PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986
100 STAT. 131
Subtitle F—Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act Amendments SEC. 6061. CONSOLIDATION OF REPORT.
Section 201 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1441) is amended by striking out all that follows "connecting waters" and inserting in lieu thereof a period. SEC. 6062. MARINE RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS.
Section 202 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1442) is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" before "The Secretary" in subsection (a); (2) by striking out "in consultation" in the first sentence of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "in close consultation"; (3) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following new paragraph: "(2) The Secretary of Commerce shall ensure that the program Pollution, under this section complements, when appropriate, the activities undertaken by other Federal agencies pursuant to title I and section 33 USC 1411. 203. That program shall include but not be limited to— Infra. "(A) the development and assessment of scientific techniques to define and quantify the degradation of the marine environment; "(B) the assessment of the capacity of the marine environment to receive materials without degradation; "(C) continuing monitoring programs to assess the health of the marine environment, including but not limited to the monitoring of bottom oxygen concentrations, contaminant levels in biota, sediments, and the water column, diseases in fish and shellfish, and changes in types and abundance of indicator species; "(D) the development of methodologies, techniques, and equipment for disposal of waste materials to minimize degradation of the marine environment."; and (4) by striking out subsection (c) and redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively. ^ SEC. 6063. REGIONAL MANAGEMENT PLANS.
Section 203 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries '^' ^: • Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1443) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(c) The Administrator, in cooperation with the Secretary, the State and local Secretary of Commerce, and other officials of appropriate Federal, governments. State, and local agencies, shall assess the feasibility in coastal areas Waste disposal, of regional management plans for the disposal of waste materials. Such plans should integrate where appropriate Federal, State, regional, and local waste disposal activities into a comprehensive regional disposal strategy. These plans should address, among other things— "(1) the sources, quantities, and types of materials that require and will require disposal; "(2) the environmental, economic, social, and human health factors (and the methods used to assess these factors) associated with disposal alternatives; ' ' ^^^-^
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