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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 8902. Comprehensive ten-year program
(a) Implementation by Acid Precipitation Task Force; membership,
etc., of Task Force
There is hereby established a comprehensive ten-year program to
carry out the provisions of this subchapter; and to implement this
program there shall be formed an Acid Precipitation Task Force
(hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the "Task Force"), of
which the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Administrator of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be joint
chairmen. The remaining membership of the Task Force shall consist
of -
(1) one representative each from the Department of the
Interior, the Department of Health and Human Services, the
Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Department
of State, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the
Council on Environmental Quality, the National Science
Foundation, and the Tennessee Valley Authority;
(2) the director of the Argonne National Laboratory, the
director of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the director of
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the director of the
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; and
(3) four additional members to be appointed by the President.
(b) Research management consortium; membership, responsibilities,
etc.
The four National Laboratories (referred to in subsection (a)(2)
of this section) shall constitute a research management consortium
having the responsibilities described in section 8903(b)(13) of
this title as well as the general responsibilities required by
their representation on the Task Force. In carrying out these
responsibilities the consortium shall report to, and act pursuant
to direction from, the joint chairmen of the Task Force.
(c) Director of research program
The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration shall serve as the director of the research program
established by this subchapter.
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