Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 100 Part 5.djvu/685

 PUBLIC LAW 99-662—NOV. 17, 1986

100 STAT. 4159

(1) an estimate of the current service levels of public capital investments and alternative high and low levels of such investments over a period of ten years in current dollars and over a period of five years in constant dollars; (2) capital investment needs in each major program area over a period of ten years; (3) an identification and analysis of the principal policy issues that affect estimated capital investment needs; (4) an identification and analysis of factors that affect estimated capital investment needs including, but not limited to, K the following factors: (A) economic assumptions; / (B) engineering standards; ' (C) estimates of spending for operation and maintenance; (D) estimates of expenditures for similar investments by [* ' State and local governments; ix f£.n (E) estimates of demand and need for public services derived from such capital investments and estimates of the •' service capacity of such investments; and ^; (F) the effects of delays in planning and implementation ^- ' ' of water resources projects on the capital investment costs of water resources programs, including increased costs associated with interest rates and inflation; (5) a description of the economic, social, and environmental benefits realized from past investments and expected to be realized from future investments, including the protection of life and property; and (6) an analysis of the effect of different levels of cost sharing and user fee recovery on the demand for water resources projects. SEC. 708. NEW YORK HARBOR AND ADJACENT CHANNEL STUDY.

The Secretary is directed to expedite completion of the study of New York. New York Harbor and Adjacent Channels, New York and New New Jersey. Jersey, authorized by a resolution of the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, dated December 15, 1980, and to submit a report to Congress on the results of such study not later than December 31, 1987. SEC. 709. DIOXIN CONTAMINATION IN PASSAIC RIVER-NEWARK BAY.

(a) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency New Jersey, shall study and monitor the extent and adverse environmental effects of dioxin contamination in the Passaic River-Newark Bay navigation system. The study and report under this section are not intended to encumber civil works projects under development or scheduled to be maintained. Work on these projects shall proceed along the present schedule. (b) Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit a report on the results of such study and monitoring along with any recommendations of the Administrator concerning methods of reducing the effects of such contamination to the Committee on Environment and Public Works ^ of the Senate and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives.

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