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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4962
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to the Coeur
d’Alene Basin Management Conference.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 12, 1994
Mr. LAROCCO introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Public Works and Transportation, Natural Resources,
Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating
to the Coeur d’Alene Basin Management Conference.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coeur d’Alene Basin
Restoration Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 
2. 
COEUR 
D’ALENE 
BASIN 
MANAGEMENT 
CON-
FERENCE.
Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(33 U.S.C. 1251–1270) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
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‘‘SEC. 121. COEUR D’ALENE BASIN MANAGEMENT CON-
FERENCE.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Coeur
d’Alene Basin Management Conference to develop a com-
prehensive pollution prevention, control, and restoration
plan for the Coeur d’Alene Basin. The Administrator shall
convene the management conference within 30 days of the
date of the enactment of this section.
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The members of the Man-
agement Conference shall be comprised of—
‘‘(A) a representative of the Environmental
Protection Agency;
‘‘(B) a representative of the Coeur d’Alene
Indian tribe; and
‘‘(C) a representative of the Idaho Depart-
ment of Environmental Quality.
‘‘(2) STEERING
COMMITTEE.—The Manage-
ment Conference shall appoint—
‘‘(A) a management advisory committee;
‘‘(B) a technical advisory committee; and
‘‘(C) a citizens’ advisory committee.
‘‘(3) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The Management
Conference shall have ex officio members which shall
include, at a minimum, the Member of the United
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States House of Representatives within whose con-
gressional district lies the Coeur d’Alene Basin.
‘‘(c) POLLUTION PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND RES-
TORATION PLAN.—
‘‘(1) PUBLICATION DEADLINE.—Not later than
1 year after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, the Management Conference shall publish a
water pollution prevention, control, and restoration
plan (hereinafter in this section referred to as the
‘Plan’) for the Coeur d’Alene Basin.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The Plan developed pursuant
to this section shall—
‘‘(A) clarify the duties of Federal and
State agencies and other persons in water pollu-
tion prevention and control activities, and to the
extent allowable by law, suggest a reasonable
timetable for adoption by the appropriate Fed-
eral and State agencies to accomplish such du-
ties;
‘‘(B) describe the methods and schedules
for funding of programs, activities, and projects
identified in the Plan, including the use of Fed-
eral and other sources of funds;
‘‘(C) incorporate environmental manage-
ment concepts and programs established in
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State and Federal plans and programs in effect
at the time of the development of the Plan; and
‘‘(D) include a strategy for water pollution
prevention and control in the Coeur d’Alene
Basin, including the promotion of pollution pre-
vention and management practices to reduce
the amount of pollution generated in the Coeur
d’Alene Basin.
‘‘(3) PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT.—The Ad-
ministrator, in cooperation with the Management
Conference, shall provide for public review and com-
ment on the draft Plan. At a minimum, the Manage-
ment Conference shall conduct one public meeting to
hear comments on the draft plan in the State of
Idaho.
‘‘(4) APPROVAL.—Not less than 30 days after
the publication of the Plan required pursuant to this
section, the Administrator shall approve the Plan if
the Plan meets the requirements of this section.
‘‘(5) TREATMENT.—Upon approval of the Plan,
the Plan shall be deemed to be an approved manage-
ment program for the purposes of section 319(h) of
this Act and such plan shall be deemed to be an ap-
proved comprehensive conservation and management
plan pursuant to section 320 of this Act.