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33 U.S.C. § 4201 — Grant programs
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**(a) Post-consumer materials management infrastructure grant program**
(1) **In general** — The EPA Administrator may provide grants to States to implement the strategy developed under [section 4281(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section4281/a&num=0&edition=prelim) and—
(A) to support improvements to local post-consumer materials management, including municipal recycling programs; and
(B) to assist local waste management authorities in making improvements to local waste management systems.
(2) **Applications** — To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), the applicant State shall submit to the EPA Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the EPA Administrator may require.
(3) **Contents of applications** — In developing application requirements, the EPA Administrator shall consider requesting that a State applicant provide—
(A) a description of—
(i) the project or projects to be carried out using grant funds; and
(ii) how the project or projects would result in the generation of less plastic waste;
(B) a description of how the funds will support disadvantaged communities; and
(C) an explanation of any limitations, such as flow control measures, that restrict access to reusable or recyclable materials.
(4) **Report to Congress** — Not later than January 1, 2023, the EPA Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that includes—
(A) a description of the activities carried out under this subsection;
(B) estimates as to how much plastic was
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**(a) Post-consumer materials management infrastructure grant program**
(1) **In general** — The EPA Administrator may provide grants to States to implement the strategy developed under [section 4281(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section4281/a&num=0&edition=prelim) and—
(A) to support improvements to local post-consumer materials management, including municipal recycling programs; and
(B) to assist local waste management authorities in making improvements to local waste management systems.
(2) **Applications** — To be eligible to receive a grant under paragraph (1), the applicant State shall submit to the EPA Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the EPA Administrator may require.
(3) **Contents of applications** — In developing application requirements, the EPA Administrator shall consider requesting that a State applicant provide—
(A) a description of—
(i) the project or projects to be carried out using grant funds; and
(ii) how the project or projects would result in the generation of less plastic waste;
(B) a description of how the funds will support disadvantaged communities; and
(C) an explanation of any limitations, such as flow control measures, that restrict access to reusable or recyclable materials.
(4) **Report to Congress** — Not later than January 1, 2023, the EPA Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that includes—
(A) a description of the activities carried out under this subsection;
(B) estimates as to how much plastic waste was prevented from entering the oceans and other waterways as a result of activities funded pursuant to this subsection; and
(C) a recommendation on the utility of evolving the grant program into a new waste management State revolving fund.
**(b) Drinking water infrastructure grants**
(1) **In general** — The EPA Administrator may provide competitive grants to units of local government, Indian Tribes, and public water systems (as defined in [section 300f of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300f&num=0&edition=prelim)) to support improvements in reducing and removing plastic waste and post-consumer materials, including microplastics and microfibers, from drinking water or sources of drinking water, including planning, design, construction, technical assistance, and planning support for operational adjustments.
(2) **Applications** — 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.
**(c) Wastewater infrastructure grants**
(1) **In general** — The EPA Administrator may provide grants to municipalities (as defined in section 502 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ([33 U.S.C. 1362](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1362&num=0&edition=prelim))) or Indian Tribes that own and operate treatment works (as such term is defined in section 212 of such Act ([33 U.S.C. 1292](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1292&num=0&edition=prelim))) for the construction of improvements to reduce and remove plastic waste and post-consumer materials, including microplastics and microfibers, from wastewater.
(2) **Applications** — 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.
**(d) Trash-free waters grants**
(1) **In general** — The EPA Administrator may provide grants to units of local government, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations—
(A) to support projects to reduce the quantity of solid waste in bodies of water by reducing the quantity of waste at the source, including through anti-litter initiatives;
(B) to enforce local post-consumer materials management ordinances;
(C) to implement State or local policies relating to solid waste;
(D) to capture post-consumer materials at stormwater inlets, at stormwater outfalls, or in bodies of water;
(E) to provide education and outreach about post-consumer materials movement and reduction; and
(F) to monitor or model flows of post-consumer materials, including monitoring or modeling a reduction in trash as a result of the implementation of best management practices for the reduction of plastic waste and other post-consumer materials in sources of drinking water.
(2) **Applications** — 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.
**(e) Applicability of Federal law**
(1) **In general** — The EPA Administrator shall ensure that all laborers and mechanics employed on projects funded directly, or assisted in whole or in part, by a grant established by this section shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a character similar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of part A of subtitle II of title 40.
