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‘‘(6) IMPLEMENTATION.—Upon approval of the
Plan under this subsection, the Plan shall be imple-
mented.
‘‘(d) GRANT ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may, in
consultation with the Management Conference, make
grants to State, interstate, and regional water pollu-
tion control agencies, and public or nonprofit agen-
cies, institutions, and organizations.
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—Grants under this subsection
shall be made for assisting development of the Plan,
including research, surveys, studies, and modeling
and technical and supporting work necessary for the
development of the Plan.
‘‘(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—The amount of grants
to any person under this subsection for a fiscal year
shall not exceed 70 percent of the costs of develop-
ment of the Plan and shall be made available on the
condition that non-Federal share of such costs are
provided from non-Federal sources. The non-Federal
share may be provided by in-kind services.
‘‘(4) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Adminis-
trator may establish such terms and conditions for
the administration of grants as the Administrator
determines to be appropriate.
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‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘Coeur d’Alene Basin’’ means the watershed in
northern Idaho containing the South Fork of the Coeur
d’Alene River, the main stem of the Coeur d’Alene River,
and Lake Coeur d’Alene.
‘‘(f) STATUTORY INTERPRETATION.—Nothing in this
section shall be used to affect the jurisdiction or powers
of—
‘‘(1) any department or agency of the United
States or any State; or
‘‘(2) any entity related to the Coeur d’Alene
Basin created by treaty or memorandum to which
the United States is a signatory.
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency to
carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for
fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.’’.
SEC. 3. FEDERAL PROGRAM COORDINATION.
(a) COOPERATION OF THE UNITED STATES GEO-
LOGICAL SURVEY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTE-
RIOR.—For the purpose of enhancing and expanding basic
data collection and monitoring in operation in the Coeur
d’Alene Basin, as defined under section 121 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, the Secretary of the Interior,
acting through the heads of water resources divisions of
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the Idaho and Washington districts of the United States
Geological Survey, shall—
(1) in cooperation with appropriate universities
and private research institutions and appropriate of-
ficials of the appropriate departments and agencies
of the States of Idaho and Washington, develop an
integrated geographic information system of the
Coeur d’Alene Basin;
(2) convert all partial recording sites in the
Coeur d’Alene Basin to continuous monitoring sta-
tions with full gauging capabilities and status; and
(3) establish such additional continuous mon-
itoring station sites in the Coeur d’Alene Basin as
are necessary to carry out basic data collection and
monitoring, as defined by the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, including ground water mapping, and water
quality and sediment data collection.
(b) COOPERATION OF THE UNITED STATES FISH
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR.—
(1) RESOURCE CONSERVATION PROGRAM.—The
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with
the Coeur d’Alene Fish and Wildlife Management
Cooperative and the Coeur d’Alene Basin Manage-
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ment Conference established pursuant to section 121
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, shall—
(A) establish and implement a fisheries re-
sources restoration, development, and conserva-
tion program, including dedicating a level of
hatchery production within the Coeur d’Alene
Basin at or above the level that existed imme-
diately preceding the date of the enactment of
this Act; and
(B) conduct a wildlife species and habitat
assessment survey in the Coeur d’Alene Basin,
including—
(i) a survey of Federal threatened and
endangered species, listed or proposed for
listing under the Endangered Species Act
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), Idaho
State and Washington State threatened
and endangered species and other species
of special concern, migratory nongame spe-
cies of management concern, and national
resources plan species; and
(ii) a survey of migratory bird popu-
lations breeding, migrating, and wintering
within the Coeur d’Alene Basin.
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(2) ACTIVITIES.—To accomplish the purposes
of paragraph (1), the Director of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service is authorized to carry out
activities related to—
(A) improving the health of fishery re-
sources;
(B) conducting investigations about the
status of fishery resources, and disseminating
that information to all interested parties; and
(C) conducting and periodically updating a
survey of the fishery resources and their habi-
tats and food chains in the Coeur d’Alene
Basin.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the
Interior such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 to carry out sub-
sections (a) and (b) of this section.
