U.S. Code > Title 16 Conservation > CHAPTER 58—ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM (§§ 3801—3862) > SUBCHAPTER IV—AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION PROGRAM (§§ 3830—3839bb5) > Part V—Other Conservation Programs (§§ 3839bb—3839bb5) > § 3839bb-3. Great Lakes basin program for soil erosion and sediment control

§ 3839bb-3. Great Lakes basin program for soil erosion and sediment control

(a) Program authorized
The Secretary may carry out the Great Lakes basin program for soil erosion and sediment control (referred to in this section as the “program”), including providing assistance to implement the recommendations of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy to Restore and Protect the Great Lakes.
(b) Consultation and cooperation
The Secretary shall carry out the program in consultation with the Great Lakes Commission created by Article IV of the Great Lakes Basin Compact (82 Stat. 415) and in cooperation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Army.
(c) Assistance
In carrying out the program, the Secretary may—
(1) provide project demonstration grants, provide technical assistance, and carry out information and educational programs to improve water quality in the Great Lakes basin by reducing soil erosion and improving sediment control; and
(2) establish a priority for projects and activities that—
(A) directly reduce soil erosion or improve sediment control;
(B) reduce soil loss in degraded rural watersheds; or
(C) improve water quality for downstream watersheds.
(d) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out the program $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012.