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33 U.S.C. § 4004 — Northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxia
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**(a) Initial progress reports** Beginning not later than 12 months after June 30, 2014, and biennially thereafter, the Administrator, through the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force, shall submit a progress report to the appropriate congressional committees and the President that describes the progress made by activities directed by the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force and carried out or funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and other State and Federal partners toward attainment of the goals of the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008.
**(b) Contents** Each report required under this section shall—
(1) assess the progress made toward nutrient load reductions, the response of the hypoxic zone and water quality throughout the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin, and the economic and social effects;
(2) evaluate lessons learned; and
(3) recommend appropriate actions to continue to implement or, if necessary, revise the strategy set forth in the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008.
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**(a) Initial progress reports** Beginning not later than 12 months after June 30, 2014, and biennially thereafter, the Administrator, through the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force, shall submit a progress report to the appropriate congressional committees and the President that describes the progress made by activities directed by the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force and carried out or funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and other State and Federal partners toward attainment of the goals of the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008.
**(b) Contents** Each report required under this section shall—
(1) assess the progress made toward nutrient load reductions, the response of the hypoxic zone and water quality throughout the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin, and the economic and social effects;
(2) evaluate lessons learned; and
(3) recommend appropriate actions to continue to implement or, if necessary, revise the strategy set forth in the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008.
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The Congress finds that—
**(a)** There is a national interest in the effective management, beneficial use, protection, and development of the coastal zone.
**(b)** The coastal zone is rich in a variety of natural, commercial, recreational, ecological, industrial, and esthetic resources of immediate and potential value to the present and future well-being of the Nation.
**(c)** The increasing and competing demands upon the lands and waters of our coastal zone occasioned by population growth and economic development, including requirements for industry, commerce, residential development, recreation, extraction of mineral resources and fossil fuels, transportation and navigation, waste disposal, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, and other living marine resources, have resulted in the loss of living marine resources, wildlife, nutrient-rich areas, permanent and adverse changes to ecological systems, decreasing open space for public use, and shoreline erosion.
**(d)** The habitat areas of the coastal zone, and the fish, shellfish, other living marine resources, and wildlife therein, are ecologically fragile and consequently extremely vulnerable to destruction by man’s alterations.
**(e)** Important ecological, cultural, historic, and esthetic values in the coastal zone which are essential to the well-being of all citizens are being irretrievably damaged or lost.
**(f)** New and expanding demands for food, energy, minerals, defense needs, recreation, waste disposal, transportation, and industrial activities in the Great Lakes, territorial sea, exclusive economic zone, and Outer Continental Shelf are placing stress on these areas and are creating the need for resolution of serious conflicts among important and competing uses and values in coastal and ocean waters; 11 So
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**(a) Establishment of Inter-Agency Task Force** The President, through the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council, shall establish an Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia. The Task Force shall consist of a representative from—
(1) the Department of Commerce (who shall serve as Chairman of the Task Force);
(2) the Environmental Protection Agency;
(3) the Department of Agriculture;
(4) the Department of the Interior;
(5) the Department of the Navy;
(6) the Department of Health and Human Services;
(7) the National Science Foundation;
(8) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(9) the Food and Drug Administration;
(10) the Office of Science and Technology Policy;
(11) the Council on Environmental Quality;
(12) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
(13) the Army Corps of Engineers; and
(14) other Federal agencies as the President considers appropriate.
**(b) Assessment of harmful algal blooms**
(1) Not later than 12 months after November 13, 1998, the Task Force, in cooperation with the coastal States, Indian tribes, and local governments, industry (including agricultural organizations), academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations with expertise in coastal zone management, shall complete and submit to the Congress an assessment which examines the ecological and economic consequences of harmful algal blooms, alternatives for reducing, mitigating, and controlling harmful algal blooms, and the social and economic costs and benefits of such alternatives.
(2) The assessment shall—
(A) identify alternatives for preventing unnecessary duplication of effort among Federal agencies and departments with respect to harmful algal blooms; and
(B) provid
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
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to, and remediate harmful algal blooms and
hypoxia;
(3) ways to reduce the duration and intensity
of harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, includ-
ing deployment of response technologies in a
timely manner;
(4) research and methods to address human
health dimensions of harmful algal blooms and
hypoxia;
(5) mechanisms, including the potential
costs and benefits of those mechanisms, to
protect ecosystems that may be or have been
affected by harmful algal bloom and hypoxia
events;
(6) mechanisms by which data, information,
and products may be transferred between the
Program and the State, tribal, and local gov-
ernments and research entities;
(7) communication and information dissemi-
nation methods that State, tribal, and local
governments may undertake to educate and
inform the public concerning harmful algal
blooms and hypoxia; and
(8) roles that Federal agencies may have to
assist in the implementation of the Action
Strategy, including efforts to support local
and regional scientific assessments under sec-
tion 4001(e) of this title.
(c) Utilizing available studies and information
In developing the Action Strategy, the Under
Secretary shall utilize existing research, assess-
ments, reports, and program activities, includ-
ing—
(1) those carried out under existing law; and
(2) other relevant peer-reviewed and pub-
lished sources.
(d) Development of the Action Strategy
In developing the Action Strategy, the Under
Secretary shall, as appropriate—
(1) coordinate with—
(A) State coastal management and plan-
ning officials;
(B) tribal resource management officials;
and
(C) water management and watershed offi-
cials from both coastal States and non-
coastal States with water sources that dr
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