manner consistent with the confined spoil dis-
posal facility project authorization.
‘‘(F) DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary
may design, engineer, and construct com-
ponents of any confined spoil disposal facil-
ity remediation plan in a manner consist-
ent with this section.
‘‘(ii) DEADLINE.—If, by January 1,
1999, a confined spoil disposal facility re-
mediation plan has not been undertaken
for a confined spoil disposal facility identi-
fied under paragraph (5)(B), the Adminis-
trator shall terminate the use of the facil-
ity and shall develop a post-closure remedi-
ation plan to be implemented jointly by the
Administrator, the Secretary, and the host
State.
‘‘(8) DREDGING AND DISPOSAL OPERATIONS.—
The Secretary shall continue dredging and disposal
operations in the Great Lakes basin to maintain
navigational channels to authorized depths in a man-
ner that is consistent with this section.
‘‘(9) OTHER
CONSIDERATIONS.—Nothing in
this section shall prohibit the Administrator from
considering other relevant environmental laws, regu-
lations, or such other criteria as the Administrator
determines to be appropriate, in making a decision
to concur or decline to concur with respect to the
applying any provision of this section in cooperation
with another person or entity.
‘‘(10) PERMIT REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—Beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 1994, any person who disposes of dredge
spoil at a confined spoil disposal facility shall
obtain a permit from the Secretary, who shall
issue the permit with the concurrence with the
Administrator.
‘‘(B) PERMITS.—
‘‘(i) CONDITIONS.—A permit issued
under this paragraph shall specify such
conditions as are necessary to ensure that
disposal will be consistent with the man-
agement plan for a confined spoil disposal
facility.
‘‘(ii) MONITORING.—A permit issued
under this paragraph shall contain such
provisions for monitoring and assessment
as are necessary to determine compliance
with the permit.
‘‘(C) TERM.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(ii), a permit issued under this paragraph
shall be issued for the term of the disposal
activity specified pursuant to subparagraph
(B)(i).
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—No permit shall
be issued for a period exceeding 5 years.
‘‘(11) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as are necessary to carry out this subsection.’’.
SEC. 3. SEDIMENT REDUCTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 118 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268), as amended by
section 2, is further amended by inserting after subsection
(d) the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) SEDIMENT REDUCTION.—
‘‘(1) GREAT
LAKES
TRIBUTARY
SEDIMENT
TRANSPORT MODELS.—
‘‘(A) MODELS.—For each major river sys-
tem or set of major river systems depositing
sediment into a Great Lakes federally author-
ized commercial harbor, channel maintenance
project site, or area of concern, the Secretary of
the Army (referred to in this subsection as the
‘Secretary’), in cooperation with the Adminis-
trator, shall develop a tributary sediment trans-
port model that shall—
‘‘(i) measure stream discharge rates,
total 
suspended 
solids 
loadings, 
and
bedload transport within the tributary and
harbor;
‘‘(ii) measure additional parameters,
such as nitrates, phosphates, persistent
toxic substances, and heavy metals, using a
protocol approved by the Administrator, on
a river-by-river basis in accordance with
any agreement between the Secretary, the
Administrator, the host State, and any rel-
evant non-Federal entity;
‘‘(iii) estimate the percentage of total
sediment loadings into the harbors, chan-
nels, and areas of concern originating from
each subwatershed of the river system; and
‘‘(iv) characterize the physical nature
of the sediment materials.
‘‘(B) COORDINATION WITH OTHER ENTI-
TIES.—In developing the tributary sediment
transport models, the Secretary shall cooperate,
consult, and coordinate with—
‘‘(i) the Administrator;
‘‘(ii) the Governors of the Great
Lakes States;
‘‘(iii) the Chief of the Soil Conserva-
tion Service of the Department of Agri-
culture;
‘‘(iv) the Director of the United
States Geological Survey of the Depart-
ment of the Interior;
‘‘(v) the Director of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service of the Depart-
ment of the Interior; and
‘‘(vi) the heads of such other Federal
agencies as the Administrator determines
to be appropriate.
‘‘(C) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—In devel-
oping the tributary sediment transport models,
the Secretary shall—
‘‘(i) coordinate tributary sediment
transport modeling efforts with the efforts
of the Administrator to produce com-
prehensive Lakewide Management Plans,
Remedial Action Plans, mass balance mod-
els, and water quality models;