Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/1605

 PUBLIC LAW 95-217—DEC. 27, 1977

91 STAT. 1571

lines promulgated under section 304(d)(3) of this Act, if the Admin- 33 USC 1314. istrator determines it is in the public interest and if in the cost effectiveness study made of the construction grant application for the purpose of evaluating alternative treatment works, the life cycle cost of the treatment works for which the grant is to be made does not exceed the life cycle cost of the most cost effective alternative by more than 15 per centum.". FEDERAL GRANT SHARE

SEC. 17. Subsection (a) of section 202 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by inserting " (1) " immediately after 33 USC 1282. " (a) " and by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: "(2) The amount of any grant made after September 30, 1978, and State before October 1, 1981, for any eligible treatment works or significant contributions. portion thereof utilizing innovative or alternative wastewater treatment processes and techniques referred to in section 201(g)(5) shall Ante, p. 1569 be 85 per centum of the cost of construction thereof. No grant shall be made under this paragraph for construction of a treatment works in any State unless the proportion of the State contribution to the nonFederal share of construction costs for all treatment works in such State receiving a grant under this paragraph is the same as or greater than the proportion of the State contribution (if any) to the nonFederal share of construction costs for all treatment works receiving grants in such State under paragraph (1) of this subsection. "(3) In addition to any grant made pursuant to paragraph (2) of Modification and this subsection, the Administrator is authorized to make a grant to replacement fund all of the costs of the modification or replacement of any funding. facilities constructed with a grant made pursuant to paragraph C2) if the Administrator finds that such facilities have not met design performance specifications unless such failure is attributable to negligence on the part of any person and if such failure has significantly increased capital or operating and maintenance expenditures. "(4) For the purposes of this section, the term 'eligible treatment "Eligible works' means those treatment works in each State which meet the treatment requirements of section 201 (ff)(5) of this Act and which can be fully works." funded from funds available for such purpose in such State in the fiscal years ending September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, and September 30. 1981. Such term does not include collector sewers, interceptors, storm or sanitary sewers or the separation thereof, or major sewer rehabilitation.". COMBINED GRANTS

SEC. 18. Section 203(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 33 USC 1283. is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: "In the case of a treatment works that has an estimated total cost of $2,000,000 or less (as determined by the Administrator), and the population of the applicant municipality is twenty-five thousand or less (according to the most recent United States census), upon completion of an approved facility plan, a single grant may be awarded for the combined Federal share of the cost of preparing construction plans and specifications, and the building and erection of the treatment works. If any State is found by the Administrator to have unusually high costs of construction, the Administrator may authorize a single grant under the preceding sentence where the estimated total cost of the treatment works does not exceed $3,000,000.".

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