33 U.S. Code § 1270 - Lake Champlain Basin Program
The Management Conference shall establish a multi-disciplinary environmental research program for Lake Champlain. Such research program shall be planned and conducted jointly with the Lake Champlain Research Consortium.
The term “Lake Champlain Basin Program” means the coordinated efforts among the Federal Government, State governments, and local governments to implement the Plan.
The term “Lake Champlain drainage basin” means all or part of Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Warren, Essex, and Washington counties in the State of New York and all or part of Franklin, Grand Isle, Chittenden, Addison, Rutland, Bennington, Lamoille, Orange, Washington, Orleans, and Caledonia counties in Vermont, that contain all of the streams, rivers, lakes, and other bodies of water, including wetlands, that drain into Lake Champlain.
2002—Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(1), substituted “Lake Champlain Basin Program” for “Lake Champlain Management Conference” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(1), (2), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(3), struck out par. (1) designation before “The Management”.
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(4)(A), struck out “(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Plan’)” after “restoration plan”.
Subsec. (e)(2)(F). Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(4)(B), added subpar. (F).
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(5)(A), substituted “participants in the Lake Champlain Basin Program,” for “the Management Conference,”.
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(5)(B), substituted “development and implementation of the Plan” for “development of the Plan and for retaining expert consultants in support of litigation undertaken by the State of New York and the State of Vermont to compel cleanup or obtain cleanup damage costs from persons responsible for pollution of Lake Champlain”.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(6)(A), substituted “Definitions” for “ ‘Lake Champlain drainage basin’ defined” in subsec. heading, inserted introductory provisions, added par. (1), inserted par. (2) designation and heading after par. (1) and inserted “The term” before “ ‘Lake Champlain drainage”.
Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(6)(B), inserted “Hamilton,” after “Franklin,” and “Bennington,” after “Rutland,”.
Subsec. (g)(3). Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(6)(C), added par. (3).
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(7), added subsec. (h) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (h). Text read as follows: “Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to affect the jurisdiction or powers of—
“(1) any department or agency of the Federal Government or any State government; or
“(2) any international organization or entity related to Lake Champlain created by treaty or memorandum to which the United States is a signatory.”
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 107–303, § 202(8), substituted “section—” for “section $2,000,000”, inserted “(1) $2,000,000” before “for each of fiscal years 1991,”, substituted “1995;” for “1995.”, and added pars. (2) and (3).
Section 304 of Pub. L. 101–596, as amended by Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 336(a)(2)(F), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1005, provided that:
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