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PUBLIC LAW 100-4—FEB. 4, 1987 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the studies conducted under this section. (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, to carry out this section. SEC. 521. GREAT LAKES CONSUMPTIVE USE STUDY. (a) STUDY OF CONSUMPTIVE USES.—In recognition of the serious
impacts on the Great Lakes environment that may occur as a result of increased consumption of Great Lakes water, including loss of wetlands and reduction of fish spawning and habitat areas, as well as serious economic losses to vital Great Lakes industries, and in recognition of the national goal to provide environmental protection and preservation of our natural resources while allowing for continued economic growth, the Secretary of the Army in cooperation with the Administrator, other interested departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States, and the eight Great Lakes States, is authorized to conduct a study of the effecte of Great Lakes water consumption on economic growth and environmental quality in the Great Lakes region and of control measures that can be implemented to reduce the quantity of water consumed. (b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study authorized by this section shall at a minimum include the following: (1) a review of the methodologies used to forecast Great Lakes consumptive uses, including an analysis of the sensitivity of key variables affecting such uses; ^*" (2) an analysis of the effect that enforcement of provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to thermal discharges has had on consumption of Great Lakes water; (3) an analysis of the effect of laws, regulations, and national ii policy objectives on consumptive uses of Great Lakes water used iti} in manufacturing; 'ir (4) an analysis of the associated environmental impacts and of i • the economic effects on industry and other interests in the Great Lakes region associated with individual consumptive use control strategies; and (5) a summary discussion containing recommendations for methods of controlling consumptive uses which methods maximize benefits to the Great Lakes ecosystem and also provide for continued full economic growth for consuming industries as well as other industries which depend on the use of Great Lakes water. (c) GREAT LAKES STATES DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, the term "Great Lakes States" means Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, $750,000 to carry out this section. Sums appropriated under this section shall remain available until expended. SEC. 522. SULFIDE CORROSION STUDY.
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator shall conduct a study of the corrosive effects of sulfides in collection and treatment systems, the extent to which the uniform imposition of categorical pretreatment standards will exacerbate such effects, and the range of available options to deal with such effects. ^ ., ,^
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