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on February 5, 1998, by the Environmental Protection Agency
relating to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and designated
as the ‘‘Interim Guidance for Investigating Title VI Administrative
Complaints Challenging Permits’’ with respect to complaints filed
under such title after October 21, 1998, and until guidance is
finalized. Nothing in this proviso may be construed to restrict
the Environmental Protection Agency from developing or issuing
final guidance relating to title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964:
Provided further, That notwithstanding 7 U.S.C. 136r and 15 U.S.C.
2609, beginning in fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, grants awarded
under section 20 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act, as amended, and section 10 of the Toxic Substances
Control Act, as amended, shall be available for research, develop-
ment, monitoring, public education, training, demonstrations, and
studies: Provided further, That the unexpended funds remaining
from the $2,200,000 appropriated under this heading in Public
Law 105–276 for a grant to the Lake Ponchartrain Basin Founda-
tion circuit rider initiative in Louisiana shall be transferred to
the ‘‘State and tribal assistance grants’’ appropriation to remain
available until expended for making grants for the construction
of wastewater and water treatment facilities and groundwater
protection infrastructure in accordance with the terms and condi-
tions specified for such grants in the report accompanying that
Act.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation,
and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project,
$32,409,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: Pro-
vided, That the sums available in this account shall remain avail-
able through September 30, 2008 for liquidating obligations made
in fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided further, That the obligated
balance of funds transferred to this account in Public Law 105–
276 shall remain available through September 30, 2007 for liqui-
dating obligations made in fiscal years 1999 and 2000.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration,
and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by,
the Environmental Protection Agency, $62,600,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6),
and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair,
rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000
per project; $1,400,000,000 (of which $100,000,000 shall not become
available until September 1, 2000), to remain available until
expended, consisting of $700,000,000, as authorized by section
517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of
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1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 101–508, and $700,000,000
as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance
Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA,
as amended by Public Law 101–508: Provided, That funds appro-
priated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal agen-
cies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further,
That $11,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ appropria-
tion to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided further,
That $38,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be transferred to the ‘‘Science and technology’’ appropriation
to remain available until September 30, 2001: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provi-
sion of law, $70,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this
heading shall be available to the Agency for Toxic Substances
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to carry out activities described
in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section
118(f ) of SARA: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, in lieu of performing a health assessment under
section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator of ATSDR may
conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations or activities,
including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical evalua-
tions, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited health care
providers: Provided further, That in performing any such health
assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Adminis-
trator of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section
104(i)(6)(A): Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess
of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA
during fiscal year 2000.
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground stor-
age tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Super-
fund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for
construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of
facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $70,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990,
$15,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund,
to remain available until expended.
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance,
including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and
performance partnership grants, $3,466,650,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $1,350,000,000 shall be for making
capitalization grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds
under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as
amended; $820,000,000 shall be for capitalization grants for the
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of the
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Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, except that, notwithstanding
section 1452(n) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, none
of the funds made available under this heading in this Act, or
in previous appropriations Acts, shall be reserved by the Adminis-
trator for health effects studies on drinking water contaminants;
$50,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, planning,
design, construction and related activities in connection with the
construction of high priority water and wastewater facilities in
the area of the United States-Mexico Border, after consultation
with the appropriate border commission; $30,000,000 shall be for
grants to the State of Alaska to address drinking water and waste-
water infrastructure needs of rural and Alaska Native Villages;
$331,650,000 shall be for making grants for the construction of
wastewater and water treatment facilities and groundwater protec-
tion infrastructure in accordance with the terms and conditions
specified for such grants in the conference report and joint explana-
tory statement of the committee of conference accompanying this
Act (H.R. 2684); and $885,000,000 shall be for grants, including
associated program support costs, to States, federally recognized
tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and air pollution control
agencies for multi-media or single media pollution prevention, con-
trol and abatement and related activities, including activities pursu-
ant to the provisions set forth under this heading in Public Law
104–134, and for making grants under section 103 of the Clean
Air Act for particulate matter monitoring and data collection activi-
ties: Provided, That notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the limitation on the
amounts in a State water pollution control revolving fund that
may be used by a State to administer the fund shall not apply
to amounts included as principal in loans made by such fund
in fiscal year 2000 and prior years where such amounts represent
costs of administering the fund, or by the State of New York
for fiscal year 2000 and prior years, costs of capitalizing the fund,
to the extent that such amounts are or were deemed reasonable
by the Administrator, accounted for separately from other assets
in the fund, and used for eligible purposes of the fund, including
administration, or, by the State of New York for fiscal year 2000
and prior years, for capitalization of the fund: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 518(f ) of the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, the Administrator is authorized to use the amounts
appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 of that Act
to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to section 319(h) and
518(e) of that Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, in the case of a publicly owned treatment
works in the District of Columbia, the Federal share of grants
awarded under title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, beginning October 1, 1999 and continuing through September
30, 2001, shall be 80 percent of the cost of construction, and all
grants made to such publicly owned treatment works in the District
of Columbia may include an advance of allowance under section
201(l)(2): Provided further, That the $2,200,000 appropriated in
Public Law 105–276 in accordance with House Report No. 105–
769, for a grant to the Charleston, Utah Water Conservancy Dis-
trict, as amended by Public Law 106–31, shall be awarded to
Wasatch County, Utah, for water and sewer needs: Provided further,
That the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law
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105–276 for the City of Fairbanks, Alaska, water system improve-
ments shall instead be for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska,
water and sewer improvements: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, all claims for principal and
interest registered through grant dispute AA–91–AD34 (05–90–
AD09) or any other such dispute hereafter filed by the Environ-
mental Protection Agency relative to water pollution control center
and sewer system improvement grants numbers C–390996–01, C–
390996–2, and C–390996–3 made in 1976 and 1977 are hereby
resolved in favor of the grantee.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation are authorized to
award, from construction grant reallotments to the State of New
York of previously appropriated funds, supplemental grant assist-
ance to Nassau County, New York, for additional odor control
at the Bay Park and Cedar Creek wastewater treatment plants,
notwithstanding initiation of construction or prior State Revolving
Fund funding. Nassau County may elect to accept a combined
lump-sum of $15,000,000, paid in advance of construction, in lieu
of a 75 percent entitlement, to minimize grant and project adminis-
tration.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42
U.S.C. 6601 and 6671), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and serv-
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, not to exceed $2,500 for
official reception and representation expenses, and rental of con-
ference rooms in the District of Columbia, $5,108,000.
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental
Quality pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
the Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorga-
nization Plan No. 1 of 1977, $2,827,000: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, no funds other than those
appropriated under this heading shall be used for or by the Council
on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality:
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 202 of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the Council shall consist of
one member, appointed by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and exercising
all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978,