PUBLIC LAW 109–241—JULY 11, 2006
120 STAT. 555
SEC. 604. REQUIREMENT TO UPDATE PHILADELPHIA AREA CONTINGENCY PLAN.
Deadline.
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act and not less than annually thereafter, the Philadelphia Area Committee established under section 311(j)(4) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(j)(4)) shall review and revise the Philadelphia Area Contingency Plan to include available data and biological information on environmentally sensitive areas of the Delaware River and Delaware Bay that has been collected by Federal and State surveys. SEC. 605. SUBMERGED OIL REMOVAL.
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Title VII of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 is amended— (1) in section 7001(c)(4)(B) (33 U.S.C. 2761(c)(4)(B)) by striking ‘‘RIVERA,’’ and inserting ‘‘RIVERA and the T/V ATHOS I,’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 7002. SUBMERGED OIL PROGRAM.
33 USC 2762.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM.— ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, in conjunction with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall establish a program to detect, monitor, and evaluate the environmental effects of submerged oil in the Delaware River and Bay region. The program shall include the following elements: ‘‘(A) The development of methods to remove, disperse, or otherwise diminish the persistence of submerged oil. ‘‘(B) The development of improved models and capacities for predicting the environmental fate, transport, and effects of submerged oil. ‘‘(C) The development of techniques to detect and monitor submerged oil. ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the Delaware River Protection Act of 2006, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the activities carried out under this subsection and activities proposed to be carried out under this subsection. ‘‘(b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.— ‘‘(1) REMOVAL OF SUBMERGED OIL.—The Commandant of the Coast Guard, in conjunction with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, shall conduct a demonstration project for the purpose of developing and demonstrating technologies and management practices to remove submerged oil from the Delaware River and other navigable waters. ‘‘(2) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commandant of the Coast Guard $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010 to carry out this subsection.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections in section 2 of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7001 the following: ‘‘Sec. 7002. Submerged oil program’’.
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