(2) **Authority** — With respect to the labor standards specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and [section 3145 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section3145&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Requirements** — The requirements of section 608 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ([33 U.S.C. 1388](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1388&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall apply to the construction of a project carried out, in whole or in part, with assistance made available under this section in the same manner as the requirements of such section apply with respect to funds made available pursuant to title VI of such Act [[33 U.S.C. 1381](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1381&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(f) Limitation on use of funds** A grant under this section may not be used (directly or indirectly) as a source of payment (in whole or in part) of, or security for, an obligation the interest on which is excluded from gross income under [section 103 of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section103&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(g) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated—
(1) for the program described 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “in”. subsection (a), $55,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025; and
(2) for each of the programs described 1 subsections (b), (c), and (d), $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
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**(a) Restoration and maintenance of chemical, physical and biological integrity of Nation’s waters; national goals for achievement of objective** The objective of this chapter is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters. In order to achieve this objective it is hereby declared that, consistent with the provisions of this chapter—
(1) it is the national goal that the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters be eliminated by 1985;
(2) it is the national goal that wherever attainable, an interim goal of water quality which provides for the protection and propagation of fish, shellfish, and wildlife and provides for recreation in and on the water be achieved by July 1, 1983;
(3) it is the national policy that the discharge of toxic pollutants in toxic amounts be prohibited;
(4) it is the national policy that Federal financial assistance be provided to construct publicly owned waste treatment works;
(5) it is the national policy that areawide waste treatment management planning processes be developed and implemented to assure adequate control of sources of pollutants in each State;
(6) it is the national policy that a major research and demonstration effort be made to develop technology necessary to eliminate the discharge of pollutants into the navigable waters, waters of the contiguous zone, and the oceans; and
(7) it is the national policy that programs for the control of nonpoint sources of pollution be developed and implemented in an expeditious manner so as to enable the goals of this chapter to be met through the control of both point and nonpoint sources of pollution.
**(b) Congressional recognition, preservation, and protection of primary responsibilities and rights of States** It is the policy
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As used in this subchapter—
(1) The term “construction” means any one or more of the following: preliminary planning to determine the feasibility of treatment works, engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, or economic investigations or studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, procedures, field testing of innovative or alternative waste water treatment processes and techniques meeting guidelines promulgated under [section 1314(d)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1314/d/3&num=0&edition=prelim), or other necessary actions, erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension of treatment works, or the inspection or supervision of any of the foregoing items.
(2)
(A) The term “treatment works” means any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature to implement [section 1281 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1281&num=0&edition=prelim), or necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the estimated life of the works, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping, power, and other equipment, and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities; and acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment process (including land used for the storage of treated wastewater in land treatment systems prior to land application) or will be used for ultimate disposal of residues resul
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Except as otherwise specifically provided, when used in this chapter:
(1) The term “State water pollution control agency” means the State agency designated by the Governor having responsibility for enforcing State laws relating to the abatement of pollution.
(2) The term “interstate agency” means an agency of two or more States established by or pursuant to an agreement or compact approved by the Congress, or any other agency of two or more States, having substantial powers or duties pertaining to the control of pollution as determined and approved by the Administrator.
(3) The term “State” means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
(4) The term “municipality” means a city, town, borough, county, parish, district, association, or other public body created by or pursuant to State law and having jurisdiction over disposal of sewage, industrial wastes, or other wastes, or an Indian tribe or an authorized Indian tribal organization, or a designated and approved management agency under [section 1288 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1288&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) The term “person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, State, municipality, commission, or political subdivision of a State, or any interstate body.
(6) The term “pollutant” means dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water
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**(a) In general** Funds made available from a State water pollution control revolving fund established under this subchapter may not be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of treatment works unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in the United States.
**(b) Definition of iron and steel products** In this section, the term “iron and steel products” means the following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, construction materials.
**(c) Application** Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases in which the Administrator finds that—
(1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the public interest;
(2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or
(3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.
**(d) Waiver** If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under this section, the Administrator shall make available to the public, on an informal basis, a copy of the request and information available to the Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The Administrator shall make the request and accompanying information available by electronic means, including on the official public Internet site of the Environmental Protection Agency.
**(e) International agreeme
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Labor shall prescribe reasonable regulations for contractors and subcontractors engaged in constructing, carrying out, completing, or repairing public buildings, public works, or buildings or works that at least partly are financed by a loan or grant from the Federal Government. The regulations shall include a provision that each contractor and subcontractor each week must furnish a statement on the wages paid each employee during the prior week.
**(b) Application.—** [Section 1001 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim) applies to the statements.
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**(a) Exclusion** Except as provided in subsection (b), gross income does not include interest on any State or local bond.
**(b) Exceptions** Subsection (a) shall not apply to—
(1) **Private activity bond which is not a qualified bond** — Any private activity bond which is not a qualified bond (within the meaning of section 141).
(2) **Arbitrage bond** — Any arbitrage bond (within the meaning of section 148).
