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PUBLIC LAW 100-4—FEB. 4, 1987 "(4) ADMINISTRATOR'S RESPONSIBILITY.—The Administrator shall ensure that the Program Office enters into agreements with the various organizational elements of the Agency involved in Great Lakes activities and the appropriate State agencies specifically delineating— "(A) the duties and responsibilities of each such element in the Agency with respect to the Great Lakes; "(B) the time periods for carrying out such duties and ' resjponsibilities; and (C) the resources to be committed to such duties and responsibilities. "(5) BUDGET ITEM,—The Administrator shall, in the Agency's annual budget submission to Congress, include a funding request for the Program Office as a separate budget line item. "(6) COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.—Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report which— "(A) describes the achievements in the preceding fiscal year in implementing the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 and shows by categories (including judicial enforcement, research, State cooperative efforts, and general administration) the amounts expended on Great Lakes water quality initiatives in such preceding fiscal year; "(B) describes the progress made in such preceding fiscal year in implementing the system of surveillance of the lii water quality in the Great Lakes System, including the monitoring of groundwater and sediment, with particular reference to toxic pollutants; "(C) describes the long-term prospects for improving the condition of the Great Lakes; and

"(D) provides a comprehensive assessment of the planned efforts to be pursued in the succeeding fiscal year for implementing the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978, which assessment shall— "(i) show by categories (including judicial enforcement, research. State cooperative efforts, and general administration) the amount anticipated to be expended on Great Lakes water quality initiatives in the fiscal year to which the assessment relates; and "(ii) include a report of current programs administered by other Federal agencies which make available resources to the Great Lakes water quality management efforts.

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Research and development. State and local governments.

Research and development. State and local govenments.

"(d) GREAT LAKES RESEARCH.— "(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF RESEARCH OFFICE,—There

is established within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the Great Lakes Research Office. "(2) IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES,—The Research Office shall identify issues relating to the Great Lakes resources on which research is needed. The Research Office shall submit a report to Congress on such issues before the end of each fiscal year which shall identify any changes in the Great Lakes system with respect to such issues. '(3) INVENTORY.—The Research Office shall identify and inventory Federal, State, university, and tribal environmental research programs (and, to the extent feasible, those of private

Reports.

State and local governments. Schools and colleges.