33 U.S.C. § 1275
In this section, the following definitions apply:
The term "Columbia River Basin" means the entire United States portion of the Columbia River watershed.
The term "Estuary Partnership" means the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, an entity created by the States of Oregon and Washington and the Environmental Protection Agency under section 1330 of this title.
The term "Estuary Plan" means the Estuary Partnership Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Governors of Oregon and Washington on October 20, 1999, under section 1330 of this title.
The term "Estuary Plan" includes any amendments to the plan.
The term "Lower Columbia River Estuary" means the mainstem Columbia River from the Bonneville Dam to the Pacific Ocean and tidally influenced portions of tributaries to the Columbia River in that region.
The term "Middle and Upper Columbia River Basin" means the region consisting of the United States portion of the Columbia River Basin above Bonneville Dam.
The term "Program" means the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program established under subsection (b)(1)(A).
The Administrator shall establish within the Environmental Protection Agency a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program.
The Program shall consist of a collaborative stakeholder-based program for environmental protection and restoration activities throughout the Columbia River Basin.
The Administrator shall-
The Administrator shall establish a Columbia River Basin Restoration Working Group (referred to in this subsection as the "Working Group").
Membership in the Working Group shall be on a voluntary basis and any person invited by the Administrator under this subsection may decline membership.
The Administrator shall invite, at a minimum, representatives of-
The Working Group shall include representatives from-
The Working Group shall-
The Estuary Partnership shall perform the duties and fulfill the responsibilities of the Working Group described in paragraph (4) as those duties and responsibilities relate to the Lower Columbia River Estuary for such time as the Estuary Partnership is the management conference for the Lower Columbia River National Estuary Program under section 1330 of this title.
If the Estuary Partnership ceases to be the management conference for the Lower Columbia River National Estuary Program under section 1330 of this title, the Administrator may designate the new management conference to assume the duties and responsibilities of the Working Group described in paragraph (4) as those duties and responsibilities relate to the Lower Columbia River Estuary.
If the Estuary Partnership is removed from the National Estuary Program, the duties and responsibilities for the lower 146 miles of the Columbia River pursuant to this section shall be incorporated into the duties of the Working Group.
The Administrator shall establish a voluntary, competitive Columbia River Basin program to provide grants to State governments, tribal governments, regional water pollution control agencies and entities, local government entities, nongovernmental entities, or soil and water conservation districts to develop or implement projects authorized under this section for the purpose of environmental protection and restoration activities throughout the Columbia River Basin.
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Federal share of the cost of any project or activity carried out using funds from a grant provided to any person (including a State, tribal, or local government or interstate or regional agency) under this subsection for a fiscal year-
With respect to cost-sharing for a grant provided under this subsection-
In making grants using funds appropriated to carry out this section, the Administrator shall-
Each grant recipient under this subsection shall submit to the Administrator reports on progress being made in achieving the purposes of this section.
The Administrator shall establish requirements and timelines for recipients of grants under this subsection to report on progress made in achieving the purposes of this section.
Nothing in this subsection limits the eligibility of the Estuary Partnership to receive funding under section 1330(g) of this title.
None of the funds made available under this subsection may be used for the administration of a management conference under section 1330 of this title.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
The President, as part of the annual budget submission of the President to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, shall submit information regarding each Federal agency involved in protection and restoration of the Columbia River Basin, including an interagency crosscut budget that displays for each Federal agency-
1 So in original. Probably should be "Columbia".
33 U.S.C. § 1275
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2018-Subsec. (d)(6). Pub. L. 115-270 added par. (6).
- State
- The term "State" means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
- ocean
- The term "ocean" means any portion of the high seas beyond the contiguous zone.
- person
- The term "person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, State, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a State, or any interstate body.
- pollution
- The term "pollution" means the man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological integrity of water.