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6. $38,826,000 for reimbursable interagency activities, including $28,150,000 for the Department of Justice and $10,676,000 for OSHA, FEMA, NOAA, the United States Coast Guard, and the Department of the Interior.
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The conferees have agreed to provide the budget request level of $97,651,600 for the Brownfields program, which includes funding from various programs within the Hazardous Substance Superfund account (totaling $94,977,400) and the Environmental Programs and Management account. The conferees further agree that the fiscal year 2001 funding levels for the SITE program and for the hazardous substance research centers be maintained for fiscal year 2002.
Once again this year, the conferees support the national pilot worker training program which recruits and trains young persons who live near hazardous waste sites or in communities at risk of exposure to contaminated properties for work in the environmental field. The conferees direct EPA to continue funding this effort in cooperation and collaboration with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
The conferees agree that $100,000,000 of the appropriated amount shall not become available until September 1, 2002.
LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM
Appropriates $73,000,000 for the leaking underground storage tank program instead of $79,200,000 as proposed by the House and $71,947,400 as proposed by the Senate.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE
Appropriates $15,000,000 for oil spill response as proposed by the House instead of $14,986,000 as proposed by the Senate.
STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
Appropriates $3,733,276,000 for state and tribal assistance grants instead of $3,436,899,000 as proposed by the House and $3,603,015,900 as proposed by the Senate. Bill language specifically provides $1,350,000,000 for Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) capitalization grants; $850,000,000 for Safe Drinking Water SRF capitalization grants; $75,000,000 for the United States-Mexico Border program; $40,000,000 for grants to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs in rural and Alaska Native communities; $1,074,376,000 for categorical grants to the states and tribes; $343,900,000 for cost-shared grants for construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities and infrastructure and for groundwater protection infrastructure ; and $25,000,000 for a new Environmental Information Exchange Network grant program.
The conferees have included bill language which, for fiscal year 2002, authorizes the Administrator of the EPA to use funds appropriated pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to make grants to Indian tribes pursuant to section 319(h) and 518(e) of FWPCA. In addition, bill language has been adopted which, (1) will permit the states to include as principal amounts considered to be the cost of administering SRF loans to eligible borrowers, with certain limitations; (2) permits the Administrator to reserve up to 1 1/2 percent of the funds appropriated for the SRF under title VI of the FWPCA for grants under section 518(c) of that Act; (3) for fiscal year 2002, authorizes the states to transfer funds between the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water SRF programs; and (4) stipulates that no funds provided in the Act to address water infrastructure needs of colonias within the United States along the United States-Mexico border shall be made available to a county or municipal government unless that governmental entity has established an enforceable ordinance or rule which prevents the development or construction of any additional colonia areas, or the development within an existing colonia of any new home, business, or other structure which lacks water , wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure .
As in previous years, the conferees have included bill language which stipulates that none of the funds provided in this or any previous years' Act for the Safe Drinking Water SRF may be reserved by the Administrator for health effects studies on drinking water contaminants. The conferees have instead provided significant resources for such studies within EPA's Science and Technology account.
The conferees have included bill language which will allow the Agency to use undesignated funds appropriated in prior years for specific water and wastewater grants approved for fiscal year 2002, but have not included a provision authorizing the expenditure of funds for a new State Enforcement Grant program. Although the conferees are generally supportive of state grant programs, it is believed that additional time is needed for the Agency to review and refine this proposal for inclusion in a future budget submission. The conferees note that this action to disapprove inclusion of this new program has been taken without prejudice.
Of the funds provided for the United States-Mexico Border program, $7,000,000 is for the El Paso desalination and water supply project, and $2,000,000 is for the Brownsville, Texas water supply project.
