,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eefc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bd1
 #bjbf,mr4 ,padilla introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the             
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration to    
study the impacts of the dumping of     
certain waste in the ,san ,pedro ,basin1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,ocean ,protection and ,,ddt ,reduction 
,act4  #b4 ,research and remediation of 
,san ,pedro ,basin  7a7 ,in general ,the
 ,administrator shall-- 7#a7 conduct    
status and trend monitoring of the      
dumping of covered waste in and around  
the ,san ,pedro ,basin2  7#b7 conduct   
research to characterize the scope1     
impact1 and potential for penetration   
into the marine food web of the dumping 
of covered waste in the ,san ,pedro     

,basin2  7#c7 develop tools1            
technologies1 and scientific approaches 
that can serve as a foundation to       
characterize the disposition and impact 
of waste disposal at other ocean        
locations2 and  7#d7 assess1 analyze1   
and explore the potential of            
bioremediation with respect to the      
dumping of covered waste at the ,san    
,pedro offshore dump sites4  7b7 ,grants
 ,the ,administrator may provide grants 
to support the study of deep seafloor   
contamination from the dumping of       
covered waste off the coast of          
,california1 including the study of--   
7#a7 spatial and co-contaminant         
inventories2  7#b7 transport and fate   
processes2 and  7#c7 ecosystem          
biomagnification4  7c7 ,report ,not     
later than #c years after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,administrator shall submit a report    
outlining the strategy for further      
research and bioremediation in the ,san 
,pedro ,basin1 and identifying any other

 locations used as offshore dump sites  
for the dumping of covered waste1 to the
 following committees3 7#a7 ,the        
,committee on ,natural ,resources of the
 ,house of ,representatives4  7#b7 ,the 
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives4  7#c7 ,the ,committee 
on ,environment and ,public ,works of   
the ,senate4  7#d7 ,the ,committee on   
,energy and ,commerce of the ,house of  
,representatives4  7#e7 ,the ,committee 
on ,armed ,services of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,armed ,services of the ,senate4  7#f7  
,the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and
 ,technology of the ,house of           
,representatives4  7#g7 ,the ,committee 
on ,energy and ,natural ,resources of   
the ,senate4  7d7 ,authorization of     
appropriations ,there is authorized to  
be appropriated to carry out this ,act  
#f1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years     
#bjbh through #bjcd4  7e7 ,definitions  
,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,administrator ,the 

term ,administrator means the           
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration1 in   
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,defense1 the ,administrator of the     
,environmental ,protection ,agency1 and 
the heads of other relevant agencies4   
7#b7 ,covered waste ,the term covered   
waste means-- 7,a7                      
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane1        
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane         
degradation products1 and byproducts of 
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane         
manufacturing2 and  7,b7 other          
industrial wastes including military    
explosives1 radioactive waste1 refinery 
byproducts1 and associated chemicals4