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[CITE: 42USC300j-3b]

 
                 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-3b. Contaminant standards or treatment technique 
        guidelines
        
    (1) Not later than nine months after October 18, 1978, the 
Administrator shall promulgate guidelines establishing supplemental 
standards or treatment technique requirements for microbiological, 
viral, radiological, organic, and inorganic contaminants, which 
guidelines shall be conditions, as provided in paragraph (2), of any 
grant for a demonstration project for water reclamation, recycling, and 
reuse funded under section 300j-3a of this title or under section 300j-
3(a)(2) of this title, where such project involves direct human 
consumption of treated wastewater. Such guidelines shall provide for 
sufficient control of each such contaminant, such that in the 
Administrator's judgement, no adverse effects on the health of persons 
may reasonably be anticipated to occur, allowing an adequate margin of 
safety.
    (2) A grant referred to in paragraph (1) for a project which 
involves direct human consumption of treated wastewater may be awarded 
on or after the date of promulgation of guidelines under this section 
only if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the 
Administrator that the project--
        (A) will comply with all national primary drinking water 
    regulations under section 300g-1 of this title;
        (B) will comply with all guidelines under this section; and
        (C) will in other respects provide safe drinking water.

Any such grant awarded before the date of promulgation of such 
guidelines shall be conditioned on the applicant's agreement to comply 
to the maximum feasible extent with such guidelines as expeditiously as 
practicable following the date of promulgation thereof.
    (3) Guidelines under this section may, in the discretion of the 
Administrator--
        (A) be nationally and uniformly applicable to all projects 
    funded under section 300j-3a of this title or section 300j-1(a)(2) 
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        (B) vary for different classes or categories of such projects 
    (as determined by the Administrator);
        (C) be established and applicable on a project-by-project basis; 
    or
        (D) any combination of the above.

    (4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or delay 
the award of any grant referred to in paragraph (1) prior to the date of 
promulgation of such guidelines.

(Pub. L. 95-477, Sec. 7(b), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1511.)

                       References in Text

    Section 300j-1(a)(2) of this title, referred to in par. (3)(A), was 
amended by Pub. L. 104-182, title I, Sec. 121(3), (4)(A), Aug. 6, 1996, 
110 Stat. 1651, to redesignate par. (2)(B) as subsec. (b) of section 
300j-1, strike par. (2)(A), and add a new par. (2) relating to 
information and research facilities.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Environmental Research, 
Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1979, and not as 
part of the Public Health Service Act which comprises this chapter.