Of the amount provided through categorical grants for air resource assistance grants under sections 103 and 105 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, $10,000,000, an increase of $5,000,000 above the budget request, is for section 103 grants to the states to develop regional haze programs under title I, part C of the Clean Air Act. It is the intention of the conferees that these funds be used to aid states in the development of emissions inventories, quantification of natural visibility conditions, monitoring and other data necessary to define reasonable progress and develop control strategies, and to support the states' participation in regional efforts to coordinate their strategies, where necessary, and at the election of the individual states. The conferees direct the Agency to disburse the funds for the regional haze program to the States' regional planning organizations within 30 days of receipt of completed grant applications.
In addition, the conferees have provided $8,000,000 above the budget request for section 105 air resource assistance grants, $22,593,600 above the budget submission for section 106 water pollution grants and $8,000,000 above the budget submission for the new Beach Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act (BEACH) grant program. The conferees have agreed to provide the budget request level for section 319 non-point source pollution grants.
The conferees agree that the $343,900,000, together with unallocated funds made available in prior appropriations Acts for communities or other governmental entities for construction of water and wastewater treatment facilities and infrastructure and for groundwater protection infrastructure , shall be accompanied by a cost-share requirement whereby 45 percent of a project's cost is to be the responsibility of the community or entity consistent with long-standing guidelines of the Agency. These guidelines also offer flexibility in the application of the cost-share requirement for those few circumstances when meeting the 45 percent requirement is not financially possible. The Agency is commended for its past efforts in working with communities and other entities to resolve problems in this regard, and it is expected that this high level of effort and flexibility will continue throughout fiscal year 2002. In addition, the conferees agree that unspent water and wastewater infrastructure funds totaling approximately $164,000 provided in a prior appropriation Act for Franklin County, Pennsylvania may be spent for other such water and wastewater infrastructure projects in that county.
The distribution of funds under this program is as follows:
1. $1,800,000 of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska for sewer and water improvements;
2. $1,000,000 for Pelican, Alaska water and sewer improvements;
3. $1,800,000 for Petersburg, Alaska for water and sewer upgrades;
4. $3,000,000 for the Girdwood, Alaska water extension;
5. $3,000,000 for addressing above ground leaking fuel tanks in Alaska;
6. $1,500,000 for Wasilla, Alaska water and sewer improvements;
7. $900,000 to the City of Sitka, Alaska for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Sawmill Cove Industrial Park;
8. $500,000 to Tuscaloosa County, Alabama for countywide water and sewer facilities;
9. $1,000,000 for the Southeast Alabama Regional Water Authority for a water facility project;
10. $600,000 for Grant, Alabama for wastewater collection and treatment facilities;
11. $1,000,000 for the City of Jackson, Alabama for water system improvements;
12. $450,000 to Blount County, Alabama for a wastewater treatment and collection systems;
13. $1,900,000 to Rainsville, Alabama for a wastewater treatment facility upgrade and expansion;
14. $500,000 to Arab, Alabama for sewer infrastructure improvements;
15. $300,000 to Guin, Alabama for sewer infrastructure improvements;
16. $250,000 to Franklin County, Alabama for water infrastructure improvements;
17. $300,000 to Sumiton, Alabama for water system infrastructure improvements;
18. $350,000 to Sardis City, Alabama for sewer infrastructure improvements;
19. $900,000 to Shelby County, Alabama for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
20. $2,500,000 to the Alabama Regional Water Authority for the Southwest Alabama Rural/Municipal Water System;
21. $1,000,000 to the Town of Citronelle, Alabama South Alabama Utilities for water infrastructure improvements in Mobile County;
22. $500,000 to the City of Jackson, Alabama for construction of a water treatment facility;
23. $250,000 to the Town of Fulton, Alabama for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
24. $500,000 to the Mobile County Water , Sewer and Fire Protection Authority for construction of new facilities and upgrades to existing facilities;
25. $750,000 to the City of Brewton, Alabama for drainage infrastructure improvements;
26. $1,000,000 to the City of Huntsville, Alabama for water system improvements;
