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HR 3660 102th Congress House Environmental Protection Connecticut Federal aid to water pollution control Harbors New York State Ocean Water pollution control Water pollution measurement Water quality

Long Island Sound Restoration Act

Introduced: October 29, 1991 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 12, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Nov 7, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Nov 7, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and the Outer Continental Shelf.
Nov 7, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from EPA.
Oct 29, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
Oct 29, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Oct 29, 1991
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Long Island Sound Restoration Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a demonstration program to make annual grants to the States of New York and Connecticut for: (1) demonstrating methods of restoring and maintaining the water quality of designated bays and harbors of Long Island Sound at which water quality standards pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act have not been achieved or at which other significant water quality degradation has occurred; (2) demonstrating the importance of controlling nonpoint sources of pollution in restoring and maintaining water quality; (3) enhancing opportunities for water-dependent recreational activities, maintaining a healthy ecosystem, protecting and enhancing marine life, minimizing health risks associated with human consumption of shellfish and finfish, and ensuring that social and economic benefits to the public associated with the Sound are advanced; and (4) advancing goals and recommendations of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan of the Long Island Sound Study. Requires the States of New York and Connecticut, in order to be eligible for grants, to designate bays and harbors of the Sound at which eligible activities will be carried out. Sets forth designation requirements.

Requires grants to be used to: (1) carry out eligible activities and monitoring programs at designated bays and harbors; and (2) educate the public on the implementation and results of such activities. Allocates 2/3 and 1/3 of the amounts appropriated in a fiscal year for such grants to New York and Connecticut, respectively. Sets the non-Federal share of the costs of such activities at 30 percent.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now November 12, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.

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