1972, and annually thereafter not later than 90 days after the date of convening of each session of Congress. Such report shall include recommendations for any legislation that may be required to provide for the adoption and use of devices, systems, policies, or other methods of reducing water consumption and reducing the total flow of sewage. Such report shall include an estimate of the benefits to be derived from adoption and use of such devices, systems, policies, or other methods and also shall reflect estimates of any increase in private, public, or other cost that would be occasioned thereby. [See main edition for text of (p) to (u)] (As amended Pub. L. 105-362, title V, §501(a)(1), (d)(2)(A), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3283.) AMENDMENTS 1998 Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 105-362, §501(d)(2)(A)(i), substituted "not later than 90 days after the date of convening of each session of Congress" for "in the report required under subsection (a) of section 1375 of this title". Subsec. (n)(3), (4). Pub. L. 105-362, §501(a)(1), redesignated par. (4) as (3) and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: "The Administrator shall submit to Congress, from time to time, reports of the studies authorized by this subsection but at least one such report during any six-year period. Copies of each such report shall be made available to all interested parties, public and private." Subsec. (o)(2). Pub. L. 105-362, §501(d)(2)(A)(ii), substituted "not later than 90 days after the date of convening of each session of Congress" for "in the report required under subsection (a) of section 1375 of this title". CONTIGUOUS ZONE OF UNITED STATES For extension of contiguous zone of United States, see Proc. No. 7219. Sept. 2, 1999, 64 F.R. 48701, set out as a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands. § 1259. Training grants and contracts SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1260, 1262 of this title. § 1260. Applications; allocation SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1261, 1262 of this title. § 1261. Scholarships SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1260, 1262 of this title. § 1262. Definitions and authorizations (a) As used in sections 1259 through 1262 of this title (1) The term "institution of higher education" means an educational institution described in the first sentence of section 1001 of title 20 (other than an institution of any agency of the United States) which is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association approved by the Administrator for this purpose. For purposes of this subsection, the Administrator shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations which he determines to be reliable authority as to the quality of training offered. [See main edition for text of (2); (b) and (c)] (As amended Pub. L. 105-244, title I, §102(a)(11), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1620.) AMENDMENTS 1998 Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-244 substituted "section 1001" for "section 1141". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 105-244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105-244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105-244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education. § 1263. Alaska village demonstration projects CHANGE OF NAME Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. CORPS CAPABILITY STUDY, ALASKA Pub. L. 104-303, title IV, §401, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3740, provided that: "Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 12, 1996], the Secretary shall report to Congress on the advisability and capability of the Corps of Engineers to implement rural sanitation projects for rural and Native villages in Alaska." § 1263a. Grants to Alaska to improve sanitation in rural and Native villages (a) In general The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may make grants to the State of Alaska for the benefit of rural and Native villages in Alaska to pay the Federal share of the cost of (1) the development and construction of public water systems and wastewater systems to improve the health and sanitation conditions in the villages; and (2) training, technical assistance, and educational programs relating to the operation and management of sanitation services in rural and Native villages. (b) Federal share The Federal share of the cost of the activities described in subsection (a) of this section shall be 50 percent. (c) Administrative expenses The State of Alaska may use an amount not to exceed 4 percent of any grant made available under this subsection1 for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the activities described in subsection (a) of this section. (d) Consultation with State of Alaska The Administrator shall consult with the State of Alaska on a method of prioritizing the allocation of grants under subsection (a) of this section according to the needs of, and relative health and sanitation conditions in, each eligible village. 1 So in original. Probably should be "section". (e) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 2000 to carry out this section. (Pub. L. 104-182, title III, §303, Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1683.) CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, and not as part of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which comprises this chapter. § 1266. Hudson River reclamation demonstration project [See main edition for text of (a)] (b) The Administrator is authorized to make grants to the State of New York to carry out this section from funds allotted to such State under section 1285(a) of this title, except that the amount of any such grant shall be equal to 75 per centum of the cost of the project and such grant shall be made on condition that non-Federal sources provide the remainder of the cost of such project. The authority of this section shall be available until September 30, 1983. Funds allotted to the State of New York under section 1285(a) of this title shall be available under this subsection only to the extent that funds are not available, as determined by the Administrator, to the State of New York for the work authorized by this section under section 1265 or 1321 of this title or a comprehensive hazardous substance response and clean up fund. Any funds used under the authority of this subsection shall be deducted from any estimate of the needs of the State of New York prepared under section 1375 of this title. The Administrator may not obligate or expend more than $20,000,000 to carry out this section. (As amended Pub. L. 105-362, title V, § 501(d)(2)(B), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3284.) AMENDMENTS 1998 Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-362 substituted "section 1375 of this title" for "section 1375(b) of this title" in penultimate sentence. § 1267. Chesapeake Bay NUTRIENT LOADING RESULTING FROM DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL Pub. L. 106-53, title IV, § 457, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 332, provided that: "(a) STUDY.