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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3287
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants to im-
prove wastewater treatment for certain unincorporated communities, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 14, 1993
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. SKEEN, and Mr. RICHARDSON) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Public Works and
Transportation
A BILL
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to au-
thorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency to award grants to improve wastewater
treatment for certain unincorporated communities, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unincorporated
Community Wastewater Treatment Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act,
there is a severe lack of wastewater treatment facili-
ties in small, semi-rural, unincorporated commu-
nities in the United States;
(2) the lack of facilities is leading to the pollu-
tion of rivers and ground water in the area; and
(3) the pollution presents a potential threat to
the public health of such communities.
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES.
Title V of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(33 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating section 519 as section 520;
and
(2) by inserting after section 518 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 519. GRANTS TO UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the fol-
lowing definitions apply:
‘‘(1) CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘construction’
has the meaning such term has under section
212(1).
‘‘(2) NON-METROPOLITAN
AREA.—The term
‘non-metropolitan area’ means any area in a State
no part of which is within an area designated as a
metropolitan statistical area by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget.
‘‘(3) TREATMENT
WORKS.—The term ‘treat-
ment works’ has the meaning such term has under
section 212(2).
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR GRANT AWARDS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator
is authorized to award a grant for wastewater treatment
to an unincorporated community, without regard to
whether or not the community is located in a metropolitan
statistical area, for a wastewater treatment project that
serves a population—
‘‘(1) of 20,000 or fewer residents; and
‘‘(2) with a median household income that is
less than or equal to 110 percent of the median
household income for non-metropolitan areas of the
State in which the community is located.
‘‘(c) USE OF GRANT.—A grant awarded under this
section may be used for 1 or more of the following activi-
ties:
‘‘(1) The acquisition or construction (including
planning, design, repair, extension, improvement, al-
teration, or reconstruction) of a treatment works or
any portion or any associated structure of a treat-
ment works (including any associated collection line
or interceptor sewer, notwithstanding any limitation
otherwise imposed with respect to the provision of
assistance for the line or sewer).
‘‘(2) The acquisition of land, or any easement
or other right-of-way with respect to which the recip-
ient of the grant is not the owner at the time of the
acquisition and which is necessary to carry out the
construction or operation of the treatment works.
‘‘(3) The final disposal of residues resulting
from the treatment of water or waste.
‘‘(4) The disposal of wastewater by surface or
underground methods (or both).
‘‘(5) The disposal of wastewater through recy-
cling or reclamation (or both).
‘‘(d) COST-SHARING.—
‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a
grant under this section shall not exceed 75 percent
of the total cost of the project that is the subject of
the grant.
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—Payment of the
non-Federal share of a grant under this section may
be satisfied by any combination of public or private
funds or in-kind services. The non-Federal share
may include public funds authorized or expended for
the project that is the subject of the grant during
the period beginning on the date that is 3 years be-
fore the date of the enactment of the Unincor-
porated Community Wastewater Treatment Act of
1993.
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to the Environmental
Protection Agency to carry out this section such sums as
may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1994 through
2000.’’.
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