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PUBLIC LAW 100-4—FEB. 4, 1987

101 STAT. 51

"(A) develop cost effective technologies for the control of pollutants to preserve or enhance lake water quality while optimizing multiple lakes uses; "(B) control nonpoint sources of pollution which are contributing to the degradation of water quality in lakes; "(C) evaluate the feasibility of implementing regional consolidated pollution control strategies; "(D) demonstrate environmentally preferred techniques for the removal and disposal of contaminated lake sediments; "(E) develop improved methods for the removal of silt, stumps, aquatic growth, and other obstructions which impair the quality of lakes; "(F) construct and evaluate silt traps and other devices or equipment to prevent or abate the deposit of sediment in lakes; and "(G) demonstrate the costs and benefits of utilizing dredged material from lakes in the reclamation of despoiled land. "(2) GEOGRAPHICAL REQUIREMENTS.—Demonstration projects

authorized by this subsection shall be undertaken to reflect a variety of geographical and environmental conditions. As a priority, the Administrator shall undertake demonstration projects at Lake Houston, Texas; Beaver Lake, Arkanseis; Greenwood Lake and Belcher Creek, New Jersey; Deal Lake, New Jersey; Alcyon Lake, New Jersey; Gorton's Pond, Rhode Island; Lake Washington, Rhode Island; Lake Bomoseen, Vermont; Sauk Lake, Minnesota; and Lake Worth, Texas. "(3) REPORTS.—The Administrator shall report annually to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate on work undertaken pursuant to this subsection. Upon completion of the program authorized by this subsection, the Administrator shall submit to such committees a final report on the results of such program, along with recommendations for further measures to improve the water quality of the Nation's lakes.

Texas. Arkansas. New Jersey. Rhode Island. Vermont. Minnesota.

"(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

"(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection not to exceed $40,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, to remain available until expended. "(B) SPECIAL AUTHORIZATIONS.—

"(i) AMOUNT.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (b) with respect to subsection (a)(l)(D) not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, to remain available until expended. "(ii) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—The

Administrator

shall provide for an equitable distribution of sums appropriated pursuant to this subparagraph among States carrying out approved methods and procedures. Such distribution shall be based on the relative needs of each such State for the mitigation of the harmful effects on lakes and other surface waters of high acidity that may reasonably be due to acid deposition or acid mine drainage.

State and local governments.