-The Secretary shall conduct a study of nutrient loading that occurs as a result of discharges of dredged material into open-water sites in the Chesapeake Bay. "(b) REPORT.-Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 17, 1999]. the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study." § 1268. Great Lakes GREAT LAKES REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS AND SEDIMENT REMEDIATION Pub. L. 101-640, title IV, § 401, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4644, as amended by Pub. L. 104-303, title V, §515, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3763; Pub. L. 106-53, title V, §505. Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 338, provided that: "(a) GREAT LAKES REMEDIAL ACTION PLANS. "(1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary may provide technical, planning, and engineering assistance to State and local governments and nongovernmental entities designated by a State or local government in the development and implementation of remedial action plans for Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes identified under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978. "(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE. "(A) IN GENERAL.-Non-Federal interests shall contribute, in cash or by providing in-kind contributions, 50 percent of costs of activities for which assistance is provided under paragraph (1). "(B) CONTRIBUTIONS BY ENTITIES.-Nonprofit public or private entities may contribute all or a portion of the non-Federal share. “(b) SEDIMENT REMEDIATION PROJECTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (acting through the Great Lakes National Program Office), may conduct pilot- and fullscale projects of promising technologies to remediate contaminated sediments in freshwater coastal regions in the Great Lakes basin. The Secretary shall conduct not fewer than 3 full-scale projects under this subsection. **(2) SITE SELECTION FOR PROJECTS.-In selecting the sites for the technology projects, the Secretary shall give priority consideration to Saginaw Bay, Michigan, Sheboygan Harbor, Wisconsin, Grand Calumet River, Indiana, Ashtabula River, Ohio, Buffalo River, New York, and Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minnesota and Wisconsin. "(3) DEADLINE FOR IDENTIFICATIONS.-The Secretary shall "(A) not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this paragraph [Oct. 12, 1996], identify the sites and technologies for projects under this subsection; and "(B) not later than 3 years after that date, complete each such full-scale project. "(4) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.-Non-Federal interests shall contribute 50 percent of costs of projects under this subsection. Such costs may be paid in cash or by providing in-kind contributions. "(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1998 through 2000." § 1269. Long Island Sound [See main edition for text of (a) to (d)] (e) 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 1991 through 2001. (2) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator for the implementation of subsection (d) of this section not to exceed $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1991 through 2001. (As amended Pub. L. 104-303, title V, §583, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3791.) AMENDMENTS 1996 Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-303 substituted "2001" for "1996" in pars. (1) and (2). § 1270. Lake Champlain Management Conference FEDERAL PROGRAM COORDINATION Section 304 of Pub. L. 101-596, as amended by Pub. L. 104-127, title III, § 336(a)(2)(F), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1005, provided that: "(a) DESIGNATION OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN AS A PRIORITY AREA UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM. “(1) IN GENERAL.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Lake Champlain basin, as defined under section 120(h) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1270(h)], shall be designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as a priority area under the environmental quality incentives program established under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 [16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.). [See main edition for text of (2) to (4); (b) to (d)] § 1272. Environmental dredging (a) Operation and maintenance of navigation projects Whenever necessary to meet the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.], the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may remove and remediate, as part of operation and maintenance of a navigation project, contaminated sediments outside the boundaries of and adjacent to the navigation channel. (b) Nonproject specific (1) In general The Secretary may remove and remediate contaminated sediments from the navigable waters of the United States for the purpose of environmental enhancement and water quality improvement if such removal and remediation is requested by a non-Federal sponsor and the sponsor agrees to pay 35 percent of the cost of such removal and remediation. (2) Maximum amount The Secretary may not expend more than $50,000,000 in a fiscal year to carry out this subsection. (c) Joint plan requirement The Secretary may only remove and remediate contaminated sediments under subsection (b) of this section in accordance with a joint plan developed by the Secretary and interested Federal, State, and local government officials. Such plan must include an opportunity for public comment, a description of the work to be undertaken, the method to be used for dredged material disposal, the roles and responsibilities of the Secretary and non-Federal sponsors, and identification of sources of funding. (d) Disposal costs Costs of disposal of contaminated sediments removed under this section shall be a1 shared as a cost of construction. (e) Limitation on statutory construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the rights and responsibilities of any person under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 [42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.]. (f) Priority work In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall give priority to work in the following areas: 1 So in original. The word "a" probably should not appear. (1) Brooklyn Waterfront, New York. (4) Mahoning River, Ohio. (5) Lower Fox River, Wisconsin. (6) Passaic River and Newark Bay, New Jersey. (7) Snake Creek, Bixby, Oklahoma. (Pub. L. 101-640, title III, §312, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4639; Pub. L. 104-303, title II, §205, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3679; Pub. L. 106-53, title II, §224, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 297.