PUBLIC LAW 101-380 —AUG. 18, 1990 104 STAT. 561 quate supervision, protective equipment, maximum exposure limits, and decontamination procedures; (H) research and development of methods to restore and rehabilitate natural resources damaged by oil discharges; (I) research to evaluate the relative effectiveness and environmental impacts of bioremediation technologies; and (J) the demonstration of a satellite-based, dependent surveillance vessel traffic system in Narragansett Bay to evaluate the utility of such system in reducing the risk of oil discharges from vessel collisions and groundings in confined waters. (3) OIL POLLUTION TECHNOLOGY EVALUATION. — The program established under this subsection shall provide for oil pollution prevention and mitigation technology evaluation including— (A) the evaluation and testing of technologies developed independently of the research and development program established under this subsection; (B) the establishment, where appropriate, of standards and testing protocols traceable to national standards to measure the performance of oil pollution prevention or mitigation technologies; and (C) the use, where appropriate, of controlled field testing to evaluate real-world application of oil discharge prevention or mitigation technologies. (4) OIL POLLUTION EFFECTS RESEARCH.— (A) The Committee shall establish a research program to monitor and evaluate the environmental effects of oil discharges. Such program shall include the following elements: (i) The development of improved models and capabilities for predicting the environmental fate, transport, and effects of oil discharges. (ii) The development of methods, including economic methods, to assess damages to natural resources resulting from oil discharges. (iii) The identification of t5rpes of ecologically sensitive areas at particular risk to oil discharges and the preparation of scientific monitoring and evaluation plans, one for each of several types of ecological conditions, to be implemented in the event of major oil discharges in such areas. (iv) The collection of environmental baseline data in ecologically sensitive areas at particular risk to oil discharges where such data are insufficient. (B) The Department of Commerce in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency shall monitor and scientif- ically evaluate the long-term environmental effects of oil discharges if— (i) the amount of oil discharged exceeds 250,000 gallons; (ii) the oil discharge has occurred on or after January 1, 1989; and (iii) the Interagency Committee determines that a study of the long-term environmental effects of the discharge would be of significant scientific value, especially for preventing or responding to future oil discharges. Areas for study may include the following sites where oil dis- State listing. charges have occurred: the New York/New Jersey Harbor area, where oil was discharged by an Exxon underwater pipeline, the T/B CIBRO SAVANNAH, and the M/V BT NAUTILUS;
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