§1444 — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

Summary

Each March, the Secretary of Commerce must send Congress a report about work done under this subchapter in the past fiscal year. The report must cover four things: the Secretary’s findings about dumping (including an assessment of immediate environmental harm and the social and economic effects), the results of actions taken under section 1442, a list of short- and long-term research needs agreed with the Administrator and other federal agencies and how federal research will meet them, and the Department’s work under section 665 of title 16. Each March, the Administrator must also report to Congress on work under section 1443 from the prior fiscal year. On October 31 each year, the Under Secretary must report the specific NOAA and EPA programs done under this subchapter in the prior fiscal year and state how much money was spent on each.

Title 33, §1444

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(a)In March of each year, the Secretary of Commerce shall report to the Congress on his activities under this subchapter during the previous fiscal year. The report shall include—

(1)the Secretary’s findings made under section 1441 of this title, including an evaluation of the short-term ecological effects and the social and economic factors involved with the dumping;

(2)the results of activities undertaken pursuant to section 1442 of this title;

(3)with the concurrence of the Administrator and after consulting with officials of other appropriate Federal agencies, an identification of the short- and long-term research requirements associated with activities under subchapter I, and a description of how Federal research under this subchapter and subchapter I will meet those requirements; and

(4)activities of the Department of Commerce under section 665 of title 16.

(b)In March of each year, the Administrator shall report to the Congress on his activities during the previous fiscal year under section 1443 of this title.

(c)On October 31 of each year, the Under Secretary shall report to the Congress the specific programs that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency carried out pursuant to this subchapter in the previous fiscal year, specifically listing the amount of funds allocated to those specific programs in the previous fiscal year.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 204 of Pub. L. 92–532, which was classified to this section, was renumbered section 205 and is classified to section 1445 of this title.

Amendments

1988—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–627 added subsec. (c). 1986—Pub. L. 99–272 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to conduct a study to assist the city of New York in evaluating the technological options available for the removal of heavy metals and other toxic organic materials from the sewage sludge of the city of New York. The study shall also examine options available to reduce the amount of such pollutants entering the sewage system. The study is to be completed by July 1, 1981.”

§1444 Annual Reports