Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 5.djvu/142

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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 4148

PUBLIC LAW 100-688—NOV. 18, 1988 "(2) FAILURE TO SUBMIT REPORT.—If a State fails to submit a report in accordance with this subsection, the Administrator shall withhold funds reserved for such State under section 205(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1285(g)). Funds withheld pursuant to this paragraph may, at the discretion of the Administrator, be restored to a State upon compliance with this subsection, "(i) EPA PROGRESS REPORTS.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31 of 1989 and of each year thereafter until the Administrator determines that ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste has terminated, the Administrator shall prepare and submit to the Congress a report on— "(A) progress being made by persons issued permits under section 102 for transportation or dumping of sewage sludge or industrial waste in developing alternative systems for managing sewage sludge and industrial waste; "(B) the efforts of each such person to comply with a compliance agreement or enforcement agreement entered into by the person pursuant to subsection (c), including the extent to which such person has complied with deadlines established by the schedule included in such agreement; "(C) pn^retjs being made by the Administrator and others in identifying and implementing alternative systems for the management of sewage sludge and industrial waste; and "(D) pn^ress being made toward the termination of ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste. "(2) REFERRAL TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—Each report

submitted to the Congress under this subsection shall be referred to each standing committee of the House of Representatives and of the Senate having jurisdiction over any part of the subject matter of the report, "(j) ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in cooperation with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, shall design a program for monitoring environmental conditions— "(A) at the Apex site (as that term is defined in section 104A); "(B) at the site designated by the Administrator under section 102(c) and known as the '106-Mile Ocean Waste Dump Site' (as described in 49 F.R. 19005); "(C) at the site at which industrial waste is dumped; and "(D) within the potential area of influence of the sewage sludge and industrial waste dumped at those sites. "(2) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The program designed under paragraph (1) shall include, but is not limited to— "(A) sampling of an appropriate number of fish and shellfish species and other organisms to assess the effects of environmental conditions on living marine organisms in these areas; and "(B) use of satellite and other advanced technologies in conducting the p n ^ a m. "(3) MONITORING AcnvmES.—The Administrator and the Under Secretary of (Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall