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PUBLIC LAW 93-523-DEC. 16, 1974

[88 STAT.

and reuse of waste waters for drinking and the processes and methods for the preparation of safe and acceptable drinking water. Limitations. ^^(h) Grants made by the Administrator under this section shall be subject to the following limitations: " (1) Grants under this section shall not exceed 66% per centum of the total cost of construction of any facility and 75 per centum of any other costs, as determined by the Administrator. "(2) Grants under this section shall not be made for any project involving the construction or modification of any facilities for any public water system in a State unless such project has been approved by the State agency charged with the responsibility for safety of drinking Avater (or if there is no such agency in a State, by the State health authority). " (3) Grants under this section shall not be made for any project unless the Administrator determines, after consulting the National Drinking Water Advisory Council, that such project will serve a useful purpose relating to the development and demonstration of new or improved techniques, methods, or technologies for the provision of safe water to the public for drinking. " (4) Priority for grants under this section shall be given where there are known or potential public health hazards which require advanced technology for the removal of particles which are too small to be removed by ordinary treatment technology. Appropriations. u^^^ y^^ ^^^ purposes of making grants under subsections (a) and (b) of this section there are authorized to be appropriated $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975; and $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976; and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. to^uMic"wa^er^^ "(*^) "^^^ Admluistrator during the fiscal years ending June 30, systems. 1975, aud Juue 30, 1976, shall carry out a program of guaranteeing loans made by private lenders to small public water systems for the purpose of enabling such systems to meet national primary drinking water regulations (including interim regulations) prescribed under An"e,'p?T6'62. section 1412. No such guarantee may be made with respect to a system unless (1) such system cannot reasonably obtain financial assistance necessary to comply with such regulations from any other source, and (2) the Administrator determines that any facilities constructed with a loan guaranteed under this subsection is not likely to be made Indebtedness obsolete by subsequent changes in primary regulations. The aggregate limitation. amount of indebtedness guaranteed with respect to any system may not exceed $50,000. The aggregate amount of indebtedness guaranteed Regulations. under this subsection may not exceed $50,000,000. The Administrator shall prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection. a RECORDS A N D INSPECTIONS 42 USC 300J-4.

"SEC. 1445. (a) Every person who is a supplier of water, who is or may be otherwise subject to a primary drinking water regulation prescribed under section 1412 or to an applicable underground injection control program (as defined in section 1422(c)), who is or may be subject to the permit requirement of section 1424 or to an order issued under section 1441, or who is a grantee, shall establish and maintain such records, make such reports, conduct such monitoring, and provide such information as the Administrator may reasonably require by regulation to assist him in establishing regulations under this title, in determining whether such person has acted or is acting in compliance with this title, or in administering any program of financial assistance under this title.

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