to hydrological 
boundaries; 
‘‘(B) recommends priority corrective ac-
tions and compliance schedules addressing point 
and nonpoint sources of pollution to restore and 
maintain the chemical, physical, and biological 
integrity of the estuary, including restoration 
and maintenance of water quality, a resilient 
and diverse indigenous population of shellfish, 
fish, and wildlife, and recreational activities in
the estuary, and assure that the designated 
uses of the estuary are protected; 
‘‘(C) considers current and future sustain-
able commercial activities in the estuary; 
‘‘(D) addresses the impacts of climate 
change on the estuary, including— 
‘‘(i) the identification and assessment 
of vulnerabilities in the estuary; 
‘‘(ii) the development and implementa-
tion of adaptation strategies; and 
‘‘(iii) the impacts of changes in sea 
level on estuarine water quality, estuarine 
habitat, and infrastructure located in the 
estuary; 
‘‘(E) increases public education and aware-
ness with respect to— 
‘‘(i) the ecological health of the estu-
ary; 
‘‘(ii) the water quality conditions of 
the estuary; and 
‘‘(iii) ocean, estuarine, land, and at-
mospheric connections and interactions; 
‘‘(F) identifies and assesses impairments, 
including upstream impairments, coming from
outside of the area addressed by the plan, and 
the sources of those impairments; 
‘‘(G) includes performance measures and 
goals to track implementation of the plan; and 
‘‘(H) includes a coordinated monitoring 
strategy for Federal, State, and local govern-
ments and other entities.’’. 
(2) MONITORING AND MAKING RESULTS AVAIL-
ABLE.—Section 320(b)(6) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 
1330(b)(6)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(6) monitor (and make results available to the 
public regarding)— 
‘‘(A) water quality conditions in the estu-
ary and its associated upstream waters, as iden-
tified under paragraph (4)(A); 
‘‘(B) habitat conditions that relate to the 
ecological health and water quality conditions of 
the estuary; and 
‘‘(C) the effectiveness of actions taken pur-
suant to the comprehensive conservation and 
management plan developed for the estuary 
under this subsection;’’. 
(3) INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVI-
TIES.—Section 320(b) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 
1330(b)) is amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 
paragraph (8); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 
following: 
‘‘(7) provide information and educational activi-
ties on the ecological health and water quality condi-
tions of the estuary; and’’. 
(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The sentence 
following section 320(b)(8) of such Act (as so redes-
ignated) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (7)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraph (8)’’. 
(b) MEMBERS
OF CONFERENCE; COLLABORATIVE 
PROCESSES.— 
(1) 
MEMBERS
OF
CONFERENCE.—Section 
320(c)(5) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(c)(5)) is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘institutions,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘not-for-profit organizations,’’. 
(2) 
COLLABORATIVE
PROCESSES.—Section 
320(d) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1330(d)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(d)’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘In developing’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) UTILIZATION OF EXISTING DATA AND COL-
LABORATIVE PROCESSES.—
‘‘(1) UTILIZATION OF EXISTING DATA.—In de-
veloping’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) UTILIZATION
OF
COLLABORATIVE
PROC-
ESSES.—In updating a plan under subsection (f)(4) 
or developing a new plan under subsection (b), a 
management conference shall make use of collabo-
rative processes to— 
‘‘(A) ensure equitable inclusion of affected 
interests; 
‘‘(B) engage with members of the manage-
ment conference, including through— 
‘‘(i) the use of consensus-based deci-
sion rules; and 
‘‘(ii) 
assistance 
from 
impartial 
facilitators, as appropriate; 
‘‘(C) ensure relevant information, including 
scientific, technical, and cultural information, is 
accessible to members; 
‘‘(D) promote accountability and trans-
parency by ensuring members are informed in 
a timely manner of— 
‘‘(i) the purposes and objectives of the 
management conference; and