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[CITE: 42USC300j-3a]

 
                 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-3a. Grants to public sector agencies


(a) Assistance for development and demonstration projects

    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall offer 
grants to public sector agencies for the purposes of--
        (1) assisting in the development and demonstration (including 
    construction) of any project which will demonstrate a new or 
    improved method, approach, or technology for providing a dependably 
    safe supply of drinking water to the public; and
        (2) assisting in the development and demonstration (including 
    construction) of any project which will investigate and demonstrate 
    health and conservation implications involved in the reclamation, 
    recycling, and reuse of wastewaters for drinking and agricultural 
    use or the processes and methods for the preparation of safe and 
    acceptable drinking water.

(b) Limitations

    Grants made by the Administrator under this section shall be subject 
to the following limitations:
        (1) Grants under this section shall not exceed 66\2/3\ per 
    centum of the total cost of construction of any facility and 75 per 
    centum of any other costs, as determined by the Administrator.
        (2) Grants under this section shall not be made for any project 
    involving the construction or modification of any facilities for any 
    public water system in a State unless such project has been approved 
    by the State agency charged with the responsibility for safety of 
    drinking water (or if there is no such agency in a State, by the 
    State health authority).
        (3) Grants under this section shall not be made for any project 
    unless the Administrator determines, after consultation, that such 
    project will serve a useful purpose relating to the development and 
    demonstration of new or improved techniques, methods, or 
    technologies for the provision of safe water to the public for 
    drinking.

(c) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this 
section $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1978.

(Pub. L. 95-155, Sec. 5, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1258; Pub. L. 95-477, 
Sec. 7(a)(1), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1511.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978, and not as 
part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.


                               Amendments

    1978--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 95-477 inserted ``agricultural use 
or'' after ``drinking and''.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Section 7(a)(2) of Pub. L. 95-477 provided that: ``This subsection 
[amending this section] shall become effective October 1, 1978.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 300j-3b of this title.
