Sec. 13109. PFAS treatment grants
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Part E of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300j et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall establish a program to award grants to affected community water systems to pay for capital costs associated with the implementation of eligible treatment technologies. Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall publish guidance describing the form and timing for community water systems to apply for grants under this section.
The Administrator shall require a community water system applying for a grant under this section to submit— information showing the presence of a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance in water of the community water system; and a certification that the treatment technology in use by the community water system at the time of application is not sufficient to meet all applicable standards, and all applicable health advisories published pursuant to section 1412(b)(1)(F), for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Not later than 150 days after the date of enactment of this section, and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall publish a list of treatment technologies that the Administrator determines are the most effective at removing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances from drinking water. In awarding grants under this section, the Administrator shall prioritize an affected community water system that— serves a disadvantaged community; will provide at least a 10-percent cost share for the cost of implementing an eligible treatment technology; demonstrates the capacity to maintain the eligible treatment technology to be implemented using the grant; or is located within an area with respect to which the Administrator has published a determination under the first sentence of section 1424(e) relating to an aquifer that is the sole or principal drinking water source for the area.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2022 through 2031. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1), $25,000,000 are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for grants under subsection
(a)to pay for capital costs associated with the implementation of eligible treatment technologies during the period beginning on October 1, 2014, and ending on the date of enactment of this section. In this section: The term affected community water system means a community water system that is affected by the presence of a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance in the water in the community water system. The term disadvantaged community has the meaning given that term in section 1452. The term eligible treatment technology means a treatment technology included on the list published under subsection (c). .
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