Sec. 2010. Grants for construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individual household decentralized wastewater systems for individuals with low or moderate income
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Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) (as amended by section 2004) is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section, the term eligible individual means a member of a household, the members of which have a combined income (for the most recent 12-month period for which information is available) equal to not more than 50 percent of the median nonmetropolitan household income for the State or territory in which the household is located, according to the most recent decennial census.
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Administrator shall establish a program under which the Administrator shall provide grants to private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing assistance to eligible individuals who reside in the mid-Atlantic, the southeast, and the Appalachian regions of the United States, in accordance with subsection (c). To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, a private nonprofit organization shall submit to the Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator determines to be appropriate.
In awarding grants under this subsection, the Administrator shall give priority to applicants that have substantial expertise and experience in promoting the safe and effective use of individual household decentralized wastewater systems. A private nonprofit organization may use amounts provided under this subsection to pay the administrative expenses associated with the provision of the services described in subsection (c)(1), as the Administrator determines to be appropriate.
Subject to paragraph (2), a private nonprofit organization shall use a grant provided under subsection
(b)for the construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individual household decentralized waste systems for eligible individuals. In any case in which an eligible individual who submits to a private nonprofit organization an application for the services described in paragraph
(1)resides in a household that could be connected to an available public wastewater utility, the private nonprofit organization shall conduct a cost analysis to determine whether establishing such a connection would be a more cost-effective use of funds, as compared to the services described in paragraph (1). If a cost analysis under subparagraph
(A)demonstrates that the connection of the applicable household to a public wastewater utility is more cost-effective than the services described in paragraph
(1)with respect to the household, the eligible individual may use amounts received from the private nonprofit organization to establish the connection. To be eligible to receive the services described in paragraph (1), an eligible individual shall submit to the private nonprofit organization serving the area in which the individual household decentralized wastewater system of the eligible individuals is, or is proposed to be, located an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the private nonprofit organization determines to be appropriate. In awarding subgrants under this subsection, a private nonprofit organization shall give priority to any eligible individual who does not have access to a sanitary sewage disposal system. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report describing the recipients of grants under the program under this section and the results of the program under this section. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022. Of the amounts made available for grants under paragraph (1), not more than 2 percent may be used to pay the administrative costs of the Administrator. .
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Sec. 2010
Grants for construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individual household decentralized wastewater systems for individuals with low or moderate income
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