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33 U.S.C. § 1270 — Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program

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33 U.S.C. § 1270 — Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program

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**(a) Establishment** (1) **In general** — There is established a Lake Champlain Management Conference to develop a comprehensive pollution prevention, control, and restoration plan for Lake Champlain. The Administrator shall convene the management conference within ninety days of November 16, 1990. (2) **Implementation** — The Administrator— (A) may provide support to the State of Vermont, the State of New York, and the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission for the implementation of the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program; and (B) shall coordinate actions of the Environmental Protection Agency under subparagraph (A) with the actions of other appropriate Federal agencies. **(b) Membership** The Members of the Management Conference shall be comprised of— (1) the Governors of the States of Vermont and New York; (2) each interested Federal agency, not to exceed a total of five members; (3) the Vermont and New York Chairpersons of the Vermont, New York, Quebec Citizens Advisory Committee for the Environmental Management of Lake Champlain; (4) four representatives of the State legislature of Vermont; (5) four representatives of the State legislature of New York; (6) six persons representing local governments having jurisdiction over any land or water within the Lake Champlain basin, as determined appropriate by the Governors; and (7) eight persons representing affected industries, nongovernmental organizations, public and private educational institutions, and the general public, as determined appropriate by the trigovernmental Citizens Advisory Committee for the Environmental Management of Lake Champlain, but not to be current members of the Citizens Advisory Committee. **(c) Technical Advisory Committee** (1) The Management Conference shall, not later than one hundred and twenty days after November 16, 1990, appoint a Technical Advisory Committee. (2) Such Technical Advisory Committee shall consist of officials of: appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government; the State governments of New York and Vermont; and governments of political subdivisions of such States; and public and private research institutions. **(d) Research program** The Management Conference shall establish a multi-disciplinary environmental research program for Lake Champlain. Such research program shall be planned and conducted jointly with the Lake Champlain Research Consortium. **(e) Pollution prevention, control, and restoration plan** (1) Not later than three years after November 16, 1990, the Management Conference shall publish a pollution prevention, control, and restoration plan for Lake Champlain. (2) The Plan developed pursuant to this section shall— (A) identify corrective actions and compliance schedules addressing point and nonpoint sources of pollution necessary to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of water quality, a balanced, indigenous population of shellfish, fish and wildlife, recreational, and economic activities in and on the lake; (B) incorporate environmental management concepts and programs established in State and Federal plans and programs in effect at the time of the development of such plan; (C) clarify the duties of Federal and State agencies in pollution prevention and control activities, and to the extent allowable by law, suggest a timetable for adoption by the appropriate Federal and State agencies to accomplish such duties within a reasonable period of time; (D) describe the methods and schedules for funding of programs, activities, and projects identified in the Plan, including the use of Federal funds and other sources of funds; (E) include a strategy for pollution prevention and control that includes the promotion of pollution prevention and management practices to reduce the amount of pollution generated in the Lake Champlain basin; and (F) be reviewed and revised, as necessary, at least once every 5 years, in consultation with the Administrator and other appropriate Federal agencies. (3) The Administrator, in cooperation with the Management Conference, shall provide for public review and comment on the draft Plan. At a minimum, the Management Conference shall conduct one public meeting to hear comments on the draft plan in the State of New York and one such meeting in the State of Vermont. (4) Not less than one hundred and twenty days after the publication of the Plan required pursuant to this section, the Administrator shall approve such plan if the plan meets the requirements of this section and the Governors of the States of New York and Vermont concur. (5) Upon approval of the plan, such plan shall be deemed to be an approved management program for the purposes of [section 1329(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1329/h&num=0&edition=prelim) and such plan shall be deemed to be an approved comprehensive conservation and management plan pursuant to [section 1330 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1330&num=0&edition=prelim). **(f) Grant assistance** (1) The Administrator may, in consultation with participants in the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program, make grants to State, interstate, and regional water pollution control agencies, and public or nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organizations. (2) Grants under this subsection shall be made for assisting research, surveys, studies, and modeling and technical and supporting work necessary for the development and implementation of the Plan. (3) The amount of grants to any person under this subsection for a fiscal year shall not exceed 75 per centum of the costs of such research, survey, study and work and shall be made available on the condition that non-Federal share of such costs are provided from non-Federal sources. (4) The Administrator may establish such requirements for the administration of grants as he determines to be appropriate. **(g) Definitions** In this section: (1) **Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program** — The term “Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program” means the coordinated efforts among the Federal Government, State governments, and local governments to implement the Plan. (2) **Lake Champlain drainage basin** — The term “Lake Champlain drainage basin” means all or part of Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Warren, Essex, and Washington counties in the State of New York and all or part of Franklin, Grand Isle, Chittenden, Addison, Rutland, Bennington, Lamoille, Orange, Washington, Orleans, and Caledonia counties in Vermont, that contain all of the streams, rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water, including wetlands, that drain into Lake Champlain. (3) **Plan** — The term “Plan” means the plan developed under subsection (e). **(h) No effect on certain authority** Nothing in this section— (1) affects the jurisdiction or powers of— (A) any department or agency of the Federal Government or any State government; or (B) any international organization or entity related to Lake Champlain created by treaty or memorandum to which the United States is a signatory; (2) provides new regulatory authority for the Environmental Protection Agency; or (3) affects section 304 of the Great Lakes Critical Programs Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–596; [33 U.S.C. 1270](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1270&num=0&edition=prelim) note). **(i) Authorization of appropriations** There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, to remain available until expended.

