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This Act may be cited as the ''San Francisco Bay Shipping and
Fisheries Enhancement Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:
(1) San Francisco Bay is a vital environmental, industrial,
and recreational resource to the San Francisco Bay area and to
the Nation.
(2) Over 800 tank vessels enter San Francisco Bay each
year, carrying hundreds of millions of gallons of oil and other
hazardous substances.
(3) The small oil spill of October 28, 1996, showed that
current safeguards against oil pollution are inadequate, and
that even small oil spills in San Francisco Bay are both costly
to mitigate and harmful to the environment, including fish,
mammals, and birds.
(4) Because of the bathymetry of San Francisco Bay, the
Coast Guard has been unable to make needed improvements in the
routing of tankers and other deep draft vessels.
(5) The presence of multiple underwater hazards less than
40 feet below the surface and in close proximity to shipping
lanes, combined with increased traffic of tankers with drafts
in excess of 45 feet, significantly increase the likelihood of
collisions that would result in the release of substantial
amounts of oil or other hazardous substances, severely damaging
both the economy and the environment of the San Francisco Bay
area.
(6) Removing hazards to navigation to allow greater
separation of vessels carrying oil or other hazardous
substances is a simple and economical step that can be taken to
reduce substantially the risk of oil pollution, improve the
safety of navigation, and reduce threats to the fish, wildlife,
and environment of San Francisco Bay.

SEC. 3. NAVIGATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army shall develop and carry
out in accordance with this section a navigation project in San
Francisco Bay, California, to remove underwater hazards to navigation
in the vicinity of Alcatraz Island.
(b) Rerouting of Vessel Traffic.--The Secretary shall design the
navigation project under this section to facilitate the rerouting of
vessel traffic in San Francisco Bay to minimize the risk of an oil or
hazardous substance spill resulting from collisions between vessels or
with an underwater hazard.
(c) Minimization of Impact.--In developing and carrying out the
navigation project under this section, the Secretary shall minimize, to
the maximum extent practicable, impacts on the environment and on
commercial and recreational fisheries.
(d) Plan.--
(1) General requirement.--In consultation with appropriate
Federal, State, and local government agencies and in accordance
with applicable Federal and State environmental laws, the
Secretary shall develop a plan for implementation of the
navigation project under this section.
(2) Contents.--The plan shall include initial design and
engineering, underwater hazard removal, and, if needed,
environmental mitigation.
(3) Target dates.--
(A) Feasibility study.--The first phase of the plan
shall be completed within 1 year of the date of the
enactment of this Act and shall consist of a
feasibility study for the project described in
subsection (a). The feasibility study shall include
scoping, development of alternative designs for the
project, cost/benefit analysis, and selection of final
project design. In conducting the cost/benefit analysis
and selecting a final project design, the Secretary
shall consider the economic and environmental benefits
of oil spill aversion reasonably to be expected from
the completion of the project.
(B) Implementation.--The second phase of the plan
shall be completed not later than 3 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act and shall consist of
underwater hazard removal, transportation, and disposal
of the removed material in accordance with the final
project design.
(C) Mitigation and monitoring.--The final phase of
the plan shall consist of any mitigation needed due to
environmental impacts, and environmental monitoring of
removal, disposal, and mitigation sites (if different
from the disposal site or sites), shall commence as
soon as is practicable after the completion of the
implementation phase, and shall continue for not less
than 5 years thereafter.
(e) Non-Federal Participation.--The non-Federal share of the cost
of developing and carrying out the project under this section shall be
25 percent.
(f) Reports to Congress.--Not later than the last day of each of
the time periods referred to in subsection (d)(3), the Secretary shall
report to Congress on the progress being made toward development and
implementation of the project under this section.

SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF NAVIGATION LANES.

The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall modify navigation lanes and
reroute vessel traffic after the completion of the second phase of the
navigation project required by section 3 to improve the safety and
efficiency of vessel traffic in San Francisco Bay, California. In
carrying out this section, the Commandant shall develop a vessel
routing program that minimizes the risk of an oil or hazardous
substance spill in San Francisco Bay.

SEC. 5. OIL SPILL RISK ASSESSMENT.

(a) Survey.--In consultation with the Federal Maritime
Administration, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall survey vessels
owned by, or operated under contract for, the Federal Maritime
Administration for risks for oil spills or other hazards to human
health or the environment.
(b) Standards and Procedures.--In surveying vessels under this
section, the Commandant shall use the same standards and procedures as
are used in inspecting similarly situated private vessels.
(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Commandant shall submit to Congress and the
Administrator of the Federal Maritime Administration a report
describing any oil spill risks determined in the survey conducted under
this section and making recommendations for corrective actions for such
risks, including estimates of the costs of those actions.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

For fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1997, there are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Army and the
Commandant of the Coast Guard such sums as may be necessary to carry
out their respective duties under this Act. Such sums shall remain
available until expended.
Student:
San Francisco Bay Shipping and Fisheries Enhancement Act of 1997 - Requires: (1) a navigation project in San Francisco Bay, California, to remove underwater hazards to navigation near Alcatraz Island; (2) modification of navigation lanes and rerouting of vessel traffic to improve safety and efficiency; and (3) a survey of vessels owned by, or operated under contract for, the Maritime Administration for risks for oil spills or other hazards to human health or the environment. Authorizes appropriations.