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92-500, §2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to this chapter (§1251 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of this title and Tables. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, referred to in subsec. (e), is Pub. L. 96-510, Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2767, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 103 (§ 9601 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9601 of Title 42 and Tables. CODIFICATION Section was formerly set out as a note under section 1252 of this title. Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990, and not as part of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which comprises this chapter. AMENDMENTS 1999 Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 106-53, §224(1)(A), substituted "35 percent" for "50 percent". Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 106-53, §224(1)(B), substituted "$50,000,000" for "$20,000,000". Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106-53, §224(2), substituted "shared as a cost of construction" for "non-Federal responsibility". Subsec. (f)(6) to (8). Pub. L. 106-53, § 224(3), added pars. (6) to (8). 1996 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-303, §205(1), inserted "and remediate" after "remove". Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104-303, §205(1), (2)(A), inserted "and remediate" after "remove" and inserted "and remediation" after "removal" in two places. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104-303, § 205(2)(B), substituted "$20,000,000" for "$10,000,000". Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-303, §205(1), inserted "and remediate" after "remove". Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104-303, §205(3), added subsec. (f) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (f). Text read as follows: "This section shall not be effective after the last day of the 5-year period beginning on November 28, 1990; except that the Secretary may complete any project commenced under this section on or before such last day." SUBCHAPTER II-GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS § 1281. Congressional declaration of purpose ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS Pub. L. 105-174, title III, May 1, 1998, 112 Stat. 92, provided that: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, eligible recipients of the funds appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency in the State and Tribal Assistance Grants account since fiscal year 1997 and hereafter for multi-media or single media grants, other than Performance Partnership Grants authorized pursuant to Public Law 104-134 and Public Law 105-65 [see Grants to Indian Tribes for Pollution Prevention, Control, and Abatement notes set out below], for pollution prevention, control, and abatement and related activities have been and shall be those entities eligible for grants under the Agency's organic statutes." PRIVATIZATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS Pub. L. 104-303, title V, §586, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3791, provided that: "(a) IN GENERAL.-Notwithstanding the provisions of title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.). Executive Order 12803 [5 U.S.C. 601 note], or any other law or authority, an entity that received Federal grant assistance for an infrastructure asset under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.] shall not be required to repay any portion of the grant upon the lease or concession of the asset only if— "(1) ownership of the asset remains with the entity that received the grant; and “(2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that the lease or concession furthers the purposes of such Act and approves the lease or concession. "(b) LIMITATION.-The Administrator shall not approve a total of more than 5 leases and concessions under this section." GRANTS TO STATES TO ADMINISTER COMPLETION AND CLOSEOUT OF CONSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM Pub. L. 104-204, title III, Sept. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 2912, provided in part: "That notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 1997 the Administrator may make grants to States, from funds available for obligation in the State under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.], as amended, for administering the completion and closeout of the State's construction grants program, based on a budget annually negotiated with the State". WASTEWATER ASSISTANCE TO COLONIAS Pub. L. 104-182, title III, §307, Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1688, provided that: "(a) DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section: "(1) BORDER STATE.-The term 'border State' means Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. "(2) ELIGIBLE COMMUNITY.-The term 'eligible community' means a low-income community with economic hardship that— "(A) is commonly referred to as a colonia; "(B) is located along the United States-Mexico border (generally in an unincorporated area); and "(C) lacks basic sanitation facilities such as household plumbing or a proper sewage disposal system. "(3) TREATMENT WORKS.-The term 'treatment works' has the meaning provided in section 212(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292(2)). "(b) GRANTS FOR WASTEWATER ASSISTANCE.-The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies are authorized to award grants to a border State to provide assistance to eligible communities for the planning, design, and construction or improvement of sewers, treatment works, and appropriate connections for wastewater treatment. "(c) USE OF FUNDS.-Each grant awarded pursuant to subsection (b) shall be used to provide assistance to one or more eligible communities with respect to which the residents are subject to a significant health risk (as determined by the Administrator or the head of the Federal agency making the grant) attributable to the lack of access to an adequate and affordable treatment works for wastewater. "(d) COST SHARING.-The amount of a grant awarded pursuant to this section shall not exceed 50 percent of the costs of carrying out the project that is the subject of the grant. "(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 1999." GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION, CONTROL AND ABATEMENT Pub. L. 105-65, title III, Oct. 