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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1273. Lake Pontchartrain Basin
(a) Establishment of restoration program
The Administrator shall establish within the Environmental
Protection Agency the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program.
(b) Purpose
The purpose of the program shall be to restore the ecological
health of the Basin by developing and funding restoration projects
and related scientific and public education projects.
(c) Duties
In carrying out the program, the Administrator shall -
(1) provide administrative and technical assistance to a
management conference convened for the Basin under section 1330
of this title;
(2) assist and support the activities of the management
conference, including the implementation of recommendations of
the management conference;
(3) support environmental monitoring of the Basin and research
to provide necessary technical and scientific information;
(4) develop a comprehensive research plan to address the
technical needs of the program;
(5) coordinate the grant, research, and planning programs
authorized under this section; and
(6) collect and make available to the public publications, and
other forms of information the management conference determines
to be appropriate, relating to the environmental quality of the
Basin.
(d) Grants
The Administrator may make grants -
(1) for restoration projects and studies recommended by a
management conference convened for the Basin under section 1330
of this title; and
(2) for public education projects recommended by the management
conference.
(e) Definitions
In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Basin
The term "Basin" means the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, a 5,000
square mile watershed encompassing 16 parishes in the State of
Louisiana and 4 counties in the State of Mississippi.
(2) Program
The term "program" means the Lake Pontchartrain Basin
Restoration Program established under subsection (a) of this
section.
(f) Authorization of appropriations
(1) In general
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
Such sums shall remain available until expended.
(2) Public education projects
Not more than 15 percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to
paragraph (1) in a fiscal year may be expended on grants for
public education projects under subsection (d)(2) of this
section.
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