(b) DIRECTOR; STAFF.—The Program shall be head-
ed by a Director and shall be staffed by not less than 2 
persons in addition to the Director. 
(c) PURPOSE.—The Program shall provide staff and 
support services to the Management Conference and the 
Technical Advisory Committee. 
SEC. 103. ENVIRONMENTAL AND POLLUTION CONTROL RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM. 
(a) RESEARCH PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator, act-
ing through the Director of the Program, shall es-
tablish a multidisciplinary environmental research 
program for the Lower Colorado River. 
(2) GRANTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—For the purposes of 
carrying out this subsection, the Administrator 
may make grants to State water pollution con-
trol agencies, other public or nonprofit agencies, 
institutions, organizations, and individuals to 
conduct environmental and pollution control 
projects in the Lower Colorado River Basin. 
(B) LIMITATIONS.— 
(i) AMOUNT FOR LESS THAN 45 PER-
CENT COST SHARE.—The amount of any 
such grant for which the non-Federal con-
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tribution to the total project cost is less 
than 45 percent may not exceed $50,000 
per year. 
(ii) OTHER.—The amount of any such 
grant for which the non-Federal contribu-
tion to the total project cost is 45 percent 
or more may not exceed $100,000 per 
year. 
(iii) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The 
value of in-kind contributions may be in-
cluded in the calculation of non-Federal 
contributions to project costs. 
(b) PRIORITY.—In selecting projects to carry out the 
program established under subsection (a), the Adminis-
trator shall give priority to a project that meets one or 
more of the following: 
(1) Monitors emerging pollution problems that 
pose a potentially high level of risk to human health 
in the judgment of the Administrator or studies 
methods of remediating such problems in the Lower 
Colorado River. Projects can address emerging pol-
lution problems in the Upper Colorado River that 
might reasonably be expected to pose a threat to the 
Lower Colorado River. 
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(2) Monitors contamination by or studies meth-
ods of remediating contamination by pharmaceutical 
and personal care products and endocrine disrupting 
compounds in the Lower Colorado River, the effects 
of these compounds on the ecosystem of the Lower 
Colorado River, and the risk to human health due 
the presence of these contaminants in the Lower 
Colorado River. 
(3) Evaluates the effect of, or studies methods 
of preventing, reducing, or eliminating, nonpoint 
source pollution, including increased sedimentation, 
due to enhanced stormwater run-off created by 
human disturbance of the natural landscape, includ-
ing from agricultural activities, mining activities, 
construction activities, and man-made impermeable 
surfaces. 
(4) Monitors the distribution of, or studies 
means of reducing or eliminating, quagga mussels in 
the Lower Colorado River or any other organism or 
pollutant that threatens infrastructure in and along 
the Lower Colorado River. 
(5) Uses an innovative approach, technique, or 
technology that may provide greater environmental 
benefits or equivalent environmental benefits at a re-
duced cost. 
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SEC. 104. LOWER COLORADO RIVER POLLUTION ELIMI-
NATION 
AND 
ECOSYSTEM 
RESTORATION 
PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Management Con-
ference shall publish the Lower Colorado River Pollution 
Elimination and Ecosystem Restoration Plan, which shall 
be a comprehensive pollution prevention, reduction, elimi-
nation, and ecosystem restoration plan for the Lower Colo-
rado River. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The Plan shall— 
(1) identify corrective actions and compliance 
schedules addressing point and nonpoint sources of 
nitrate pollution and other pollution necessary to 
maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integ-
rity of water quality; 
(2) incorporate environmental management con-
cepts and programs established in State and Federal 
plans and programs in effect at the time of the de-
velopment of the Plan; 
(3) clarify the duties of Federal and State 
agencies in pollution prevention and control activi-
ties; 
(4) describe the methods and schedules for 
funding of programs, activities, and projects identi-
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fied in the Plan, including the use of Federal funds 
and other sources of funds; 
(5) include a strategy for pollution prevention 
and management practices to reduce the amount of 
pollution generated in the Lower Colorado River 
Basin and maintain the ecosystem health of the 
Lower Colorado River; and 
(6) be reviewed and revised, as necessary, at 
least once every 5 years in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator and other appropriate Federal agencies. 
(c) PUBLIC REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in co-
operation with the Management Conference, shall 
provide for public review and comment on the draft 
Plan. 
(2) PUBLIC
MEETINGS.—At a minimum, the 
Management Conference shall conduct 1 public 
meeting in each of Arizona, California, and Nevada 
to hear comments on the draft Plan. 
(d) APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE PLAN.— 
(1) DEADLINE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 
days after the publication of the Plan, the Ad-
ministrator shall either approve or disapprove 
the Plan. 
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