SEC. 4. RESTORATION PLAN.
(a) COOPERATION OF THE UNITED STATES BUREAU
OF LAND MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR.—For the purpose of restoring and managing
of public lands, public uses, and the basin restoration
areas, the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the
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State director of the Bureau of Land Management,
shall—
(1) cooperatively with the other natural re-
source trustees, develop and implement a restoration
plan for the public lands and other contaminated
lands to reduce human and environmental risks in
the Coeur d’Alene Basin, as defined in section 121
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act;
(2) develop and maintain a computerized geo-
graphical information system inventory of abandoned
or inactive mining sites and extensively mine waste
contaminated areas in the Basin, including audits,
tailing piles, mill sites, and processing facilities,
their location, key contaminants, their concentra-
tions and loading rates, and other information perti-
nent to evaluation and prioritization;
(3) provide for the cleanup of mining contami-
nated sites or areas and the restoration of damaged
natural resources on public lands or land acquired to
be restored in the Basin;
(4) develop and implement stream and river
restoration plans which would involve the rebuilding
of stream structure, placement of wood debris, habi-
tat structures, and habitat rocks, stabilization of
banks, and riparian plantings in the Basin;
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(5) provide for monitoring of restored areas in
order to document the effectiveness of the restora-
tion and identify any residual problems not suffi-
ciently corrected;
(6) cooperatively with the other land managing
and public health agencies, the Coeur d’Alene Indian
tribe, regulators, and land owners, develop and im-
plement a land management plan for the public
lands and other lands in the Basin to reduce human
health and environmental risks;
(7) develop and maintain cooperatively an inte-
grated computerized geographical information sys-
tem of cultural and ecological resources, location of
source and contaminated areas, and records of res-
toration and management activities to ensure long-
term coordinated management within the Basin;
(8) working with the Forest Service, Fish and
Wildlife Service, Idaho Department of Fish and
Game, the Coeur d’Alene Indian tribe, and other
wildlife interests, develop wildlife and fishery habitat
management plans for the streams, river, lakes, and
wetlands in the Basin, including development of co-
operative wildlife management areas;
(9) provide for monitoring of wildlife manage-
ment areas in the Basin for effectiveness of wildlife
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improvements and restoration and management ac-
tivities;
(10) working with the Forest Service, Idaho
Departments of Fish and Game and Parks and
Recreation, public health agencies, the Coeur
d’Alene Indian tribe, and other public recreation in-
terests develop an integrated public recreation man-
agement plan for the Basin to provide public infor-
mation and minimize recreational health risks; and
(11) develop and implement a lake and river in-
formation program to provide public use and health
risk information in the Basin along with the recre-
ation management and maintenance of public land
sites.
(b) POWERS OF BLM.—To accomplish the purposes
of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a), the Di-
rector of the United States Bureau of Land Management
is authorized to carry out activities related to—
(1) data collection and other inventory of min-
ing waste source areas and contaminated lands;
(2) data management of resource information,
restoration activities, and monitoring and manage-
ment data;
(3) accepting or acquiring mining contaminated
lands to restore and manage for the purpose of mini-
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mizing long-term human health and natural resource
risks;
(4) design, engineering, construction, and main-
tenance of restoration projects and management fa-
cilities;
(5) design, oversee construction, and manage-
ment of repositories for mine waste and mine con-
taminated soil needed for restoration activities;
(6) lake and river information program, public
use information, and recreation use supervision;
(7) long-term restoration and land management
plans for contaminated and restored lands; and
(8) providing long-term maintenance and man-
agement of restored public lands.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 to carry out subsections (a)
and (b) of this section.
SEC. 5. EXEMPTION FROM CERCLA LIABILITY.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the De-
partment of the Interior shall be specifically exempted
from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 for ac-
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tions taken under this Act, including any amendment
made by this Act.
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