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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2803', '§ 503', '§ 501', '§ 2', '§ 1311', '§ 1447']

33 U.S. Code § 2803 - Comprehensive Coastal Water Quality Monitoring Program | LII / Legal Information Institute
Authority; joint implementation (1)
Program elements The Comprehensive Coastal Water Quality Monitoring Program shall include, but not be limited to—
ambient water quality, including contaminant levels in relation to criteria and standards issued pursuant to title III or [1]
health and quality of living resources.
Monitoring guidelines and protocols (1)
Guidelines Not later than 18 months after October 29, 1992, the Administrator and the Under Secretary shall jointly issue coastal water quality monitoring guidelines to assist in the development and implementation of coastal water quality monitoring programs. The guidelines shall—
Technical protocols Guidelines issued under paragraph (1) shall include protocols for—
designing statistically valid coastal water quality monitoring networks and monitoring surveys, including assessment of the accumulation of floatables.
Periodic review The Administrator and the Under Secretary shall periodically review the guidelines and protocols issued under this subsection to evaluate their effectiveness, the degree to which they continue to answer program objectives and provide an appropriate degree of uniformity while taking local conditions into account, and any need to modify or supplement them with new guidelines and protocols, as needed.
Discharge permit data The Administrator or a State permitting authority shall ensure that compliance monitoring conducted pursuant to section 402(a)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342
(a)(2)) for permits for discharges to coastal waters is consistent with the guidelines issued under this subsection. Any modifications of discharge permits necessary to implement this subsection shall be deemed to be minor modifications of such permit. Nothing in this subsection requires dischargers to conduct monitoring other than compliance monitoring pursuant to permits under section 402(a)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342
Intensive coastal water quality monitoring programs (1)
In general The Comprehensive Coastal Water Quality Monitoring Program established pursuant to this section shall include intensive coastal water quality monitoring programs developed under this subsection.
Designation of intensive monitoring areas Not later than 24 months after October 29, 1992, and periodically thereafter, the Administrator and the Under Secretary shall, based on recommendations by the National Research Council, jointly designate coastal areas to be intensively monitored.
Identification of suitable coastal areas (A)
Intensive coastal water quality monitoring programs Each intensive coastal water quality monitoring program developed pursuant to this subsection shall—
Criteria for monitoring Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays In addition to the criteria listed in paragraph (4), the intensive monitoring program for Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays shall establish baseline data on environmental phenomena (such as quantity of bacteria and quality of indigenous species, and swimmability) and determine the ecological impacts resulting from major point source discharges.
Memorandum of Understanding Prior to implementing any intensive coastal water quality monitoring program under this subsection, the Administrator and the Under Secretary shall enter into a Memorandum of Understanding to implement the intensive coastal water quality monitoring programs and may extend the memorandum [3]
Comprehensive Implementation Strategy (1)
In general Within 1 year after October 29, 1992, the Administrator and the Under Secretary shall jointly submit to Congress a Comprehensive Implementation Strategy identifying the current and planned activities to implement the Comprehensive Coastal Monitoring Program pursuant to this section.
Consultation The Administrator and the Under Secretary shall consult with the National Academy of Sciences, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Director of the Minerals Management Service, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of Agriculture, the heads of any other relevant Federal or regional agencies, and the Governors of coastal States in developing the Strategy.
Public comment Not less than 3 months before submitting the Strategy to Congress, the Administrator and the Under Secretary shall jointly publish a draft version of the Strategy in the Federal Register and shall solicit public comments regarding the Strategy.
Memorandum of Understanding Within 1 year after submission of the Strategy under paragraph (1), the Administrator and the Under Secretary shall enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with appropriate Federal agencies necessary to effect the coordination of Federal coastal monitoring programs. The Memorandum of Understanding shall identify the monitoring and reporting responsibilities of each agency and shall encourage the coordination of monitoring activities where possible.
(Pub. L. 92–532, title V, § 503, as added Pub. L. 102–567, title V, § 501,Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4294.)
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, § 2,Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816. Title III of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1311 et seq.) of chapter 26 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of this title and Tables.
Title IV of this Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(3)(B), is title IV of Pub. L. 92–532which is classified generally to chapter 32A (§ 1447 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation.