STUDIES OF WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN AQUIFERS.

SEC. 520. STUDIES OF WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN AQUIFERS. (a) Studies.—The Administrator, in conjunction with State and local agencies and after providing an opportunity for full public participation, shall conduct studies for the purpose of identifying existing and potential point and nonpoint sources of pollution, and of identifying measures and practices necessary to control such sources of pollution, in the following groundwater systems and aquifers: (1) the groundwater system of the Upper Santa Cruz Basin and the Avra-Altar Basin of Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona; (2) the Spokane-Rathdrum Valley Aquifer, Washington and Idaho; (3) the Nassau and Suffolk Counties Aquifer, New York; (4) the Whidbey Island Aquifer, Washington; (5) the Unconsolidated Quaternary Aquifer, Rockaway River area, New Jersey; (6) contaminated ground water under Litchfield, Hartford, Fairfield, Tolland, and New Haven counties, Connecticut; and (7) the Sparta Aquifer, Arkansas. 101 STAT. 88 (b) Reports.—Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the studies conducted under this section. (c) Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986, to carry out this section.