PUBLIC LAW 102-580—OCT. 31, 1992 106 STAT. 4835 and safety is not at risk as a result of the operation of the pilot plant, and the pilot plant is operating reliably. (c) COST SHARING.—Total project costs under this section shall be shared at 75 percent Federal and 25 percent non-Federal. The non-Federal sponsor shall receive credit for lands, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations toward its share of project costs, but not to exceed 25 percent of total project costs. Operation and maintenance cost shall be 100 percent non-Federal. (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000. Such sums shall remain available until expended. SEC. 219. ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary is authorized to provide assistance to non-Federal interests for carrying out water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects described in subsection (c), including waste water treatment and related facilities and water supply, storage, treatment, and distribution facilities. Such assistance may be in the form of technical and planning and design assistance. If the Secretary is to provide any design or engineering assistance to carry out a project under this section, the Secretary shall obtain by procurement f^m private sources all services necessary for the Secretary to provide such assistance, unless the Secretary finds that— (1) the service would require the use of a new technology unavailable in the private sector; or (2) a solicitation or request for proposal has failed to attract 2 or more bids or proposals. (b) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the cost of projects for which assistance is provided under this section shall not be less than 25 percent, except that such share shall be subject to the ability of the non-Federal interest to pay, including the procedures and regulations relating to ability to pay established under section 103(in) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. (c) PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS.— The projects for which the Secretary is authorized to provide assistance under subsection (a) are as follows: (1) WASHINGTON, D.C. AND MARYLAND.— Measures to alleviate adverse water quaUty impacts resulting from storm water discharges from Federal facilities in the Anacostia Itiver watershed, Washington, D.C. and Maryland. (2) ATLANTA, GEORGIA. —^A combined sewer overflow treatment facility for the city of Atlanta, Georgia. (3) HAZARD, KENTUCKY. — A water system (including a 13,000,000 gallon per day water treatment plant), intake structures, raw water pipelines and pumps, distribution lines, and pumps and storage tanks for Hazard, Kentucky. (4) ROUGE RIVER, MICHIGAN.— Completion of a comprehensive streamflow enhancement project for the Western Townships Utility Authority, Rouge River, Wayne Coimty, Michigan. (5) JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. —Provision of an alternative water supply for Jackson County, Mississippi. (6) EPPING, NEW HAMPSHIRE. — Evaluation and assistance in addressing expanded and advanced wastewater treatment needs for Epping, New Hampshire.
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