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Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§4004 Northern Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia

Title 33 › CHAPTER 53 — HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM AND HYPOXIA RESEARCH AND CONTROL › § 4004

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The EPA Administrator must send a progress report, through the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force, to the President and the right congressional committees no later than 12 months after June 30, 2014, and every two years after that. The report must describe progress from actions led by the Task Force and done or funded by the EPA and state and federal partners toward meeting the goals of the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008. Each report must assess progress in cutting nutrient pollution, how the low-oxygen (hypoxic) zone and overall water quality in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin have changed, and any economic and social effects; review what was learned; and recommend steps to keep using or, if needed, change the 2008 action plan.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §4004

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Initial progress reports
Beginning not later than 12 months after June 30, 2014, and biennially thereafter, the Administrator, through the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force, shall submit a progress report to the appropriate congressional committees and the President that describes the progress made by activities directed by the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force and carried out or funded by the Environmental Protection Agency and other State and Federal partners toward attainment of the goals of the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008.
(b)Contents
Each report required under this section shall—
(1)assess the progress made toward nutrient load reductions, the response of the hypoxic zone and water quality throughout the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin, and the economic and social effects;
(2)evaluate lessons learned; and
(3)recommend appropriate actions to continue to implement or, if necessary, revise the strategy set forth in the Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly set out in a note under section 1451 of Title 16, Conservation.

Amendments

2014—Pub. L. 113–124 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section required the Task Force to submit an integrated assessment of hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico and develop a plan for reducing, mitigating, and controlling such hypoxia.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 4004

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110