A bill to provide for coordinated management and rehabilitation of the Great Lakes and for other purposes.
Great Lakes Management and Research Act of 1985 - Establishes within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the Great Lakes National Program Office (Program Office), to be headed by a Director.
Lists as responsibilities of the Program Office, the following: (1) developing and implementing specific plans under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978; (2) establishing a systemwide surveillance network to monitor the water quality of the Great Lakes; (3) serving as liaison with, and providing information to, the Canadian members of the International Joint Commission and the Canadian counterpart to the EPA; (4) identifying and conducting an inventory of all Federal, State, tribal, and international agencies with environmental management responsibilities for the Great Lakes; (5) identifying judicial overlap and existing management plans relating to the Great Lakes; (6) entering into agreements with States delineating respective duties; (7) developing a program for reducing the amount of nutrients introduced into the Great Lakes; and (8) carrying out a five-year study and demonstration projects relating to the control and removal of toxic pollutants in the Great Lakes.
Directs the Administrator to: (1) include a funding request for the Program Office as a separate budget line item; and (2) submit an annual report to the Congress. Requires the Program Office to be located in a Great Lakes State.
Establishes within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the Great Lakes Research Office (Research Office).
Lists as responsibilities of the Research Office, the following: (1) identifying lead agencies with primary responsibility for each issue relating to the Great Lakes resources; (2) identifying Federal, State, and tribal environmental research programs relating to the Great Lakes; (3) establishing a Great Lakes research exchange; (4) developing an environmental data base for the Great Lakes System; and (5) conducting research and monitoring activities which address priority issues relating to the Great Lakes. Requires the Research Office to be located in a Great Lakes State.
Provides for the coordination of certain activities between the Program Office and the Research Office.
Directs the head of each department or agency of the Federal Government which is in any way connected with the enhancement of the Great Lakes to: (1) cooperate with the Program Office and Research Office; (2) make available such personnel, services, or facilities as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act; and (3) furnish, upon written request, any data or information deemed necessary to fulfill such purposes.
Directs the Chief of Engineers of the Army, the Chief of the Soil Conservation Service, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Administrator of NOAA to submit annual reports to the Administrator of the EPA regarding issues for which they have been identified as lead agencies.
States that this Act does not affect the jurisdiction or powers of any Federal or State department or agency or of any Indian tribe or international body created by treaty with authority relating to the Great Lakes.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1987 through 1991.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Referred to Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agricultural Research, and Environment.
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, State, DOT, Interior, EPA.
Referred to Subcommittee on Oceanography.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From EPA.
Executive Comment Received From State.
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From DOT.
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