104 STAT. 3000 PUBLIC LAW 101-596 —NOV. 16, 1990 Public Law 101-596 101st Congress An Act Nov. 16, 1990 [H.R. 4323] ggHp.^s*'-. Great Lakes Critical Programs Act of 1990. Water pollution control. Natural To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to water quality in the Great Lakes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnStisd Staies^^'Americi^iiXroiiffmes assembfid[i^,tma$>-^^^^^^^:-^:,.^ SHORT TITLE SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Great Lakes Critical Programs Act of 1990". 33 USC 1251 note. TITLE I—GREAT LAKES GREAT LAKES ACTION SCHEDULES Federal Register, publication. Federal Roister, publication. SEC. 101. Section 118 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268) is amended by inserting immediately after* subsection (c)(1) the following new paragraphs, and by renumbering the existing paragraphs accordingly: " (2) GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY GUIDANCE. — "(A) By June 30, 1991, the Administrator, after consultation with the Program Office, shall publish in the Federal Register for public notice and comment proposed water quality guidance for the Great Lakes System. Such guidance shall conform with the objectives and provisions of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, shall be no less restrictive than the provisions of this Act and national water quality criteria and guidance, shall specify numerical limits on pollutants in ambient Great Lakes waters to protect human health, aquatic life, and wildlife, and shall provide guidance to the Great Lakes States on minimum water quality standards, antidegradation policies, and implementation procedures for the Great Lakes System. "(B) By June 30, 1992, the Administrator, in consultation with the Program Office, shall publish in the Federal Register, pursuant to this section and the Administrators authority under this chapter, final water quality guidance for the Great Lakes System. "(C) Within two years after such Great Lakes guidance is published, the Great Lakes States shall adopt water quality standards, antidegradation policies, and implementation procedures for waters within the Great Lakes System which are consistent with such guidance. If a Great Lakes State fails to adopt such standards, policies, and procedures, the Administrator shall promulgate them not later than the end of such two-year period. When reviewing any Great Lakes State's water quality plan, the agency shall consider the extent to which the State has complied with the Great Lakes guidance issued pursuant to this section.
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