Sec. 7201. Sewer overflow control grants
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Section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1301 ) is amended— in subsection (a), by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through subject to subsection (g), the Administrator may in paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: The Administrator may— make grants to States for the purpose of providing grants to a municipality or municipal entity for planning, designing, and constructing— treatment works to intercept, transport, control, or treat municipal combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows; and measures to manage, reduce, treat, or recapture stormwater or subsurface drainage water; and subject to subsection (g), ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting ; or ; by striking paragraphs
(2)and (3); and by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (2); by striking subsections
(e)through
(g)and inserting the following: Subject to paragraph (2), a project that receives grant assistance under subsection
(a)shall be carried out subject to the same requirements as a project that receives assistance from a State water pollution control revolving fund established pursuant to title VI. The requirement described in paragraph
(1)shall not apply to a project that receives grant assistance under subsection
(a)to the extent that the Governor of the State in which the project is located determines that a requirement described in title VI is inconsistent with the purposes of this section. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, to remain available until expended— $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2018; $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. For each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, subject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall use the amounts made available to carry out this section to provide grants to municipalities and municipal entities under subsection (a)(2)— in accordance with the priority criteria described in subsection (b); and with additional priority given to proposed projects that involve the use of— nonstructural, low-impact development; water conservation, efficiency, or reuse; or other decentralized stormwater or wastewater approaches to minimize flows into the sewer systems. For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, subject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall use the amounts made available to carry out this section to provide grants to States under subsection (a)(1) in accordance with a formula that— shall be established by the Administrator, after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment; and allocates to each State a proportional share of the amounts based on the total needs of the State for municipal combined sewer overflow controls and sanitary sewer overflow controls, as identified in the most recent survey— conducted under section 210; and included in a report required under section 516(b)(1)(B). ; and by striking subsection (i).
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