33 U.S.C. § 2801 : US Code - Section 2801: Purposes

Search 33 U.S.C. § 2801 : US Code - Section 2801: Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are to -
(1) establish a comprehensive national program for consistent
monitoring of the Nation's coastal ecosystems;
(2) establish long-term water quality assessment and monitoring
programs for high priority coastal waters that will enhance the
ability of Federal, State, and local authorities to develop and
implement effective remedial programs for those waters;
(3) establish a system for reviewing and evaluating the
scientific, analytical, and technological means that are
available for monitoring the environmental quality of coastal
ecosystems;
(4) establish methods for identifying uniform indicators of
coastal ecosystem quality;
(5) provide for periodic, comprehensive reports to Congress
concerning the quality of the Nation's coastal ecosystems;
(6) establish a coastal environment information program to
distribute coastal monitoring information;
(7) provide state (!1) programs authorized under the Coastal
Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) with
information necessary to design land use plans and coastal zone
regulations that will contribute to the protection of coastal
ecosystems; and
(8) provide certain water pollution control programs authorized
under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et
seq.) with information necessary to design and implement
effective coastal water pollution controls.