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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2565
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish lakewide man-
agement plans for the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 30, 1993
Mr. FINGERHUT (for himself, Mr. QUINN, Mr. STOKES, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr.
YATES, Mr. LAFALCE, and Mr. BARCIA of Michigan) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and
Transportation
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy to publish lakewide management plans for the Great
Lakes, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Great Lakes National
Program Act’’.
SEC. 2. LAKEWIDE MANAGEMENT PLANS.
Paragraph (4) of section 118(c) of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(4)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(4) LAKEWIDE MANAGEMENT PLANS.—
‘‘(A) DEADLINES.—
‘‘(i) LAKE MICHIGAN AND LAKE SUPE-
RIOR.—Not later than January 1, 1995,
the Administration shall publish in the
Federal Register the final Lakewide Man-
agement Plan for Lake Michigan and Lake
Superior.
‘‘(ii) LAKE ERIE, LAKE HURON, AND
LAKE ONTARIO.—Not later than January
1, 1998, the Administrator shall publish in
the Federal Register proposed Lakewide
Management Plans for Lake Erie, Lake
Huron, and Lake Ontario.
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each Lakewide Man-
agement Plan shall be consistent with the re-
quirements of Annex 2 of the Great Lakes
Water Quality Agreement, and shall—
‘‘(i) include an assessment of the envi-
ronmental condition of the lake, including
water and sediment quality and natural re-
sources;
‘‘(ii) identify—
‘‘(I) the pollutants that exceed
water or sediment quality standards
in the lake, describing the loadings of
the pollutants to the lake, including
conventional, non-conventional, and
toxic pollutants; and
‘‘(II) the point and nonpoint
sources of the pollutants;
‘‘(iii) provide a comprehensive protec-
tion plan recommending specific actions to
restore and maintain the chemical, phys-
ical, and biological integrity of the lake, in-
cluding—
‘‘(I) the specific measures to pro-
tect and maintain high quality waters;
and
‘‘(II) an identification of the re-
duction in loadings of pollutants iden-
tified in clause (ii) to ensure the res-
toration and attainment of water and
sediment quality standards, and the
protection and propagation of a bal-
anced indigenous population of fish,
shellfish, and wildlife and recreation
in and on the water; and
‘‘(iv) provide a schedule for imple-
menting recommended actions, including
the identification of the agencies and
sources responsible for implementing the
loading 
reductions, 
and 
the 
funding
sources to support the implementation.
‘‘(C) 
COOPERATION.—Each 
Lakewide
Management Plan shall be developed in co-
operation with—
‘‘(i) the State or States bordering the
lake, including the public in the State or
States;
‘‘(ii) appropriate representatives of
Canada; and
‘‘(iii) the Great Lakes Policy Commit-
tee.’’.
SEC. 3. SEDIMENT CLEANUP.
(a) REMOVAL
OF
TOXIC
POLLUTANTS.—Section
118(c)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1268(c)(7)) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraphs:
‘‘(D) 
FULL
SCALE
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Program Of-
fice shall conduct 5 full scale demonstra-
tion projects of promising technologies to
remedy contaminated sediments at such
sites as the Program Office determines are
appropriate.
‘‘(ii) SELECTION OF SITES.—In select-
ing sites for the demonstration projects,
the Program Office shall give priority con-
sideration to the sites referred to in sub-
paragraph (A).
‘‘(iii) DEADLINES.—The Program Of-
fice shall—
‘‘(I) not later than December 31,
1995, complete engineering plans for
the full scale demonstration projects
to be conducted under this subpara-
graph; and
‘‘(II) not later than December
31, 2000, complete the full scale dem-
onstration projects to be conducted
under this subparagraph.
‘‘(E) ASSESSMENTS
AND
PILOT
SCALE
DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—
‘‘(i) ASSESSMENTS.—
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Program
Office shall conduct chemical, phys-
ical, and biological assessments of
contaminated sediments at each area
of concern.
‘‘(II) 
RECOMMENDATIONS.—
Bases on the assessments, the Pro-
gram Office shall make recommenda-
tions on technologies to remedy con-
taminated sediments at each such
area.
‘‘(III) USE OF PREVIOUS FIND-
INGS.—In 
conducting 
the 
assess-
ments, the Program Office shall incor-
porate previous findings which are rel-
evant to the assessments and avoid
duplication of previous or ongoing ef-
forts.
‘‘(ii) PILOT
SCALE
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS.—If, after conducting assess-
ments under clause (i), the Program Office
does not have sufficient information to
make recommendations on technologies to
remedy contaminated sediments at an area
of concern, the Program Office shall obtain
such information by conducting a pilot
scale demonstration project of promising
technologies to remedy contaminated sedi-
ments at the area of concern.
‘‘(iii) DEADLINES.—The Program Of-
fice shall—
‘‘(I) not later than December 31,
1999, complete assessments of con-
taminated sediments to be conducted
under clause (i);
‘‘(II) not later than December
31, 1999, transmit to Congress (as
part of a comprehensive report re-
quired 
by 
paragraph 
(10)) 
rec-
ommendations made under clause (i)
on technologies to remedy contami-
nated sediments for those areas of
concern for which the Program Office
has sufficient information to make the
recommendations and a description of
pilot scale demonstration projects to
be conducted under clause (ii), includ-
ing the locations of such projects and
engineering plans for such projects;
and
‘‘(III) not later than December
31, 2001, complete all pilot scale dem-
onstration projects to be conducted
under clause (ii) and transmit to Con-
gress (as part of a comprehensive re-
port required by paragraph (10)) a
final report containing findings on ac-
tivities conducted under this subpara-
graph and recommendations for reme-
diation of contaminated sediments at
each area of concern.
‘‘(F) DISSEMINATION
OF
INFORMATION
AND
COORDINATION.—The Program Office
shall assist in and promote the dissemination of
information on technologies to remedy contami-
nated sediments at areas of concern, including
the dissemination of such information to Fed-
eral departments and agencies.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
Section 118(c) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the heading to paragraph (6), by striking
‘‘5-YEAR PLAN AND PROGRAM’’ and inserting ‘‘PLAN
AND PROGRAM’’;
(2) in the heading to paragraph (7), by striking
‘‘5-YEAR STUDY AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS’’
and 
inserting 
‘‘STUDY
AND
DEMONSTRATION
PROJECTS’’; and
(3) in paragraph (7)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A)
5-YEAR STUDY.—’’;
(B) by indenting subparagraph (A) and
aligning subparagraph (A) with subparagraph
(B);
(C) by striking ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B)
DEADLINES FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—
’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C)
PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Subsection (h) of section 118 of the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(h)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated for activities of the Pro-
gram Office $30,000,000 per fiscal year for each of fiscal
years 1994 through 2000. Such sums shall remain avail-
able until expended.’’.
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