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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2279
To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to
make grants to the States of New York and Connecticut for the purpose
of demonstrating methods of improving water quality in Long Island
Sound.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 7, 1995
Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. MANTON, Mr.
KING, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr.
FRISA, Mr. FORBES, Mr. LAZIO of New York, and Mrs. LOWEY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to make grants to the States of New York
and Connecticut for the purpose of demonstrating meth-
ods of improving water quality in Long Island Sound.
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 ‘‘Long Island Sound
Restoration Act’’.
SEC. 2. LONG ISLAND SOUND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall carry out
a demonstration program under which the Administrator
may make grants on an annual basis to the States of New
York and Connecticut in accordance with this section.
(b) PURPOSES.—The Administrator shall carry out
the program under subsection (a)—
(1) to demonstrate methods of restoring and
maintaining the water quality of designated bays
and harbors of Long Island Sound at which water
quality standards adopted pursuant to section 303
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act have not
been achieved or at which other significant water
quality degradation has occurred;
(2) to demonstrate the importance of control-
ling nonpoint sources of pollution in restoring and
maintaining water quality;
(3) to enhance opportunities for water-depend-
ent recreational activities, maintain a healthy eco-
system, protect and enhance marine life, minimize
health risks associated with human consumption of
shellfish and finfish, and ensure that social and eco-
nomic benefits to the general public associated with
Long Island Sound are advanced; and
(4) to advance goals and recommendations con-
tained in the Comprehensive Conservation and Man-
agement Plan of the Long Island Sound Study de-
veloped pursuant to section 320 of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act.
(c) DESIGNATION OF BAYS AND HARBORS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to re-
ceive grants under subsection (a), the States of New
York and Connecticut shall each designate in accord-
ance with paragraphs (2) and (3) bays and harbors
of Long Island Sound at which the State plans to
carry out eligible activities with amounts of such
grants and transmit such designations to the Admin-
istrator.
(2) DESIGNATIONS BY STATE OF NEW YORK.—
The State of New York shall designate pursuant to
paragraph (1) one bay or harbor in each of the fol-
lowing 4 political subdivisions of the State of New
York: Westchester County, Nassau County, Suffolk
County, and New York City.
(3) DESIGNATIONS
BY
STATE
OF
CONNECTI-
CUT.—The State of Connecticut shall designate pur-
suant to paragraph (1) one bay or harbor in 2 of the
following 4 political subdivisions of the State of Con-
necticut: Fairfield County, New Haven County, Mid-
dlesex County, and New London County.
(4) PARTICIPATION OF MANAGEMENT COMMIT-
TEE.—The States of New York and Connecticut
shall each make designations pursuant to paragraph
(1) in cooperation with the Management Committee
of the Long Island Sound Study established pursu-
ant to section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act.
(5) PARTICIPATION OF NEW YORK CITY.—The
State of New York shall designate a bay or harbor
in New York City pursuant to paragraph (1) in co-
operation with the Mayor of New York City (or the
designee of the Mayor).
(d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Administrator
may make a grant to a State under subsection (a) only
if the State enters into an agreement with the Adminis-
trator which contains the following terms and conditions
for receipt of the grant:
(1) USE
OF
GRANT.—Except as provided in
paragraph (3), all amounts of the grant shall be
used by the State—
(A) to carry out eligible activities and a
monitoring program pursuant to paragraph (4)
at bays and harbors designated by the State
pursuant to subsection (c); and
(B) to educate the public, in coordination
with the office established pursuant to section
119 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, on the implementation and results of such
eligible activities.
(2) DISTRIBUTION
OF
GRANTS
AMOUNTS.—
Equal amounts of the grant shall be used by the
State for conducting eligible activities at each bay
and harbor designated pursuant to subsection (c).
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Not to ex-
ceed 1.5 percent of the amount of the grant may be
used by the State for staff salaries and other admin-
istrative expenses incurred by the State in carrying
out activities with the grant.
(4) MONITORING.—The State shall design and
carry out a program for monitoring water quality at
bays and harbors designated pursuant to paragraph
(c) in order to determine the effectiveness of eligible
activities being conducted by the State using
amounts of the grant. Activities under such program
shall be reviewed and evaluated by the Long Island
Sound Study Scientific and Technical Advisory Com-
mittee and by the Long Island Sound Monitoring
Work Group.
(5) REPORTING.—The State shall comply with
reporting requirements contained in subsection (f).
(e) DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS.—The Administrator
shall use 2⁄3 of the amounts appropriated in a fiscal year
to carry out this Act for making grants to the State of
New York under subsection (a) and 1⁄3 of such amounts
for making grants to the State of Connecticut under sub-
section (a).
(f) REPORTS.—
(1) REPORTS
TO
THE
ADMINISTRATOR.—A
State receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall
transmit to the Administrator, not later than 18
months after the date of receipt of the grant and bi-
ennially thereafter for the term of the program
under subsection (a), a report on eligible activities
carried out by the State using amounts of the grant
and on the results of the monitoring program car-
ried out by the State pursuant to subsection (d)(4),
including a summary of evaluations conducted pur-
suant to subsection (d)(4). Any such report may be
transmitted as part of a report submitted by the
State pursuant to section 320(h) of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act.
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—On or before the
last day of the 5th fiscal year beginning after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator
shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of
the program conducted under subsection (a), to-
gether with an analysis on the extent to which the
purposes described in subsection (b)(3) have been
realized and recommendations for appropriate ad-
ministrative and legislative actions.
(g) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share
of the cost of activities carried out with amounts from
grants under subsection (a) in a fiscal year shall be 30
percent. One-sixth of such non-Federal share shall be pro-
vided by sources in the locality in which such activities
are carried out.
(h) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this Act, the
following definitions apply:
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.
(2) ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘eligible
activity’’ means an activity conducted for the pur-
pose of addressing one or more of the following
problems:
(A) 
POLLUTANTS
FROM
NONPOINT
SOURCES.—Urban and suburban runoff of pol-
lutants into Long Island Sound from forestry,
agriculture, and other land uses. Such pollut-
ants include sediments associated with logging,
pesticides, fertilizers, animal waste, litter, over-
flows from failing septic systems, leaching of
contaminants from landfills, and discharges
from coastal development and construction
sites.
(B) 
WASTE
FROM
RECREATIONAL
BOATS.—The discharge of waste into Long Is-
land Sound from recreational boats and the
leaching of antifouling paints.
(C) POLLUTANTS CARRIED BY RIVERS.—
Pollutants which are carried by rivers into Long
Island Sound.
(D) AIRBORNE
POLLUTANTS.—Airborne
pollutants which are emitted and attached to or
absorbed by moisture and particles in the envi-
ronment and which enter Long Island Sound.
(E) WETLANDS DEGRADATION.—The dete-
rioration of tidal wetlands of Long Island
Sound from their natural state and the adverse
effects of such deterioration on near-shore habi-
tat.
(F) POLLUTANTS FROM POINT SOURCES.—
Pollutants discharged into Long Island Sound
from a discharge pipe, sewage treatment plant,
or industrial facility.
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act
$50,000,000 per fiscal year for each of the first 5 fiscal
years beginning after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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