Sec. 3. Definitions

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In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The term borrower means an eligible entity that owes payments of interest or principal on a credit instrument. The term community water system has the meaning given the term in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f). The terms cost of a direct loan and cost of a loan guarantee mean the cost of a direct loan and cost of a loan guarantee , respectively, as those terms are used in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 ( 2 U.S.C. 661a ).

The term credit instrument means— a direct loan made under this Act; or a loan or other debt obligation that is subject to a loan guarantee under this Act. The term direct loan has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a). The term direct loan includes the purchase of a bond by the Federal Government. The term eligible entity means— an entity (other than a State or local agency with jurisdiction over highways or roads) that owns or operates a treatment works that serves the general public, including a municipal, tribal, or regional separate storm sewer system management agency; an entity, including an Indian tribe, that owns or operates a community water system; 1 or more entities described in clauses

(i)and

(ii)that are cooperating on an eligible project; for an eligible project described in paragraph (8)(B), a State infrastructure financing authority; any entity eligible to receive a loan or loan guarantee under a State water pollution control revolving fund established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq. ); and any entity eligible to receive a loan or loan guarantee under a State drinking water revolving loan fund established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–12 ). The term eligible entity includes a public-private partnership, except that only the public entity-owned or investor-owned utility shall receive assistance under this Act, not the private financing or development partner. The term eligible project means— a capital project— to construct, replace, or rehabilitate a treatment works or a community water system; to reduce the energy consumption needs of a treatment works or a community water system, including the implementation of energy efficient or renewable generation technologies; to increase water efficiency, reduce the demand for water, or reduce the demand for treatment works or community water system capacity; to manage or control stormwater; to reuse municipal wastewater or stormwater; for the consolidation of 2 or more treatment works or community water systems; to increase drinking water source protection for surface and groundwater sources; for construction activities involving— the repair, replacement, or upgrading of a treatment works or sewage collection system in a community that exists on the date of enactment of this Act to address an adverse environmental condition existing on that date of enactment; the construction of an advanced decentralized wastewater treatment system, including planning, design, associated preconstruction planning activities (as defined in section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1292 )); and implementation measures to control, manage, reduce, treat, infiltrate, or reuse municipal stormwater, the primary purpose of which is the protection, preservation, or enhancement of water quality to support public purposes (including decentralized or distributed stormwater controls, low-impact development technologies and nonstructural approaches, stream buffers, and wetlands restoration and enhancement, the procurement and use of equipment to support minimum measures, such as street sweeping and storm drain system cleaning, and acquisition of other land and interests in land to meet the needs of existing development that are necessary for those activities and measures); to implement a management program established under section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1329 ); to develop and implement a conservation and management plan under section 320 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1330 ); to increase the security of wastewater treatment works or a community water system (excluding any expenditure for operations or maintenance); to carry out water conservation or efficiency projects, the primary purpose of which is the protection, preservation, or enhancement of water quality to support public purposes; to implement measures to integrate water resource management planning and implementation; to carry out water, rainwater, and wastewater reuse, reclamation, recycling, and rainwater harvesting projects, the primary purpose of which is the protection, preservation, or enhancement of water quality to support public purposes; and for capital costs associated with monitoring equipment for combined or sanitary sewer overflows; a non-capital project that is— associated with a capital project; and the aim of which is to promote the use of environmentally sustainable projects, including utility-backed stormwater and water efficiency retrofit programs; and 2 or more projects described in subparagraph

(A)that are combined to receive a single direct loan or loan guarantee. The term Indian tribe has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b ). The term loan guarantee has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 ( 2 U.S.C. 661a ). The term State infrastructure financing authority means the State entity established or designated by the Governor of a State to receive a capitalization grant provided under, or to otherwise carry out the requirements of, title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq. ) or section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–12 ). The term treatment works has the meaning given the term in section 212 of Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1292 ).

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