101 STAT. 12
PUBLIC LAW 100-4—FEB. 4, 1987 ,,,.;-,
Establishment. '^.£KiL
"(C) 'Great Lakes System' means all the streams, rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water within the drainage basin of the Great Lakes; "(D) 'Program Office' means the Great Lakes National Program Office established by this section; and "(E) 'Research Office' means the Great Lakes Research Office established by subsection (d). "(b) GREAT LAKES NATIONAL PROGRAM OFFICE.—The Great Lakes National Program Office (previously established by the Administrator) is hereby established within the Agency. The Program Office shall be headed by a Director who, by reason of management experience and technical expertise relating to the Great Lakes, is highly qualified to direct the development of programs and plans on a variety of Great Lakes issues. The Great Lakes National Program Office shall be located in a Great Lakes State. "(c) GREAT LAKES MANAGEMENT.—
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Pollution. Michigan. Wisconsin. Indiana. Ohio. New York.
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"(1) FUNCTIONS.—The Program Office shall— "(A) in cooperation with appropriate Federal, State, tribal, and international agencies, and in accordance with .T8P; section 101(e) of this Act, develop and implement specific action plans to carry out the responsibilities of the United States under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978; "(B) establish a Great Lakes system-wide surveillance network to monitor the water quality of the Great Lakes, with specific emphasis on the monitoring of toxic pollutants; "(C) serve as the liaison with, and provide information to, the Canadian members of the International Joint Commission and the Canadian counterpart to the Agency; "(D) coordinate actions of the Agency (including actions by headquarters and regional offices thereof) aimed at improving Great Lakes water quality; and "(E) coordinate actions of the Agency with the actions of other Federal agencies and State and local authorities, so as to ensure the input of those agencies and authorities in developing water quality strategies and obtain the support of those agencies and authorities in achieving the objectives jt of such agreement. "(2) 5-YEAR PLAN AND PROGRAM.—The Program Office shall develop, in consultation with the States, a five-year plan and program for reducing the amount of nutrients introduced into the Great Lakes. Such program shall incorporate any management program for reducing nutrient runoff from nonpoint sources established under section 319 of this Act and shall include a program for monitoring nutrient runoff into, and ambient levels in, the Great Lakes. "(3) 5-YEAR STUDY AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—The Program Office shall carry out a five-year study and demonstration projects relating to the control and removal of toxic pollutants in the Great Lakes, with emphasis on the removal of toxic pollutants from bottom sediments. In selecting locations for conducting demonstration projects under this paragraph, priority consideration shall be given to projects at the following locations: Saginaw Bay, Michigan; Sheboygan Harbor, Wisconsin; Grand Calumet River, Indiana; Ashtabula River, Ohio; and Buffalo River, New York. ..-
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