Sec. 3012. Lake Tahoe restoration program
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Title I of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) (as amended by section 3011) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section: The term Director means the Director of the Office appointed under subsection (b)(2). The term Environmental Improvement Program means the Environmental Improvement Program adopted by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, including any amendments to the Environmental Improvement Program. The term Office means the Lake Tahoe Program Office established under subsection (b)(1)(A).
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator shall establish within the Environmental Protection Agency a Lake Tahoe Program Office. The Office shall be located at— the headquarters of region 9 of the Environmental Protection Agency; or another location geographically suitable for the purposes of carrying out the grant program under subsection (c). The Administrator shall appoint an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency who, by reason of management experience and technical expertise relating to Lake Tahoe, shall be highly qualified to support the development and implementation of projects, programs, and studies necessary to carry out the goals of the Environmental Improvement Program as Director of the Office.
The Administrator shall delegate to the Director such authority and provide such resources as may be necessary to carry out this section. The Director may provide funding through cooperative agreements, contracts, interagency agreements, grants, or other means to Federal, State, and regional agencies, public and nonprofit agencies, institutions, and organizations for activities, studies, or projects identified in the Environmental Improvement Program. The Federal share of the total cost of an eligible activity, study, or project carried out using amounts provided under this section shall be not greater than 75 percent.
The non-Federal share of the total cost of an eligible activity, study, or project carried out under the program shall be provided from non-Federal sources. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry out this section $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2024. Of the amounts made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year under paragraph (1), the Director may use not more than 5 percent to pay the administrative expenses incurred in carrying out this section.
Nothing in this section limits the eligibility of projects identified in the Environmental Improvement Program to receive funding under section 319. No amounts made available under paragraph
(1)may be used for the administration of a management conference under section 320. .
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Sec. 3012
Lake Tahoe restoration program
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