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[CITE: 42USC300j-15]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
             SUBCHAPTER XII--SAFETY OF PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
 
                       Part E--General Provisions
 
Sec. 300j-15. Water conservation plan


(a) Guidelines

    Not later than 2 years after August 6, 1996, the Administrator shall 
publish in the Federal Register guidelines for water conservation plans 
for public water systems serving fewer than 3,300 persons, public water 
systems serving between 3,300 and 10,000 persons, and public water 
systems serving more than 10,000 persons, taking into consideration such 
factors as water availability and climate.

(b) Loans or grants

    Within 1 year after publication of the guidelines under subsection 
(a) of this section, a State exercising primary enforcement 
responsibility for public water systems may require a public water 
system, as a condition of receiving a loan or grant from a State loan 
fund under section 300j-12 of this title, to submit with its application 
for such loan or grant a water conservation plan consistent with such 
guidelines.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XIV, Sec. 1455, as added Pub. L. 104-182, 
title I, Sec. 134, Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1679.)
