A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to assess, conduct research on, and protect the water quality of Lake Tahoe, and for other purposes.
Lake Tahoe Water Quality Protection Act of 1992 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) establish a continuing comprehensive water quality assessment and management program for Lake Tahoe (California and Nevada); and (2) enter into an agreement with, and award a grant to, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to carry out such program.
Requires the Administrator, as part of the program, to establish an ongoing research program for Lake Tahoe and the associated basin by entering into an agreement with, and awarding a grant to, Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Nevada. Requires the research program to provide for water quality monitoring and assessment.
Directs the Administrator, with the approval of the Governors of California and Nevada, to award water pollution control and prevention grants to political subdivisions located within the Lake Tahoe basin. Authorizes grants for the planning and construction of treatment works and facilities to control or prevent pollution from stormwater and other nonpoint source discharges to Lake Tahoe. Requires grant recipients to pay 25 percent of the costs of such projects.
Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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