Sec. 4. Early Adopter Water Efficient Products Incentive Programs
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In this section: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term eligible entity means a State government, local or county government, tribal government, wastewater or sewage utility, municipal water authority, energy utility, water utility, or nonprofit organization that meets the requirements of subsection (b). The term incentive program means a program for administering financial incentives for consumer purchase and installation of residential water efficient products and services as described in subsection (b)(1).
The term residential water efficient product or service means a product or service for a single-family or multifamily residence or its landscape that is rated for water efficiency and performance— by the WaterSense program; or by an incentive program and approved by the Administrator. Categories of water efficient products and services may include faucets, irrigation technologies and services, point-of-use water treatment devices, reuse, reclamation, and recycling technologies, toilets, and showerheads.
The term State means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The term WaterSense program means the program established by section 2 of this Act. An entity shall be eligible to receive an allocation under subsection
(c)if the entity— establishes (or has established) an incentive program to provide rebates, vouchers, other financial incentives, or direct installs to consumers for the purchase and installation of residential water efficient products or services; submits an application for the allocation at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Administrator may require; and provides assurances satisfactory to the Administrator that the entity will use the allocation to supplement, but not supplant, funds made available to carry out the incentive program. For each fiscal year, the Administrator shall determine the amount to allocate to each eligible entity to carry out subsection
(d)taking into consideration— the population served by the eligible entity in the most recent calendar year for which data are available; the targeted population of the eligible entity's incentive program, such as general households, low-income households, or first-time homeowners, and the probable effectiveness of the incentive program for that population; for existing programs, the effectiveness of the incentive program in encouraging the adoption of water efficient products and services; and any prior year's allocation to the eligible entity that remains unused. Funds allocated to an entity under subsection
(c)may be used to pay up to 50 percent of the cost of establishing and carrying out an incentive program. Entities are encouraged to promote or implement fixture recycling programs to manage the disposal of older fixtures replaced due to the incentive program under this section. Financial incentives may be provided to consumers that meet the requirements of the incentive program. The entity may issue all financial incentives directly to consumers or, with approval of the Administrator, delegate some or all financial incentive administration to other organizations including, but not limited to, local governments, municipal water authorities, and water utilities. The amount of a financial incentive shall be determined by the entity, taking into consideration— the amount of the allocation to the entity under subsection (c); the amount of any Federal, State, or other organization's tax or financial incentive available for the purchase of the residential water efficient product or service; the amount necessary to change consumer behavior to purchase water efficient products and services; and the consumer expenditures for onsite preparation, assembly, and original installation of the product. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2015, $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2017, and $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.