CLEAN LAKES.

SEC. 315. CLEAN LAKES. (a) Establishment and Scope of Program.—Section 314(a) is amended to read as follows: 101 STAT. 50 “(a) Establishment and Scope of Program.— “(1) State program requirements.—Each State on a biennial basis shall prepare and submit to the Administrator for his approval— “(A) an identification and classification according to eutrophic condition of all publicly owned lakes in such State; “(B) a description of procedures, processes, and methods (including land use requirements), to control sources of pollution of such lakes; “(C) a description of methods and procedures, in conjunction with appropriate Federal agencies, to restore the quality of such lakes; “(D) methods and procedures to mitigate the harmful effects of high acidity, including innovative methods of neutralizing and restoring buffering capacity of lakes and methods of removing from lakes toxic metals and other toxic substances mobilized by high acidity; “(E) a list and description of those publicly owned lakes in such State for which uses are known to be impaired, including those lakes which are known not to meet applicable water quality standards or which require implementation of control programs to maintain compliance with applicable standards and those lakes in which water quality has deteriorated as a result of high acidity that may reasonably be due to acid deposition; and “(F) an assessment of the status and trends of water quality in lakes in such State, including but not limited to, the nature and extent of pollution loading from point and nonpoint sources and the extent to which the use of lakes is impaired as a result of such pollution, particularly with respect to toxic pollution. “(2) Submission as part of 305(b)(1) report.—The information required under paragraph (1) shall be included in the report required under section 305(b)(1) of this Act, beginning with the report required under such section by April 1, 1988. “(3) Report of administrator.—Not later than 180 days after receipt from the States of the biennial information required under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the status of water quality in lakes in the United States, including the effectiveness of the methods and procedures described in paragraph (1)(D). “(4) Eligibility requirement.— Beginning after April 1, 1988, a State must have submitted the information required under paragraph (1) in order to receive grant assistance under this section.”. (b) Demonstration Program.— Section 314 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: “(d) Demonstration Program.— “(1) General requirements.—The Administrator is authorized and directed to establish and conduct at locations throughout the Nation a lake water quality demonstration program. The program shall, at a minimum— 101 STAT. 51 “(A) develop cost effective technologies for the control of pollutants to preserve or enhance lake water quality while optimizing multiple lakes uses; “(B) control nonpoint sources of pollution which are contributing to the degradation of water quality in lakes; “(C) evaluate the feasibility of implementing regional consolidated pollution control strategies; “(D) demonstrate environmentally preferred techniques for the removal and disposal of contaminated lake sediments; “(E) develop improved methods for the removal of silt, stumps, aquatic growth, and other obstructions which impair the quality of lakes; “(F) construct and evaluate silt traps and other devices or equipment to prevent or abate the deposit of sediment in lakes; and “(G) demonstrate the costs and benefits of utilizing dredged material from lakes in the reclamation of despoiled land. “(2) Geographical requirements.—Demonstration projects authorized by this subsection shall be undertaken to reflect a variety of geographical and environmental conditions. As a priority, the Administrator shall undertake demonstration projects at Lake Houston, Texas; Beaver Lake, Arkansas; Greenwood Lake and Belcher Creek, New Jersey; Deal Lake, New Jersey; Alcyon Lake, New Jersey; Gorton’s Pond, Rhode Island; Lake Washington, Rhode Island; Lake Bomoseen, Vermont; Sauk Lake, Minnesota; and Lake Worth, Texas. “(3) Reports.—The Administrator shall report annually to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate on work undertaken pursuant to this subsection. Upon completion of the program authorized by this subsection, the Administrator shall submit to such committees a final report on the results of such program, along with recommendations for further measures to improve the water quality of the Nation’s lakes. “(4) Authorization of appropriations.— “(A) In general.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection not to exceed $40,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, to remain available until expended. “(B) Special authorizations.— “(i) Amount.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (b) with respect to subsection (a)(1)(D) not to exceed $15,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, to remain available until expended. “(ii) Distribution of funds.—The Administrator shall provide for an equitable distribution of sums appropriated pursuant to this subparagraph among States carrying out approved methods and procedures. Such distribution shall be based on the relative needs of each such State for the mitigation of the harmful effects on lakes and other surface waters of high acidity that may reasonably be due to acid deposition or acid mine drainage. 101 STAT. 52 “(iii) Grants as additional assistance.— The amount of any grant to a State under this subparagraph shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other Federal financial assistance.”. (c) Lake Restoration Guidance Manual.— Section 304(j) is amended to read as follows: “(j) Lake Restoration Guidance Manual.— The Administrator shall, within 1 year after the date of the enactment of the Water Quality Act of 1987 and biennially thereafter, publish and disseminate a lake restoration guidance manual describing methods, procedures, and processes to guide State and local efforts to improve, restore, and enhance water quality in the Nation’s publicly owned lakes.”. (d) Conforming Amendments.— Section 314 is further amended— (1) in subsection (b) by striking out “this section” the first place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (a) of this section”; (2) in subsection (c)(1) by striking out “this section” the first place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (b) of this section” and by striking out “this section” the second place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (a) of this section”; and (3) in subsection (c)(2) by striking out “this section” the first place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (b) of this section” and by striking out “this section” the second place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (a) of this section”.