§ 1269. — Long Island Sound.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1269]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Sec. 1269. Long Island Sound
(a) Office of Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study
The Administrator shall continue the Management Conference of the
Long Island Sound Study (hereinafter referred to as the ``Conference'')
as established pursuant to section 1330 of this title, and shall
establish an office (hereinafter referred to as the ``Office'') to be
located on or near Long Island Sound.
(b) Administration and staffing of Office
The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be detailed by
the Administrator, following consultation with the Administrators of EPA
regions I and II, from among the employees of the Agency who are in
civil service. The Administrator shall delegate to the Director such
authority and detail such additional staff as may be necessary to carry
out the duties of the Director under this section.
(c) Duties of Office
The Office shall assist the Management Conference of the Long Island
Sound Study in carrying out its goals. Specifically, the Office shall--
(1) assist and support the implementation of the Comprehensive
Conservation and Management Plan for Long Island Sound developed
pursuant to section 1330 of this title, including efforts to
establish, within the process for granting watershed general
permits, a system for promoting innovative methodologies and
technologies that are cost-effective and consistent with the goals
of the Plan;
(2) conduct or commission studies deemed necessary for
strengthened implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and
Management Plan including, but not limited to--
(A) population growth and the adequacy of wastewater
treatment facilities,
(B) the use of biological methods for nutrient removal in
sewage treatment plants,
(C) contaminated sediments, and dredging activities,
(D) nonpoint source pollution abatement and land use
activities in the Long Island Sound watershed,
(E) wetland protection and restoration,
(F) atmospheric deposition of acidic and other pollutants
into Long Island Sound,
(G) water quality requirements to sustain fish, shellfish,
and wildlife populations, and the use of indicator species to
assess environmental quality,
(H) State water quality programs, for their adequacy
pursuant to implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and
Management Plan, and
(I) options for long-term financing of wastewater treatment
projects and water pollution control programs.
(3) coordinate the grant, research and planning programs
authorized under this section;
(4) coordinate activities and implementation responsibilities
with other Federal agencies which have jurisdiction over Long Island
Sound and with national and regional marine monitoring and research
programs established pursuant to the Marine Protection, Research,
and Sanctuaries Act [16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq., 1447 et seq.; 33 U.S.C.
1401 et seq., 2801 et seq.];
(5) provide administrative and technical support to the
conference;
(6) collect and make available to the public publications, and
other forms of information the conference determines to be
appropriate, relating to the environmental quality of Long Island
Sound;
(7) not more than two years after the date of the issuance of
the final Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Long
Island Sound under section 1330 of this title, and biennially
thereafter, issue a report to the Congress which--
(A) summarizes the progress made by the States in
implementing the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan;
(B) summarizes any modifications to the Comprehensive
Conservation and Management Plan in the twelve-month period
immediately preceding such report; and
(C) incorporates specific recommendations concerning the
implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management
Plan; and
(8) convene conferences and meetings for legislators from State
governments and political subdivisions thereof for the purpose of
making recommendations for coordinating legislative efforts to
facilitate the environmental restoration of Long Island Sound and
the implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management
Plan.
(d) Grants
(1) The Administrator is authorized to make grants for projects and
studies which will help implement the Long Island Sound Comprehensive
Conservation and Management Plan. Special emphasis shall be given to
implementation, research and planning, enforcement, and citizen
involvement and education.
(2) State, interstate, and regional water pollution control
agencies, and other public or nonprofit private agencies, institutions,
and organizations held to be eligible for grants pursuant to this
subsection.
(3) Citizen involvement and citizen education grants under this
subsection shall not exceed 95 per centum of the costs of such work. All
other grants under this subsection shall not exceed 50 per centum of the
research, studies, or work. All grants shall be made on the condition
that the non-Federal share of such costs are provided from non-Federal
sources.
(e) Assistance to distressed communities
(1) Eligible communities
For the purposes of this subsection, a distressed community is
any community that meets affordability criteria established by the
State in which the community is located, if such criteria are
developed after public review and comment.
(2) Priority
In making assistance available under this section for the
upgrading of wastewater treatment facilities, the Administrator may
give priority to a distressed community.
(f) Authorizations
(1) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator for
the implementation of this section, other than subsection (d) of this
section, such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2001
through 2005.
(2) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator for
the implementation of subsection (d) of this section not to exceed
$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title I, Sec. 119, as added Pub. L. 101-596,
title II, Sec. 202, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3004; amended Pub. L. 104-
303, title V, Sec. 583, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3791; Pub. L. 106-457,
title IV, Secs. 402--404, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1973.)
References in Text
The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act, referred to in
subsec. (c)(4), probably means the Marine Protection, Research, and
Sanctuaries Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92-532, Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1052,
as amended, which is classified generally to chapters 32 (Sec. 1431 et
seq.) and 32A (Sec. 1447 et seq.) of Title 16, Conservation, and
chapters 27 (Sec. 1401 et seq.) and 41 (Sec. 2801 et seq.) of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 1401 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 106-457, Sec. 402, inserted before
semicolon at end ``, including efforts to establish, within the process
for granting watershed general permits, a system for promoting
innovative methodologies and technologies that are cost-effective and
consistent with the goals of the Plan''.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106-457, Sec. 403(2), added subsec. (e). Former
subsec. (e) redesignated (f).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106-457, Secs. 403(1), 404, redesignated
subsec. (e) as (f) and substituted ``2001 through 2005'' for ``1991
through 2001'' in par. (1) and ``not to exceed $40,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2001 through 2005'' for ``not to exceed $3,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 1991 through 2001'' in par. (2).
1996--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-303 substituted ``2001'' for ``1996''
in pars. (1) and (2).