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 1373, provided in part that: "$745,000,000 for grants to States, federally recognized tribes, and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement and related activities pursuant to the provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law 104-134 [see below], provided that eligible recipients of these funds and the funds made available for this purpose since fiscal year 1996 and hereafter include States, federally recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control agencies, as provided in authorizing statutes, subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall establish, and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7403] for particulate matter monitoring and data collection activities”. Pub. L. 105-65, title III, Oct. 27, 1997, 111 Stat. 1374, provided in part: "That, hereafter from funds appropriated under this heading ["ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY" and "STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS"], the Administrator is authorized to make grants to federally recognized Indian governments for the development of multi-media environmental programs: Provided further, That, hereafter, the funds available under this heading for grants to States, federally recognized tribes, and air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement and related activities may also be used for the direct implementation by the Federal Government of a program required by law in the absence of an acceptable State or tribal program". Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: Pub. L. 104-204, title III, Sept. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 2912. Pub. L. 104-134, title I, §101(e) [title III], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321-257, 1321-299, renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140, §1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327. Pub. L. 103-327, title III, Sept. 28, 1994, 108 Stat. 2320. Pub. L. 104-134, title I, § 101(e) [title III], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321-257, 1321-299; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140, §1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, provided in part: "That beginning in fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator is authorized to make grants annually from funds appropriated under this heading ["ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY" and "STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS"], subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall establish, to any State or federally recognized Indian tribe for multimedia or single media pollution prevention, control and abatement and related environmental activities at the request of the Governor or other appropriate State official or the tribe". STATE MANAGEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION GRANT Pub. L. 104-134, title I, § 101(e) [title III], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321-257, 1321-299; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 104-140, §1(a), May 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 1327, provided in part: "That of the funds appropriated in the Construction Grants and Water Infrastructure/State Revolving Funds accounts since the appropriation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, and hereafter, for making grants for wastewater treatment works construc tion projects, portions may be provided by the recipients to States for managing construction grant activities, on condition that the States agree to reimburse the recipients from State funding sources". SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1254, 1281a, 1281b, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1288, 1291, 1292, 1297, 1298, 1311, 1314, 1371, 1382, 1383 of this title. § 1285. Allotment of grant funds (a) Funds for fiscal years during period June 30, 1972, and September 30, 1977; determination of amount Sums authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 1287 of this title for each fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1972, and before September 30, 1977, shall be allotted by the Administrator not later than the January 1st immediately preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which authorized, except that the allotment for fiscal year 1973 shall be made not later than 30 days after October 18, 1972. Such sums shall be allotted among the States by the Administrator in accordance with regulations promulgated by him, in the ratio that the estimated cost of constructing all needed publicly owned treatment works in each State bears to the estimated cost of construction of all needed publicly owned treatment works in all of the States. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, and June 30, 1974, such ratio shall be determined on the basis of table III of House Public Works Committee Print No. 92-50. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, such ratio shall be determined one-half on the basis of table I of House Public Works Committee Print Numbered 93-28 and one-half on the basis of table II of such print, except that no State shall receive an allotment less than that which it received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, as set forth in table III of such print. Allotments for fiscal years which begin after the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, shall be made only in accordance with a revised cost estimate made and submitted to Congress in accordance with section 1375 of this title and only after such revised cost estimate shall have been approved by law specifically enacted after October 18, 1972. [See main edition for text of (b) to (m)] amended Pub. L. 105-362, title § 501(d)(2)(C), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3284.) (As AMENDMENTS V, 1998 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-362 substituted "section 1375 of this title" for "section 1375(b) of this title” in last sentence. CHANGE OF NAME Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. § 1287. Authorization of appropriations SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 1281, 1285, 1376, 1377 of this title. § 1293a. Contained spoil disposal facilities GREAT LAKES CONFINED DISPOSAL FACILITIES Pub. L. 104-303, title V, §513, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3762, provided that: "(a) ASSESSMENT.-Pursuant to the responsibilities of the Secretary under section 123 of the River and Harbor Act of 1970 (33 U.S.C. 1293a), the Secretary shall conduct an assessment of the general conditions of confined disposal facilities in the Great Lakes. "(b) REPORT.-Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 12, 1996], the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the assessment conducted under subsection (a), including the following: "(1) A description of the cumulative effects of confined disposal facilities in the Great Lakes. "(2) Recommendations for specific remediation actions for each confined disposal facility in the Great Lakes. "(3) An evaluation of, and recommendations for, confined disposal facility management practices and technologies to conserve capacity at such facilities and to minimize adverse environmental effects at such facilities throughout the Great Lakes system." SUBCHAPTER III-STANDARDS AND ENFORCEMENT § 1311. Effluent limitations [See main edition for text of (a) to (m)] (n) Fundamentally different factors [See main edition for text of (1) to (7)] |