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16 U.S.C. § 1531 — Congressional findings and declaration of purposes and policy

**(a) Findings** The Congress finds and declares that— (1) various species of fish, wildlife, and plants in the United States have been rendered extinct as a consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation; (2) other species of fish, wildlife, and plants have been so depleted in numbers that they are in danger of or threatened with extinction; (3) these species of fish, wildlife, and plants are of esthetic, ecological, educational, historical, recreational, and scientific value to the Nation and its people; (4) the United States has pledged itself as a sovereign state in the international community to conserve to the extent practicable the various species of fish or wildlife and plants facing extinction, pursuant to— (A) migratory bird treaties with Canada and Mexico; (B) the Migratory and Endangered Bird Treaty with Japan; (C) the Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere; (D) the International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries; (E) the International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean; (F) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; and (G) other international agreements; and (5) encouraging the States and other interested parties, through Federal financial assistance and a system of incentives, to develop and maintain conservation programs which meet national and international standards is a key to meeting the Nation’s international commitments and to better safeguarding, for the benefit of all citizens, the Nation’s heritage in fish, wildlife, and plants. **(b) Purposes** The purposes of this chapter are to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered

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16 U.S.C. § 590a — Purpose

It is recognized that the wastage of soil and moisture resources on farm, grazing, and forest lands of the Nation, resulting from soil erosion, is a menace to the national welfare and that it is declared to be the policy of Congress to provide permanently for the control and prevention of soil erosion to preserve soil, water, and related resources, promote soil and water quality, control floods, prevent impairment of reservoirs, and maintain the navigability of rivers and harbors, protect public health, public lands and relieve unemployment, and the Secretary of Agriculture, from now on, shall coordinate and direct all activities with relation to soil erosion and in order to effectuate this policy is authorized, from time to time— (1) To conduct surveys, investigations, and research relating to the character of soil erosion and the preventive measures needed, to publish the results of any such surveys, investigations, or research, to disseminate information concerning such methods, and to conduct demonstrational projects in areas subject to erosion by wind or water; (2) To carry out preventive measures, including, but not limited to, engineering operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, and changes in use of land; (3) To cooperate or enter into agreements with, or to furnish financial or other aid to, any agency, governmental or otherwise, or any person, subject to such conditions as he may deem necessary, for the purposes of this chapter; and (4) To acquire lands, or rights or interests therein, by purchase, gift, condemnation, or otherwise, whenever necessary for the purposes of this chapter.

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33 U.S.C. § 1330 — National estuary program

**(a) Management conference** (1) **Nomination of estuaries** — The Governor of any State may nominate to the Administrator an estuary lying in whole or in part within the State as an estuary of national significance and request a management conference to develop a comprehensive management plan for the estuary. The nomination shall document the need for the conference, the likelihood of success, and information relating to the factors in paragraph (2). (2) **Convening of conference** (A) *In general* — In any case where the Administrator determines, on his own initiative or upon nomination of a State under paragraph (1), that the attainment or maintenance of that water quality in an estuary which assures protection of public water supplies and the protection and propagation of a balanced, indigenous population of shellfish, fish, and wildlife, and allows recreational activities, in and on the water, requires the control of point and nonpoint sources of pollution to supplement existing controls of pollution in more than one State, the Administrator shall select such estuary and convene a management conference. (B) *Priority consideration* — The Administrator shall give priority consideration under this section to Long Island Sound, New York and Connecticut; Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island; Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts (including Cape Cod Bay and Boston Harbor); Puget Sound, Washington; New York-New Jersey Harbor, New York and New Jersey; Delaware Bay, Delaware and New Jersey; Delaware Inland Bays, Delaware; Albemarle Sound, North Carolina; Sarasota Bay, Florida; San Francisco Bay, California; Santa Monica Bay, California; Galveston Bay, Texas; Barataria-Terrebonne Bay estuary complex, Louisiana; Indian River Lagoon, Florida; Lake P

