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 95 STAT. 1630

PUBLIC LAW 97-117—DEC. 29, 1981

Newtown sewage treatment plant, Brooklyn-Queens area. New York. Hie amount allotted tmder this subsection shall be in adcUtiontoand not in lieu of any other amounts authorized to be allotted to such State under this Act/'. AUTHORIZATION

d"f^'oR ^^i 33 USC 1287.

SEC. 17. Section 207 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking out all that follows "$2,548,837,000;" and insert ing in lieu thereof "and for the fiscal years ending September 30, 1982, September 30, 1983, September 30, 1984, and September 30, 1985, nottoexceed $2,400,000,000 per fiscal year.". WATER QUALITY PRIORITY

33 USC 1296.

SEC. 18. Section 216 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "It is the policy of Congress that projects for wastewater treatment and management undertaken with Federal financial assistence under this Act by any State, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstete agenQT shall be projects which, in the estimation of the State, are designed to achieve optimum water quality management, consistent with the public health and water quality goals and requirements of the Act.". COST EFFECTIVENESS

SEC. 19. Title U of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "COST EFFECTIVENESS

Waste treatment "SEC. 218. (a) It is the poUcy of Congress that a project for waste qq^if^ isqs treatment and management undertaken with Federal financial assistance under this Act by any State, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstete agency shall be considered as an overall waste treatment system for waste treatment and management, and shall be that system which constitutes the most economical and cost-effective combination of devices and i^stems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes 33 USC 1281. of a liquid naturetoimplement section 201 of tnis Act, or necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the estimated life of the works, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping power, and other equipment, and their appurtenances; extension, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof; elemente essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works, including site acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process (including land use for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment systems prior to land apphcation) or which is lused for ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment; water efQdency measures and devices; and any other method or system for preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or disptosing of municipal waste, including storm water runoff, or industrial waste, including waste in combined storm water and sanitary sewer systems; to meet the requiremente of this Act. "(b) In accordance with the policy set forth in subsection (a) of this section, before the Administrator approves any grant to any State, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstete agency for the erection,

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