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§ 1962d–22. Great Lakes fishery and ecosystem restoration
(a) Findings
Congress finds that—
(1) the Great Lakes comprise a nationally and internationally significant fishery and ecosystem;
(2) the Great Lakes fishery and ecosystem should be developed and enhanced in a coordinated manner; and
(3) the Great Lakes fishery and ecosystem provides a diversity of opportunities, experiences, and beneficial uses.
(b) Definitions
In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Great Lake
(A) In general
(B) Inclusions
(2) Great Lakes Commission
(3) Great Lakes Fishery Commission
(4) Great Lakes State
(c) Great Lakes fishery and ecosystem restoration
(1) Support plan
(A) In general
(B) Use of existing documents
(C) Cooperation
The Secretary shall develop the plan in cooperation with—
(i) the signatories to the Joint Strategic Plan for Management of the Great Lakes Fisheries; and
(ii) other affected interests.
(2) Reconnaissance studies
Before planning, designing, or constructing a project under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall carry out a reconnaissance study—
(A) to identify methods of restoring the fishery, ecosystem, and beneficial uses of the Great Lakes; and
(B) to determine whether planning of a project under paragraph (3) should proceed.
(3) Projects
(4) Evaluation program
(A) In general
(B) Studies
(5) Recreation features
(d) Cooperative agreements
(e) Relationship to other Great Lakes activities
(f) Cost sharing
(1) Development of plan
(2) Project planning, design, construction, and evaluation
(3) Non-Federal share
(A) Credit for land, easements, and rights-of-way
(B) Form
(4) Operation and maintenance
(5) Non-Federal interests
(Pub. L. 106–541, title V, § 506, Dec. 11, 2000, 114 Stat. 2645; Pub. L. 110–114, title V, § 5011, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat. 1194; Pub. L. 114–322, title I, §§ 1123, 1140, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1647, 1658.)