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16 U.S.C. § 3839aa — Purposes

The purposes of the environmental quality incentives program established by this subpart are to promote agricultural production, forest management, and environmental quality as compatible goals, and to optimize environmental benefits, by— (1) assisting producers in complying with local, State, and national regulatory requirements concerning— (A) soil, water, and air quality; (B) wildlife habitat; and (C) surface and ground water conservation; (2) avoiding, to the maximum extent practicable, the need for resource and regulatory programs by assisting producers in protecting soil, water, air, and related natural resources and meeting environmental quality criteria established by Federal, State, tribal, and local agencies; (3) providing flexible assistance to producers to install and maintain conservation practices that sustain food and fiber production while— (A) enhancing soil, water, and related natural resources, including grazing land, forestland, wetland, and wildlife; (B) developing and improving wildlife habitat; and (C) conserving energy; and (4) assisting producers to make beneficial, cost-effective changes to production systems, including addressing identified, new, or expected resource concerns related to organic production, grazing management, fuels management, forest management, nutrient management associated with crops and livestock, pest management, irrigation management, adapting to, and mitigating against, increasing weather volatility, drought resiliency measures, or other practices on agricultural and forested land.

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33 U.S.C. § 1251 — Congressional declaration of goals and policy

**(a) Restoration and maintenance of chemical, physical and biological integrity of Nation’s waters; national goals for achievement of objective** The objective of this chapter is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters. In order to achieve this objective it is hereby declared that, consistent with the provisions of this chapter— (1) it is the national goal that the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters be eliminated by 1985; (2) it is the national goal that wherever attainable, an interim goal of water quality which provides for the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and provides for recreation in and on the water be achieved by July 1, 1983; (3) it is the national policy that the discharge of toxic pollutants in toxic amounts be prohibited; (4) it is the national policy that Federal financial assistance be provided to construct publicly owned waste treatment works; (5) it is the national policy that areawide waste treatment management planning processes be developed and implemented to assure adequate control of sources of pollutants in each State; (6) it is the national policy that a major research and demonstration effort be made to develop technology necessary to eliminate the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters, waters of the contiguous zone, and the oceans; and (7) it is the national policy that programs for the control of nonpoint sources of pollution be developed and implemented in an expeditious manner so as to enable the goals of this chapter to be met through the control of both point and nonpoint sources of pollution. **(b) Congressional recognition, preservation, and protection of primary responsibilities and rights of States** It is the policy

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33 U.S.C. § 1270 — Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Pro-

Page 395 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 1270 ‘‘(iii) revising the management policies as data become available with which to evaluate the poli- cies; and ‘‘(iv) acknowledging uncertainty, complexity, and variance in the spatial and temporal aspects of natural systems; and ‘‘(B) that requires that management be viewed as experimental. ‘‘(g) TERMINATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Ad- visory Committee shall terminate on December 31, 2021. ‘‘SEC. 9. REPORTS. ‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATOR.—The Administrator shall pub- lish and make available to the public on the Internet and in paper form— ‘‘(1) not later than 1 year after the date of enact- ment of this Act [Oct. 16, 2006], a report that— ‘‘(A) assesses the role of this Act in protecting the Long Island Sound; ‘‘(B) establishes in coordination with the Advi- sory Committee guidelines, criteria, schedules, and due dates for evaluating information to designate stewardship sites; ‘‘(C) includes information about any grants that are available for the purchase of land or property rights to protect stewardship sites; and ‘‘(D) accounts for funds received and expended during the previous fiscal year; ‘‘(2) an update of such report, at least every other year; and ‘‘(3) information on funding and any new steward- ship sites more frequently than every other year. ‘‘(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— ‘‘(1) REPORT.—For each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Ad- ministrator and the decisionmaking body of the Long Island Sound Study Management Conference estab- lished under section 320 of the Federal Water Pollu- tion Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1330), an annual report that contains— ‘‘(A) a detailed statement of the findings and con- clusions of the Advisory Committee since the last

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