Sec. 1406. Study examining the impact of acidification and other environmental stressors on estuaries environments
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall make appropriate arrangements with the National Academies under which the National Academies shall conduct a study that— examines the existing science of acidification in coastal environments, including in the Great Lakes; examines the challenges to studying acidification and the combined effect of acidification and other environment stressors in coastal environments; provides recommendations for improving future research with respect to acidification in coastal environments; and identifies pathways for applying science in management and mitigation decisions relating to acidification in estuaries environments.
The study conducted under subsection
(a)shall include— the behavior of the carbonate system within estuaries environments; the interactions of the carbonate system with other biotic and biotic characteristics of coastal ecosystems; how environmental and anthropogenic changes or disturbances, such as nutrient runoff and water pollution, could affect biotic and biotic processes within coastal ecosystems; how coastal biotic and biotic processes will be affected under predicted environmental changes; the current state of data collection, interpretation, storage, and retrieval and observational infrastructure of biotic and biotic parameters in coastal ecosystems; the gaps that exist in understanding the socio-economic and health impacts of acidification in coastal ecosystems; future directions for scientific research; and pathways for applying science in management and mitigation decisions. Not later than two years after entering into any arrangement under subsection (a), the Administrator shall request that the National Academies submit to Congress a report detailing the findings of the study.