PUBLIC LAW 95-217—DEC. 27, 1977
91 STAT. 1569
"(e) The Administrator is authorized to coordinate with the Sec- Coordination. retary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, and the heads of any other departments or agencies he may deem appropriate to conduct a joint study with representatives of the State of Alaska and the appropriate Native organizations (as defined in Public Law 92-203) to develop a compre- 43 USC 1601 hensive program for achieving adequate sanitation services in Alaska note. villages. This study shall be coordinated with the programs and projects authorized by sections 104(q) and 105(e)(2) of this Act. The 33 USC 1254, Administrator shall submit a report of the results of the study, 1255. together with appropriate supporting data and such recommendations Report to as he deems desirable, to the Committee on Environment and Public congressional committees. Works of the Senate and to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives not later than December 31, 1979. The Administrator shall also submit recommended administrative actions, procedures, and any proposed legislation necessary to implement the recommendations of the study no later than June 30, 1980. "(f) The Administrator is authorized to provide technical, finan- Assistance. cial and management assistance for operation and maintenance of the demonstration projects constructed under this section, until such time as the recommendations of subsection (e) are implemented. "(g) For the purpose of this section, the term 'village' shall mean Definitions. an incorporated or unincorporated community with a population of ten to six hundred people living within a two-mile radius. The term 'sanitation services' shall mean water supply, sewage disposal, solid waste disposal and other services necessary to maintain generally accepted standards of personal hygiene and public health.". (b) Subsection (d) of section 113 of the Federal Water Pollution Appropriation Control Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: authorization. "In addition, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 33 USC 1263. section not to exceed $200,000 for the fiscal yerT ending September 30, 1978, and $220,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979." GRANT APPLICATION
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SEC. 12. Section 201(g) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 33 USC 1281. is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(5) The Administrator shall not make grants from funds authorized for anj fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1978, to any State, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate agency for the erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension of treatment works unless the grant applicant has satisfactorily demonstrated to the Administrator that innovative and alternative wastewater treatment processes and techniques which provide for the reclaiming and reuse of water, otherwise eliminate the discharge of pollutants, and utilize recycling techniques, land treatment, new or improved methods of waste treatment management for municipal and industrial waste (discharged into municipal systems) and the confined disposal of pollutants, so that pollutants will not migrate to cause water or other environmental pollution, have been fully studied and evaluated by the applicant taking into account section 201(d) of this Act and taking into account and allowing to the extent practicable the more efficient use of energy and resources.".
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