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 104 STAT. 3626 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 (10) meet other critical water quality research needs, as determined by the Secretary. Reports. SEC. 1485. REPOSITORY OF AGRICULTURE AND GROUND WATER QUALITY 7 USC 5505. PLANNING INFORMATION. (a) REPOSITORY. —The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the National Agricultural Library, shall establish at such Library, a repository for all reports prepared and submitted, in accordance with this subtitle, to the Director, the Secretary, or Committees of Congress. The Administrator of the Library, in administering such repository, shall— (1) compile other planning documents concerning agriculture and ground water protection that are produced by the Secretary and other Federal, regional, and State agencies; (2) compile and catalog all Federal statutes relevant to the protection of ground water from agricultural production; and (3) identify, list, and provide information concerning access to data bases and informational sources relating to ground water and agricultural production that are available through the Secretary, the United States Geological Survey, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Commerce, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority, private industry, nonprofit organizations, and other sources. (b) RESEARCH DATA BASE.— (1) REPORT.—Within 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and submit a report to the Congress on the measures necessary to develop an interactive, descriptive national data base to contain information on agricultural practices and water resources (including research results, monitoring and survey data, pesticide and nutrient use data, and other relevant data bases and information sources relevant to water protection), to be located at the National Agricultural Library. In preparing this report, the Secretary shall— (A) identify the information required for the development of such an agriculture and water data base and identify the extent to which such information is now collected either publicly or privately; (B) determine the extent to which such information can be integrated into one data base; and (C) develop a plan for implementing the development of such a data base. (2) CONSULTATION. — In preparing the report, the Secretary shall consult as appropriate with the Economic Research Service, the Extension Service, the C!ooperative State Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Soil Conservation Service, the United States Geological Survey, the Environmental Protection Agency, such other public and private persons as the Secretary determines appropriate. (3) DEVELOPMENT.—Ninety days after the date on which the report is submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall initiate the development of the data base in accordance with such report.

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