106 STAT. 4294 PUBLIC LAW 102-567—OCT. 29, 1992 "(4) establish methods for identifying uniform indicators of coastal ecosystem quality; Reports- "(5) proviae for periodic, comprehensive reports to Congress concerning the quality of the Nation's coastal ecosystems; "(6) establish a coastal environment information program to distribute coastal monitoring information: (7) provide state programs authorized under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.) with information necessary to design land use plans and coastal zone regulations that will contribute to the protection of coastal ecosystems; and "(8) provide certain water pollution control programs authorized under the Federal Water Pollution Control ^t (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) with information necessary to design and implement effective coastal water pollution controls. 33 USC 2802. " SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS. "For the purposes of this title, the term— "(1) 'Administrator' means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; "(2) 'coastal ecosystem means a system of interacting biological, chemical, and physical components throughout the water column, water surface, and benthic environment of coastal waters; "(3) 'coastial water quality* means the physical, chemical and biological parameters that relate to the health and integrity of coastal ecosystems; "(4) 'coastal water quality monitoring' means a continuing program of measurement, analysis, and s^thesis to identify ana quantify coastal water quality conditions and trends to proviae a technical basis for decisionmaking; "(5) 'coastal waters' means waters of the Great Lakes, including their connecting waters and those portions of rivers, streams, and other bodies of water having unimpaired connection with the open sea up to the head of tidal influence, including wetlands, intertidal areas, bays, harbors, and leigoons, including waters of the territorial sea of the United States and the contiguous zone"; and "(6) *Under Secretary' means Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. 33 USC 2803. 'SEC. 503. COMPREHENSIVE COASTAL WATER QUALTIT MONITORING PROGRAM. " (a) AUTHORITY; JOINT IMPLEMENTATION.—(1) The Administrator and the Under Secretary, in conjunction with other Federal, State, and local authorities, shall jointly develop and implement a program for the long-term collection, assimilation, and analysis of scientific date designed to measure the environmental quality of the Nation's cosistal ecosystems pursuant to this section. Monitoring conducted pursuant to this section shall be coordinated with relevant monitoring programs conducted by the Administrator, Under Secretary, and other Federal, State, and local authorities. Rhode Island.
- (2) Primanr leadership for the monitoring program activities
conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to this section shall be located at the Environmental Research Laboratory in Narragansett, Rhode Island. "(b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS. — The Comprehensive Coastal Water Quality Monitoring Program shall include, but not be limited to—
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