33 U.S.C. § 2267 : US Code - Section 2267: New York Bight study

Search 33 U.S.C. § 2267 : US Code - Section 2267: New York Bight study

(a) Study authority
The Secretary shall study a hydro-environmental monitoring and
information system in the New York Bight in the form of a system
using computerized buoys and radio telemetry that allows for the
continual monitoring (at strategically located sites throughout the
New York Bight) of the following: wind, wave, current, salinity and
thermal gradients and sea chemistry, in order to measure the effect
of changes due to air and water pollution, including changes due to
continued dumping in the Bight.
(b) Study of physical hydraulic model
In addition, the Secretary shall study a proper physical
hydraulic model of the New York Bight and for such an offshore
model to be tied into the existing inshore physical hydraulic model
of the Port of New York and New Jersey operated by the United
States Army Corps of Engineers.
(c) Agency coordination; findings and recommendations
The Secretary shall coordinate fully with the Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency in carrying out the study
described in this section and shall report any findings and
recommendations to Congress. The Secretary and the Administrator
shall also consider the views of other appropriate Federal, State,
and local agencies, academic institutions, and members of the
public who are concerned about water quality in the New York Bight.
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated not more than $1,000,000
per fiscal year for each of fiscal years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990,
and 1991.