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 PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986

100 STAT. 133

Subtitle G—National Ocean Pollution Planning Act Amendments SEC. 6071. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

(a) Section 2(a) of the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 (33 U.S.C. 1701) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: "(6) Numerous Federal agencies have initiated and supported research projects to study, enhance, manage, preserve, protect, or restore the resources of the Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound, and other estuaries of national significance. "(7) Various research projects relating to the Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound, and other estuaries of national significance, including those conducted at the college and university level and those conducted at the State and local governmental level, can be more effectively coordinated in order to obtain maximum benefits.". (b) Section 2(b) of the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 (33 U.S.C. 1701) is amended by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (2), by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4), and by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: "(3) to provide for the effective coordination of research conducted to support the preservation and protection of the environmental quality of the Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound, and other estuaries of national significance, and to encourage the use of such research in determinations that affect the environmental quality of the Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound, and other estuaries of national significance; and".

Research and development. Conservation.

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SEC. 6072. NATIONAL OCEAN POLLUTION PROGRAM OFFICE AND NATIONAL OCEAN POLLUTION POLICY BOARD.

The National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 (33 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) is further amended as follows: (1) Section 3 is amended— 33 USC 1702. (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (4) through (7), respectively; (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: "(3) The term 'Board' means the National Ocean Pollution Policy Board established under section 3A(b)."; and Infra. (C) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(8) The term 'Office' means the National Ocean Pollution Program Office established under section 3A(a).". (2) The following new section is inserted immediately after section 3: "SEC. 3A. NATIONAL OCEAN POLLUTION PROGRAM OFFICE AND NATIONAL OCEAN POLLUTION POLICY BOARD.

"(a) PROGRAM OFFICE.—(1) The Administrator shall establish within the Administration the National Ocean Pollution Program Office. "(2) The Office shall—

33 USC 1702a.

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