33 U.S.C. § 1324 : US Code - Section 1324: Clean lakes

Search 33 U.S.C. § 1324 : US Code - Section 1324: Clean lakes

(a) Establishment and scope of program
(1) State program requirements
Each State on a biennial basis shall prepare and submit to the
Administrator for his approval -
(A) an identification and classification according to
eutrophic condition of all publicly owned lakes in such State;
(B) a description of procedures, processes, and methods
(including land use requirements), to control sources of
pollution of such lakes;
(C) a description of methods and procedures, in conjunction
with appropriate Federal agencies, to restore the quality of
such lakes;
(D) methods and procedures to mitigate the harmful effects of
high acidity, including innovative methods of neutralizing and
restoring buffering capacity of lakes and methods of removing
from lakes toxic metals and other toxic substances mobilized by
high acidity;
(E) a list and description of those publicly owned lakes in
such State for which uses are known to be impaired, including
those lakes which are known not to meet applicable water
quality standards or which require implementation of control
programs to maintain compliance with applicable standards and
those lakes in which water quality has deteriorated as a result
of high acidity that may reasonably be due to acid deposition;
and
(F) an assessment of the status and trends of water quality
in lakes in such State, including but not limited to, the
nature and extent of pollution loading from point and nonpoint
sources and the extent to which the use of lakes is impaired as
a result of such pollution, particularly with respect to toxic
pollution.
(2) Submission as part of 1315(b)(1) report
The information required under paragraph (1) shall be included
in the report required under section 1315(b)(1) of this title,
beginning with the report required under such section by April 1,
1988.
(3) Report of Administrator
Not later than 180 days after receipt from the States of the
biennial information required under paragraph (1), the
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Public Works and
Transportation of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the
status of water quality in lakes in the United States, including
the effectiveness of the methods and procedures described in
paragraph (1)(D).
(4) Eligibility requirement
Beginning after April 1, 1988, a State must have submitted the
information required under paragraph (1) in order to receive
grant assistance under this section.
(b) Financial assistance to States
The Administrator shall provide financial assistance to States in
order to carry out methods and procedures approved by him under
subsection (a) of this section. The Administrator shall provide
financial assistance to States to prepare the identification and
classification surveys required in subsection (a)(1) of this
section.
(c) Maximum amount of grant; authorization of appropriations
(1) The amount granted to any State for any fiscal year under
subsection (b) of this section shall not exceed 70 per centum of
the funds expended by such State in such year for carrying out
approved methods and procedures under subsection (a) of this
section.
(2) There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2001 through 2005 for grants to States under
subsection (b) of this section which such sums shall remain
available until expended. The Administrator shall provide for an
equitable distribution of such sums to the States with approved
methods and procedures under subsection (a) of this section.
(d) Demonstration program
(1) General requirements
The Administrator is authorized and directed to establish and
conduct at locations throughout the Nation a lake water quality
demonstration program. The program shall, at a minimum -
(A) develop cost effective technologies for the control of
pollutants to preserve or enhance lake water quality while
optimizing multiple lakes uses;
(B) control nonpoint sources of pollution which are
contributing to the degradation of water quality in lakes;
(C) evaluate the feasibility of implementing regional
consolidated pollution control strategies;
(D) demonstrate environmentally preferred techniques for the
removal and disposal of contaminated lake sediments;
(E) develop improved methods for the removal of silt, stumps,
aquatic growth, and other obstructions which impair the quality
of lakes;
(F) construct and evaluate silt traps and other devices or
equipment to prevent or abate the deposit of sediment in lakes;
and
(G) demonstrate the costs and benefits of utilizing dredged
material from lakes in the reclamation of despoiled land.
(2) Geographical requirements
Demonstration projects authorized by this subsection shall be
undertaken to reflect a variety of geographical and environmental
conditions. As a priority, the Administrator shall undertake
demonstration projects at Lake Champlain, New York and Vermont;
Lake Houston, Texas; Beaver Lake, Arkansas; Greenwood Lake and
Belcher Creek, New Jersey; Deal Lake, New Jersey; Alcyon Lake,
New Jersey; Gorton's Pond, Rhode Island; Lake Washington, Rhode
Island; Lake Bomoseen, Vermont; Sauk Lake, Minnesota; Otsego
Lake, New York; Oneida Lake, New York; Raystown Lake,
Pennsylvania; Swan Lake, Itasca County, Minnesota; Walker Lake,
Nevada; Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada; Ten Mile Lakes,
Oregon; Woahink Lake, Oregon; Highland Lake, Connecticut; Lily
Lake, New Jersey; Strawbridge Lake, New Jersey; Baboosic Lake,
New Hampshire; French Pond, New Hampshire; Dillon Reservoir,
Ohio; Tohopekaliga Lake, Florida; Lake Apopka, Florida; Lake
George, New York; Lake Wallenpaupack, Pennsylvania; Lake
Allatoona, Georgia; and Lake Worth, Texas.
(3) Reports
Notwithstanding section 3003 of the Federal Reports Elimination
and Sunset Act of 1995 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note; 109 Stat. 734-736),
by January 1, 1997, and January 1 of every odd-numbered year
thereafter, the Administrator shall report to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate
on work undertaken pursuant to this subsection. Upon completion
of the program authorized by this subsection, the Administrator
shall submit to such committees a final report on the results of
such program, along with recommendations for further measures to
improve the water quality of the Nation's lakes.
(4) Authorization of appropriations
(A) In general
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
subsection not to exceed $40,000,000 for fiscal years beginning
after September 30, 1986, to remain available until expended.
(B) Special authorizations
(i) Amount
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out
subsection (b) of this section with respect to subsection
(a)(1)(D) of this section not to exceed $25,000,000 for
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, to remain
available until expended.
(ii) Distribution of funds
The Administrator shall provide for an equitable
distribution of sums appropriated pursuant to this
subparagraph among States carrying out approved methods and
procedures. Such distribution shall be based on the relative
needs of each such State for the mitigation of the harmful
effects on lakes and other surface waters of high acidity
that may reasonably be due to acid deposition or acid mine
drainage.
(iii) Grants as additional assistance
The amount of any grant to a State under this subparagraph
shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other
Federal financial assistance.