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123 STAT. 2938 PUBLIC LAW 111–88—OCT. 30, 2009
Fees.
119 Stat. 531.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
(INCLUDING TRANSFER AND RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For fiscal year 2010, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in carrying out the Agency’s function to implement directly Federal environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal con- sortia, if authorized by their member Tribes, to assist the Adminis- trator in implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian Tribes required or authorized by law, except that no such coopera- tive agreements may be awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance agreements.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended by Public Law 110–94, the Pes- ticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act.
Title II of Public Law 109–54, as amended by title II of division E of Public Law 111–8 (123 Stat. 729), is amended in the fourth paragraph under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions’’ by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2015.’’
The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $475,000,000 of the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Initiative under the heading ‘‘Environmental Programs and Management’’ to the head of any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agree- ment programs, projects, or activities; to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of such Federal department or agency to carry out these activities; and to make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions, and individuals for planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
From unobligated balances to carry out projects and activities funded through the ‘‘State and Tribal Assistance Grants’’ and ‘‘Haz- ardous Substance Superfund’’ accounts, $40,000,000 are perma- nently rescinded: Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with other Federal agencies, shall carry out and submit to Congress the results of a study on domestic and international black carbon emissions that shall include an inventory of the major sources of black carbon, an assessment of the impacts of black carbon on global and regional climate, an assessment of potential metrics and approaches for quantifying the climatic effects of black carbon emissions (including its radiative forcing and warming effects) and comparing those effects to the effects of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, an identification of the most cost-effective approaches to reduce black carbon emissions, and an analysis of the climatic effects
Deadline. Study.