Great Lakes Water Quality Indicators and Monitoring Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct the Great Lakes National Program Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with Canada and appropriate Federal agencies, to develop and implement a set of science-based indicators of water quality and related environmental factors in the Great Lakes, including measures of accumulated toxic pollutants.
Directs the Program Office to establish a Federal network for continued monitoring and data collection with respect to such indicators.
Requires biennial reporting of results and identification of any emerging problems.
Actions
Jan 31, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jan 31, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S655-656)