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Category: Agriculture (US Code)World > United States > US Code > Agriculture (US Code)Sec.5401.Establishment of Agricultural Council on Environmental Quality.5402.Office of Agricultural Environmental Quality.5403.Environmental Quality Policy Statement.5404.Good Neighbor Environmental Board.5405.Agricultural air quality research oversight. Contents
1 §5401. Establishment of Agricultural Council on Environmental Quality
1.1 (a) Establishment
1.2 (b) Membership
2 §5402. Office of Agricultural Environmental Quality
2.1 (a) Establishment
2.2 (b) Director
2.3 (c) Staff
2.4 (1) Appointments
2.5 (2) Liaisons
2.6 (3) Additional staff
2.7 (d) Duties of Director
2.8 (1) In general
2.9 (2) Additional duties
3 §5403. Environmental Quality Policy Statement
3.1 (a) Environmental Quality Policy Statement, implementation plan, and annual report
3.2 (1) Policy statement
3.3 (2) Assessment
3.4 (b) Implementation plan
3.5 (c) Annual environmental quality report
3.6 (d) Authorization of appropriations
3.8 Effective Date of 1991 Amendment
3.9 Termination of Reporting Requirements
4 §5404. Good Neighbor Environmental Board
4.1 (a) Establishment
4.2 (b) Purpose
4.3 (c) Membership
4.4 (d) Annual reports to President and Congress
4.5 (1) In general
4.6 (2) Transmission of copies to Board members
4.7 Codification
4.8 Delegation of Authority
4.9 Termination of Advisory Boards
5 §5405. Agricultural air quality research oversight
5.1 (a) Findings
5.2 (b) Purpose
5.3 (c) Oversight coordination
5.4 (1) Intergovernmental cooperation
5.5 (2) Correct data
5.6 (d) Task force
5.7 (1) Establishment
5.8 (2) Composition
5.9 (3) Duties
§5401. Establishment of Agricultural Council on Environmental Quality
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, §1471, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3619.)
§5402. Office of Agricultural Environmental Quality
The Secretary shall establish an Office of Agricultural Environmental Quality in the Department of Agriculture (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the “Office”).
The Office shall be administered by a director who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Director shall be an individual who has demonstrated technical expertise and experience in agricultural and environmental matters.
The Director may appoint such employees as may be necessary to assist the Director in carrying out this section. Such employees shall include individuals who have professional expertise in matters related to environmental quality, including (but not limited to) agricultural production, water quality, wetland, wildlife conservation, soil conservation, and agricultural chemical usage.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Interior shall detail to the Office upon request of the Secretary, on a reimbursable basis, at least one employee, respectively, with expertise in matters related to agriculture and environmental quality. Such detailed employees shall serve as a liaison for their respective agencies with the Department of Agriculture to assist the Director in carrying out the provisions of this section. The term of the detail shall not exceed 3 years.
Upon request of the Secretary, the head of any Federal agency is authorized to detail, on a reimbursable basis, employees of such agency to the Office to assist the Director.
(d) Duties of Director
The Director shall assist the Council in developing a departmental and agency-specific environmental quality policy statement and implementation plan and an annual agricultural environmental quality report, as specified in section 5403 of this title. The Director shall coordinate and monitor the activities of the Department regarding initiatives and programs related to environmental quality and the interpretation of departmental policies affecting environmental quality. The Director shall serve as a member of the Council and as its Executive Director.
(2) Additional duties
The Director shall also be responsible for—
(A) recommending to the Council environmental protection goals and specific programs, initiatives, and policies that will balance the needs of production agriculture with environmental concerns;
(B) providing advice to the Council on the development, implementation, and review of activities of agencies of the Department to ensure consistency with the Department's environmental protection goals;
(C) coordinating environmental policy within the Department through the program managers, and between the Department and other Federal agencies, regional authorities, State and local governments, land-grant and other colleges and universities, and nonprofit and commercial organizations, regarding programs and actions relating to environmental quality;
(D) serving as a coordinator for the Department's data, information, programs, and initiatives dealing with environmental quality;
(E) developing the plans and reports required as specified by this chapter; and
(F) providing such staff as may be necessary to support the activities of the Council.
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, §1472, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3619.)
(Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, §1473, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3620; Pub. L. 102–237, title II, §201(d), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1847.)
1991—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102–237, §201(d)(1), substituted “paragraph (2)” for “subparagraph (B)”.
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 102–237, §201(d)(2), substituted “paragraph (1)” for “subparagraph (A)” in introductory provisions.
§5404. Good Neighbor Environmental Board
The President shall establish an advisory board to be known as the Good Neighbor Environmental Board (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Board”).
The purpose of the Board shall be to advise the President and the Congress on the need for implementation of environmental and infrastructure projects (including projects that affect agriculture, rural development, and human nutrition) within the States of the United States contiguous to Mexico in order to improve the quality of life of persons residing on the United States side of the border.
(1) representatives from the United States Government, including a representative from the Department of Agriculture and representatives from other appropriate agencies;
(2) representatives from the governments of the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas; and
(3) representatives from private organizations, including community development, academic, health, environmental, and other nongovernmental entities with experience and expertise on environmental and infrastructure problems along the southwest border.
(d) Annual reports to President and Congress
The Board shall submit to the President and the Congress of the United States an annual report on—
(A) the environmental and infrastructure projects referred to in subsection (a) of this section that have been implemented, and
(B) the need for the implementation of additional environmental and infrastructure projects.
(2) Transmission of copies to Board members
(A) transmit to each member of the Board a copy of any report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) at least 14 days before its submission, and
(B) allow each member of the Board to have 14 days within which to prepare and submit supplemental views with respect to the recommendations of the Board for inclusion in such report.
(Pub. L. 102–532, §6, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3513.)
Section was enacted as part of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative Act of 1992, and not as part of subtitle F (§1471 et seq.) of title XIV of Pub. L. 101–624 which comprises this chapter.
Authority of President under this section delegated to Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency by section 10 of Ex. Ord. No. 12916, May 13, 1994, 59 F.R. 25780, set out as a note under section 3473 of Title 19, Customs Duties.
§5405. Agricultural air quality research oversight
(1) various studies have alleged that agriculture is a source of PM–10 emissions;
(2) many of these studies have often been based on erroneous data;
(3) Federal research activities are currently being conducted by the Department of Agriculture to determine the true extent to which agricultural activities contribute to air pollution and to determine cost-effective ways in which the agricultural industry can reduce any pollution that exists; and
(4) any Federal policy recommendations that may be issued by any Federal agency to address air pollution problems related to agriculture or any other industrial activity should be based on sound scientific findings that are subject to adequate peer review and should take into account economic feasibility.
(c) Oversight coordination
(1) Intergovernmental cooperation
(2) Correct data
(d) Task force
(Pub. L. 104–127, title III, §391, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1025.)
Section was enacted as part of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, and not as part of subtitle F (§1471 et seq.) of title XIV of Pub. L. 101–624 which comprises this chapter.
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