1 23 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 (7) by adding new subsection (o) as follows and renumber accordingly: "(o) In carrying out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section the Administrator shall carry out a comprehensive study and research program to determine new and improved methods of preventing and abating water pollution from agriculture, including the legal, economic, and other implications of the use of such methods." (8) by striking renumbered subsection (p) and inserting the following: "(p) There is authorized to be appropriated (1) not to exceed 12 $65,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for each 13 fiscal year thereafter, for carrying out the provisions of this section 14 other than subsections (g) and (o) and from such appropriation 10 15 per centum of the amount appropriated in any fiscal year shall be 16 expended only for the purposes of subsection (f); (2) not to exceed 17 $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, for carrying out 18 the provisions of subsection (g)(1); (3) not to exceed $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, for carryong out the provisions 20 of subsection (g) (2); and (4) not to exceed $10,000,000 for the fiscal 21 year ending June 30, 1972, for carrying out the provisions of sub22 section (o). 19 23 SEC. 6. Section 6 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is 24 redesignated as section 105 and amended to read as follows: 25 26 27 "GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT "SEC. 105. (a) The Administrator is authorized to conduct in the Environmental Protection Agency, and to make grants to any State, 28 municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate agency for the purpose 29 of assisting in the development of— 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 (1) a project which will demonstrate a new or improved method of controlling the discharge into any waters of untreated or inadequately treated sewage or other wastes from sewers which carry storm water or both storm water and sewage or other wastes; or (2) a project which will demonstrate advanced waste treatment and water purification methods (including the temporary use of new or improved chemical additives which provide substantial immediate improvement to existing treatment processes), or new or improved methods of joint treatment systems for municipal and industrial wastes; and to include in such grants such amounts as are necessary for the purpose of reports, plans, and specifications in connection therewith. "(b) The Administrator shall review and approve or disapprove any research, survey, pilot, or demonstration program related to water pollution control, or waste treatment or disposal which is conducted or supported by any Federal agency pursuant to any law or regulation. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "(c) The Administrator is authorized to make grants to persons for research and demonstration projects for prevention of pollution of waters by industry including, but not limited to, treatment of industrial waste. "(d) The Administrator is authorized to (1) make grants to persons for research and demonstration projects with respect to new and im7 proved methods of preventing and abating waste pollution from agri8 culture, and (2) disseminate, in cooperation with the Secretary of 9 Agriculture, such information obtained under this subsection and subsection (o) of section 104 as will encourage and enable the adoption of such methods in the agricultural industry. 10 11 12 "(e) Federal grants under subsection (a) of this section shall be 13 subject to the following limitations: 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 37 "(1) No grant shall be made for any project unless such project shall have been approved by the appropriate State water pollution control agency or agencies and by the Administrator; "(2) No grant shall be made for any project in the amount exceeding 75 per centum of the estimated reasonable cost thereof as determined by the Administrator; and "(3) No grant shall be made for any project unless the Administrator determines that such project will serve as a useful demonstration for the purpose set forth in clause (1) or (2) of subsection (a). "(f) Federal grants under subsection (c) or (d) of this section shall be subject to the following limitations: "(1) No grant shall be made in excess of $1,000,000; "(2) No grant shall be made for more than 70 per centum of the cost of the project; and "(3) No grant shall be made for any project under subsection (c) unless the Administrator determines that such project will serve a useful purpose in the development or demonstration of a new or improved method of treating industrial wastes or otherwise preventing pollution of waters by industry, which method shall have industry-wide application. "(g) For the purpose of this section there are authorized to be 36 appropriated $70,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for each fiscal year thereafter, and from such appropriations at least 10 per centum of the funds actually appropriated in each fiscal year 39 shall be available only for the purposes of subsection (d).". 38 40 41 GRANTS FOR WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS SEC. 7. (a) Section 7 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is 42 redesignated as Section 106. 43 (b) Section 106, as redesignated, is further amended to read as 44 follows: 45 "SEC. 106. (a) (1) Beginning in fiscal year 1972 and each year 46 thereafter, the Administrator, subject to the limitations of paragraph 47 (2) of this subsection, is authorized to make grants to State water 48 pollution control agencies and interstate agencies to assist such State and interstate agencies 49 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 “(A) in developing and carrying out plans for the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of water quality standards under this Act; "(B) in the training of water pollution control personnel of public agencies; and "(C) in assisting political subdivisions of a State, including intrastate basin agencies, in developing and carrying out effective water pollution control programs under this Act. "(2) The Administrator shall make grants to any such State or 10 interstate agency if the Administrator determines such State or inter 11 12. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 state agency “(A) will make such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Administrator may from time to time require, but at least annually, to carry out his functions under this Act; "(B) provides such accounting, budgeting, and other fiscal methods and procedures as are necessary for the proper and efficient administration of such State or interstate water pollution control program under this Act; "(C) will employ a professional staff of trained personnel; “(D) provides a balanced personnel recruitment program, job classifications, and competitive salary schedules; and "(E) provides the development and maintenance of planning capability including the capacity to evaluate river basin, regional, and metropolitan water quality plans. "(3) In the event the state or interstate agency is required by State 26 law to be represented by a State law enforcement officer or agency in 27 judicial proceedings to enforce water pollution control standards and 28 implementation plans, such state or interstate agency may transfer a 29 portion of any grant under this section which represents the contribu30 tion of the law enforcement officer or agency to the water pollution 31 control program of the State or interstate agency. Such transferred 32 portion shall be matched by the State law enforcement officer or agency in the same manner as the State or interstate agency matches the basic grant. 