Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1657

 PUBLIC LAW 97-117—DEC. 29, 1981

95 STAT. 1631

building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension of any treatment works the Administrator shall determine that the facilities plan of which such treatment works are a part constitutes the most economic^ and cost^fifective combination of treatment works over the l^e of the project to meet the requirements of this Act, including, but not limited to, consideration of construction costs, operation, maintenance, and replacement costs. "(c) In furtherance of the policy set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator shall reauire value engineering review in connection with any treatment works, prior to approval of any grant for the erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension of such treatment works, in any case m wmch the cost of such erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension is projected to be in excess of $10,000,000. For purposes of this subsection, the term Value engineer- "Value ing review' means a specialized cost control technique which uses a engineering systematic and creative approach to identify and to focus on unneces- '^^^^^ sarily high cost in a project in order to arrive at a cost saving without sacmicing the reliability or efficiency of the project. "(d) Tins section applies to projects for waste treatment and management for which no treatment works including a facilities plan for such project have received Federal financial assistance for the reparation of construction plans and specifications under this Act efore the date of enactment of this section.".

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STATE CERTIFICATION

SEC. 20. Title 11 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "STATE CERTIFICATION OF PROJECTS

"SEC. 219. Whenever the Governor of a State which has been 33 USC 1299. delegated sufficient authority to administer the construction grant program under this title in that State certifies to the Administrator that a grant application meets applicable requirements of Federal and State law for assistance under this title, the Administrator shall approve or disapprove such application within 46 days of the date of receipt of such application. If the Administrator does not approve or disapprove such application within 45 days of receipt, the application shall be deemed approved. If the Admmistrator disapproves such application the Administrator shall state in writing the reasons for such disapproval. Any grant approved or deemed approved under this section shall be subject to amounts provided in appropriation Acts.". MUNICIPAL C O M P L I A N C E D E A D U N E

SEC. 21. (a) Section 301(i) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by striking out "July 1, 1983," each place it appears 33 USC I3ii. and inserting in lieu thereof "July 1, 1988,". The amendment made 33 USC I3ii by this subsection shall not be interpreted or applied to extend the "°** date for compliance with section 301(b)(l)(B) or (C) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act beyond schedules for compliance in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act, except in cases where reductions in the amount of financial assistance under this Act or changed conditions affecting the rate of construction beyond the control of the owner or operator will make it impossible to complete construction by July 1, 1983.

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