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PUBLIC LAW 100-4—FEB. 4, 1987 availability referred to in the preceding sentence ends on or after September 30, 1986.". SEC. 103. CHESAPEAKE BAY.
Title I is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 33 USC 1267.
"SEC. 117. CHESAPEAKE BAY.
"(a) OFFICE.—The Administrator shall continue the Chesapeake Bay Program and shall establish and maintain in the Environmental Protection Agency an office, division, or branch of Chesa.< I € 6 peake Bay Programs to— "(1) collect and make available, through publications and other appropriate means, information pertaining to the environmental quality of the Chesapeake Bay (hereinafter in this ,; -; >,^ iig subsection referred to as the 'Bay'); "(2) coordinate Federal and State efforts to improve the water quality of the Bay; "(3) determine the impact of sediment deposition in the Bay and identify the sources, rates, routes, and distribution patterns Hf4l;-1 ' ®^ ^^*^^ sediment deposition; and "(4) determine the impact of natural and man-induced environmental changes on the living resources of the Bay and the relationships among such changes, with particular emphasis placed on the impact of pollutant loadings of nutrients, chlorine, acid precipitation, dissolved oxygen, and toxic pollutants, including organic chemicals and heavy metals, and with special attention given to the impact of such changes on striped bass. i'!f
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"(b) INTERSTATE DEVELOPMENT PLAN GRANTS.—
"(1) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator shall, at the request of the Governor of a State affected by the interstate management plan developed pursuant to the Chesapeake Bay Program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'plan'), make a grant for the purpose of implementing the management mechanisms contained in the plan if such State has, within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, approved and committed to implement all or substantially all aspects of the plan. Such grants shall be made subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator considers appropriate. "(2) SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL.—A State or combination of States may elect to avail itself of the benefits of this subsection by submitting to the Administrator a comprehensive proposal to implement management mechanisms contained in the plan which shall include (A) a description of proposed abatement actions which the State or combination of States commits to take within a specified time period to reduce pollution in the Bay and to meet applicable water quality standards, and (B) the estimated cost of the abatement actions proposed to be taken during the next fiscal year. If the Administrator finds that such proposal is consistent with the national policies set forth in section 101(a) of this Act and will contribute to the achievement of the national goals set forth in such section, the Administrator shall approve such proposal and shall finance the costs of implementing segments of such proposal. "(3) FEDERAL SHARE.—Grants under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of the costs of implementing the management mechanisms contained in the plan in any fiscal year and shall ^' be made on condition that non-Federal sources provide the
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