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 PUBLIC LAW 101-549—NOV. 15, 1990 104 STAT. 2707 (f) ADIRONDACK EFFECTS ASSESSMENT.—The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish a program to research the effects of acid deposition on waters where acid deposition has been most acute. The Administrator shall enter into a multiyear contract for such purposes with an independent university which has a year-round field analytical laboratory on a body of water of not less than 25,000 acres nor greater than 75,000 acres, which lies within a geographic region designated as a Biosphere Reserve by the Department of State. The facility must have demonstrated the capability to analyze relevant data on said body of water over a period of 20 years as well as extensive ecosystem modeling capabilities. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection not less than $6,000,000. (g) WESTERN STATES ACID DEPOSITION RESEARCH.— (1) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall sponsor monitoring and research and submit to Congress annual and periodic assessment reports on— (A) the occurrence and effects of acid deposition on surface waters located in that part of the United States west of the Mississippi River; (B) the occurrence and effects of acid deposition on high elevation ecosystems (including forests, and surface waters); and (C) the occurrence and effects of episodic acidification, particularly with respect to high elevation watersheds. (2) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall analyze data generated from the studies conducted under paragraph (1), data from the Western Lakes Survey, and other appropriate research and utilize predictive modeling techniques that take into account the unique geographic, climatological, and atmospheric conditions which exist in the western United States to determine the potential occurrence and effects of acid deposition due to any projected increases in the emission of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in that part of the United States located west of the Mississippi River. The Administrator shall include the results of the project conducted under this paragraph in the reports issued to Congress under paragraph (1). (h)(1) In carrying out the provisions of section 103(f) of the Clean Air Act, the Secretary of Energy is authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, and make grants to, nonprofit entities affiliated with the University of Nevada and the University of Wyoming. (2) Agreements, contracts, and grants described in paragraph (1) shall provide that such nonprofit entities— (A) may provide basic technical and management personnel; and (B) shall make available permanent research support facilities owned by the nonprofit entities. (3) The nonprofit entities described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be authorized to make grants, accept contributions, and enter into agreements with other entities to carry out the provisions of this subsection. (4) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1991 and such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter to carry out the provisions of paragraph (1). Such amounts shall remain available until expended. Government contracts. Appropriation authorization. Reports. 42 USC 7403 note. Government contracts. Grant programs. Colleges and universities.

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