Sec. 304. Grant programs
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The EPA Administrator may provide grants to units of local government, Indian Tribes, and local waste management systems— to assist those entities in making improvements to waste management systems— to meet waste management standards established under subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act ( 42 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.); and to implement the strategy developed section 302(a); and to support improvements to local waste management systems, including traditional and innovative recycling and reuse technologies.
To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), an applicant shall submit to the EPA Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the EPA Administrator may require. The EPA Administrator may provide competitive grants to units of local government (including units of local government that own treatment works (as defined in section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1292 ))), Indian Tribes, and public water systems (as defined in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300f )), as applicable, to support improvements in removing plastic waste from drinking water, including planning, design, construction, technical assistance, and planning support for operational adjustments.
In making grants under paragraph (1), the EPA Administrator shall give preference to applicants that— seek to improve the removal of microplastics, including microfibers, from drinking water; and have demonstrated prior commitment and success in reducing other pollution sources in drinking water, such as lead and other contaminants. To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), an applicant shall submit to the EPA Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the EPA Administrator may require.
The EPA Administrator may provide grants to units of local government (including units of local government that own treatment works (as defined in section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1292 ))) and public water systems (as defined in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300f )), as applicable, to support improvements in removing plastic waste from wastewater. In making grants under paragraph (1), the EPA Administrator shall give preference to applicants that— seek to improve the removal of microplastics, including microfibers, from wastewater; and have demonstrated prior commitment and success in reducing other pollution sources in wastewater, such as nutrient pollution and other contaminants.
To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), an applicant shall submit to the EPA Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the EPA Administrator may require. The EPA Administrator may provide grants to political subdivisions of States and units of local government, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations— to support projects to reduce the quantity of trash in bodies of water by reducing the quantity of trash at the source of the trash, including anti-litter initiatives; to enforce local trash ordinances; to implement the trash provisions of a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit issued to a municipal separate storm sewer system under section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1342 ); to capture trash at stormwater inlets, stormwater outfalls, or in bodies of water; to provide education and outreach about trash movement and reduction; and to monitor or model flows of trash, including monitoring or modeling a reduction in trash as a result of the implementation of best management practices for the reduction of trash in sources of drinking water.
To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), an applicant shall submit to the EPA Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the EPA Administrator may require. Subject to paragraph (2), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. No funds shall be made available under paragraph
(1)to carry out subsections
(b)and
(c)in a fiscal year if the total amount made available to carry out the programs described in subparagraph
(B)for that fiscal year is less than the total amount made available to carry out the programs described in subparagraph
(B)for fiscal year 2019. The programs referred to in subparagraph
(A)are— State drinking water treatment revolving loan funds established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–12 ); programs for assistance for small and disadvantaged communities under subsections
(a)through
(j)of section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j–19a ); and State water pollution control revolving funds established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.).
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- 42 USC 300j–12
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