33 34 35 36 "(4) No such State or interstate agency shall receive any grant under this section during any fiscal year when its expenditures of non37 Federal funds for other than nonrecurrent expenditures for water 38 pollution control programs will be less than its expenditures were for 39 such programs during the preceding fiscal year; and no such agency 40 shall receive any grant under this section with respect to the maintenance of a program for the prevention and control of water pollution unless the Administrator is satisfied that such grant will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase the level of State, local, or other non-Federal funds that would, in the absence of such grant, be made available for the maintenance of such program, and will in no event supplant such State, local, or other non-Federal funds. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 1 "(b)(1) From the sums available therefor in the fiscal year ending 2 June 30, 1972, and for each succeeding fiscal year thereafter, the 3 Administrator shall from time to time make allotments to the several 4 States, in accordance with regulations promulgated by him, on the 5 basis of population. The population of the several States shall be 6 determined on the basis of the latest figures furnished by the Department of Commerce. 7 8 "(2) Except as provided in subsection (e), from the allotment of 9 each State made under paragraph (1) of this subsection for any fiscal 10 year, the Administrator shall make grants to such State in an amount equal to its Federal share (as determined under this subsection) of the cost of carrying out the State program of pollution control under this Act. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "(3) The Federal share for any State shall be 100 per centum less that percentage which bears the same ratio to 50 per centum as the per capita income of such State bears to the per capita income of the United States, except that (A) the Federal share shall in no case be 18 more than 66% per centum or less than 33 per centum, and (B) 19 the Federal share for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam shall 20 be 66 per centum. The Federal share shall be determined and 21 promulgated by the Administrator between July 1 and September 30 22 of each even-numbered year, on the basis of the average of the per 23 capita incomes of the States and of the United States for the three 24 most recent consecutive years for which satisfactory data are available 25 from the Department of Commerce. As used in this subsection, the 26 term 'United States' means the fifty States and the District of Co27 lumbia. 28 29 32 "(c) From the sums available therefor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for each succeeding fiscal year thereafter, the 30 Administrator shall from time to time make allotments to interstate 31 agencies, in accordance with the regulations, to be prescribed by him. on such basis as the Administrator finds reasonable and equitable. He 33 shall from time to time pay to each such agency from its allotment, an 34 amount equal to such portion of the cost of carrying out its program of 35 pollution control under this Act as may be determined in accordance 36 with such regulations. The regulations relating to the portion of the 37 cost of carrying out a plan of an interstate agency which shall be borne 38 by the United States shall be designed to place such agency, so far as 39 practicable, on a basis similar to that of the States. 40 "(d) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated the following sums, to remain available until expended, to carry out the purposes 42 of subsections (a) through (c) of this section 41 43 44 "$15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972; 45 "$25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974; 46 47 48 "$30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975; and “(e) (1) In addition to the grants authorized pursuant to subsections 49 (a), (b), and (c) of this section; the Administrator shall make grants to 1 State water pollution control agencies and interstate agencies for each 2 fiscal year through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976 in an amount 3 equal to (A) 100 per centum of the cost of that portion of any 4 such State or interstate water pollution control program which the 5 Administrator determines is necessary to carry out the (i) specific 6 functions established under sections 302, 303, 304, and 305; (ii) dele7 gated functions under sections 306, 307, and 402; and (iii) certification 8 functions under section 401 of the National Water Quality Standards 9 Act of 1971; or (B) 75 per centum of the cost of the total State or 10 interstate water pollution control program, whichever is greater. "(2) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 12 necessary to implement this subsection. 11 13 "(3) The Administrator shall within 90 days of enactment of this 14 section report to the Congress providing an estimate of the cost 15 necessary to implement this subsection." 16 17 18 AREA ACID AND OTHER MINE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DEMONSTRATIONS SEC. 8. (a) Section 14 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 19 is redesignated as section 107. 20 (b) Section 107, as redesignated, is further amended by striking 21 "Secretary" wherever it appears and inserting “Administrator”. 22 23 POLLUTION CONTROL IN GREAT LAKES SEC. 9. (a) Section 15 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 24 is redesignated as section 108. 2 2 2 2 2 * * * *28 25 (b) Section 108, as redesignated, is further amended by striking 26 "Secretary" wherever it appears and inserting "Administrator". 27 29 30 31 32 3333 34 TRAINING GRANTS AND CONTRACTS SEC. 10. (a) Section 16 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is redesignated as section 109. (b) Section 109, as redesignated, is further amended by striking "Secretary" wherever it appears and inserting "Administrator". APPLICATION FOR TRAINING GRANT OR CONTRACT: ALLOCATION OF SEC. 11. (a) Section 17 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 35 is redesignated as section 110. 36 (b) Section 110, as redesignated, is further amended (1) by striking 37 "Secretary" wherever it appears and inserting "Administrator"; (2) 38 by striking "16" in the first sentence of subsection (1) and inserting "109"; (3) by striking "16" and "18" in paragraph (A) of subsection (1) and inserting "109" and "111" respectively; and (4) by striking "16" in subsection (2) and inserting "109". SEC. 12. (a) Section 18 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is redesignated as section 111. (b) Section 111, as redesignated, is further amended by striking "Secretary" wherever it appears and inserting "Administrator". |