33 USC 1273 - Lake Pontchartrain Basin

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 1273.

Lake Pontchartrain Basin

(a)

Establishment of restoration program

(b)

Purpose

(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;

(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; and

(7)

ensure that the comprehensive conservation and management plan approved for the Basin under section 1330 of this title is reviewed and revised in accordance with section 1330 of this title not less often than once every 5 years, beginning on December 23, 2022.

(d)

Grants

The Administrator may make grants to pay not more than 75 percent of the costs—

(1)

for restoration projects and studies identified in the comprehensive conservation and management plan approved 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

(2)

Program

(f)

Authorization of appropriations

(1)

In general

(2)

Public education projects

(3)

Administrative expenses

(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title I, § 121, as added Pub. L. 106–457, title V, § 502, Nov. 7, 2000, 114 Stat. 1973; amended Pub. L. 109–392, § 1, Dec. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 2703; Pub. L. 112–237, § 1, Dec. 28, 2012, 126 Stat. 1628; Pub. L. 117–263, div. H, title LXXXV, § 8501(c), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3856.)

cite as: 33 USC 1273