(3) **Bond not in registered form, etc.** — Any bond unless such bond meets the applicable requirements of section 149.
**(c) Definitions** For purposes of this section and part IV—
(1) **State or local bond** — The term “State or local bond” means an obligation of a State or political subdivision thereof.
(2) **State** — The term “State” includes the District of Columbia and any possession of the United States.
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**(a) General authority** Subject to the provisions of this subchapter, the Administrator shall make capitalization grants to each State for the purpose of establishing a water pollution control revolving fund to accomplish the objectives, goals, and policies of this chapter by providing assistance for projects and activities identified in [section 1383(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1383/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Schedule of grant payments** The Administrator and each State shall jointly establish a schedule of payments under which the Administrator will pay to the State the amount of each grant to be made to the State under this subchapter. Such schedule shall be based on the State’s intended use plan under [section 1386(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1386/c&num=0&edition=prelim), except that—
(1) such payments shall be made in quarterly installments, and
(2) such payments shall be made as expeditiously as possible, but in no event later than the earlier of—
(A) 8 quarters after the date such funds were obligated by the State, or
(B) 12 quarters after the date such funds were allotted to the State.
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For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) The term “primary drinking water regulation” means a regulation which—
(A) applies to public water systems;
(B) specifies contaminants which, in the judgment of the Administrator, may have any adverse effect on the health of persons;
(C) specifies for each such contaminant either—
(i) a maximum contaminant level, if, in the judgment of the Administrator, it is economically and technologically feasible to ascertain the level of such contaminant in water in public water systems, or
(ii) if, in the judgment of the Administrator, it is not economically or technologically feasible to so ascertain the level of such contaminant, each treatment technique known to the Administrator which leads to a reduction in the level of such contaminant sufficient to satisfy the requirements of [section 300g–1 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section300g-1&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(D) contains criteria and procedures to assure a supply of drinking water which dependably complies with such maximum contaminant levels; including accepted methods for quality control and testing procedures to insure compliance with such levels and to insure proper operation and maintenance of the system, and requirements as to (i) the minimum quality of water which may be taken into the system and (ii) siting for new facilities for public water systems.
At any time after promulgation of a regulation referred to in this paragraph, the Administrator may add equally effective quality control and testing procedures by guidance published in the Federal Register. Such procedures shall be treated as an alternative for public water systems to the quality control and testing procedures listed in the regulatio
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In this chapter:
(1) **Circular economy** — The term “circular economy” has the meaning given such term in [section 4201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section4201&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Coastal shoreline community** — The term “coastal shoreline community” means a city or county directly adjacent to the open ocean, major estuaries, or the Great Lakes.
(3) **EPA Administrator** — The term “EPA Administrator” has the meaning given such term in [section 4201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section4201&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Indian Tribe** — The term “Indian Tribe” has the meaning given that term in [section 5304 of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Interagency Committee** — The term “Interagency Committee” means the Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee established under [section 1954 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1954&num=0&edition=prelim).
(6) **Marine debris** — The term “marine debris” means any persistent solid material that is manufactured or processed and directly or indirectly, intentionally or unintentionally, disposed of or abandoned into the marine environment or the Great Lakes.
(7) **MARPOL; Annex V; Convention** — The terms “MARPOL”, “Annex V”, and “Convention” have the meaning given those terms under [section 1901(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1901/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(8) **Non-Federal funds** — The term “non-Federal funds” means funds provided by—
(A) a State;
(B) an Indian Tribe;
(C) a territory of th
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 1292
§ 1289. Basin planning
(a) Preparation of Level B plans
The President, acting through the Water Re-
sources Council, shall, as soon as practicable,
prepare a Level B plan under the Water Re-
sources Planning Act [42 U.S.C. 1962 et seq.] for
all basins in the United States. All such plans
shall be completed not later than January 1,
1980, except that priority in the preparation of
such plans shall be given to those basins and
portions thereof which are within those areas
designated under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of
subsection (a) of section 1288 of this title.
(b) Reporting requirements
The President, acting through the Water Re-
sources Council, shall report annually to Con-
gress on progress being made in carrying out
this section. The first such report shall be sub-
mitted not later than January 31, 1973.
(c) Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this section not to exceed $200,000,000.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 209, as added
Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 843.)
Editorial Notes
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The Water Resources Planning Act, referred to in
subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 89–80, July 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 244,
which is classified generally to chapter 19B (§ 1962 et
seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 1962 of Title 42
and Tables.
§ 1290. Annual survey
The Administrator shall annually make a sur-
vey to determine the efficiency of the operation
and maintenance of treatment works con-
structed with grants made under this chapter, as
compared to the efficiency planned at the time
the grant was made. The results
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