27. $1,000,000 to Hartselle Utilities for wastewater infrastructure in the City of Hartselle, Alabama;
28. $1,000,000 to the City of Tuscumbia, Alabama for drinking water infrastructure improvements;
29. $500,000 to the Limestone County Water and Sewer Authority for drinking water infrastructure improvements;
30. $500,000 to the West Morgan-East Lawrence Water Authority for drinking water infrastructure improvements;
31. $115,000 to the City of Luverne, Alabama for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
32. $485,000 to the Clay County, Alabama Water Authority for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
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33. $2,000,000 for Union County, Arkansas for a community drinking water system;
34. $250,000 to the City of Menifee, Arkansas for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
35. $1,000,000 for the State of Arizona Water Infrastructure Finance Authority for making a loan to the City of Safford, Arizona to address the city's wastewater needs, which will be repaid by the city to the Arizona Clean Water Revolving Fund under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;
36. $500,000 for the Santa Rosa, California, drinking water infrastructure needs;
37. $500,000 for the Los Banos, California, wastewater and drinking water infrastructure project;
38. $500,000 for Compton, California, sewer infrastructure needs;
39. $1,175,000 for Sacramento, California, combined sewer system improvements;
40. $850,000 for the Placer County, California, wastewater treatment project;
41. $500,000 for Lake County, California, for the Clear Lake Basin 2000 project;
42. $2,800,000 for the Olivenhain, California drinking water project;
43. $500,000 for Oxnard, California, area drinking water infrastructure needs;
44. $400,000 to the City of Colton, California for storm drain improvements;
45. $900,000 to the Mission Springs Water District in California to protect groundwater in the City of Desert Hot Springs;
46. $250,000 to the City of Modesto, California for replacement of the 9th Street storm drain;
47. $900,000 to the City of Laguna Beach, Orange County, California for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
48. $100,000 to the Calaveras County Water District, California for water infrastructure improvements at the West Point Water System;
49. $150,000 to the Tuolumne Utilities District of Tuolumne County, California for water supply infrastructure improvements and a canal optimization study;
50. $1,800,000 to the Cities of Arcadia and Sierra Madre, California for seismic infrastructure upgrades to the drinking-water delivery system;
51. $485,000 to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for the Desalination Research and Innovation Partnership project;
52. $485,000 to the City of Redding, California for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements for the Stillwater Industrial Park;
53. $900,000 to the City of Bellflower, California for a water infrastructure project;
54. $500,000 for the continuation of water infrastructure improvements in Twentynine Palms, California;
55. $250,000 for the Warren Valley Basin Recharge/Reuse project in Yucca Valley, California;
56. $500,000 for the Lower Owens River Project in Inyo County, California;
57. $500,000 for the completion of water infrastructure improvements in the Yucaipa Valley Water District in Yucaipa, California;
58. $250,000 for the development of a water master plan to serve the water infrastructure needs of the City of Hesperia, California;
59. $500,000 for planning and design of a sewage treatment and water reclamation facility in Apple Valley, California;
60. $500,000 for environmental engineering and preliminary design of a regional water recycling facility in Victorville, California;
61. $485,000 to the City of Compton, California for the Willowbrook Water Main Infrastructure project;
62. $675,000 to the City of Brea, California for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
63. $250,000 to the City of Pico Rivera, California for repairs and upgrades of the sewage system;
64. $540,000 to the City of Lathrop, California to address contamination of the Sharp Depot well;
65. $250,000 to Mariposa County, California for infrastructure improvements to the Yosemite West wastewater treatment and disposal facility;
66. $900,000 to the City of Huntington Beach, California for the Huntington Beach Environmental Infrastructure Project;
67. $675,000 to the City of South Gate, California for wastewater infrastructure improvements;
68. $350,000 to the City of Garden Grove, California for construction of the Yockey/Newland Storm Drain;
69. $485,000 to the City of Santa Rosa, California for the Santa Rosa Geysers Reclaimed Water project;
70. $250,000 to the County of Ventura, California for wastewater infrastructure needs in El Rio;
71. $1,485,000 for the Towns of Naturita and Nucia, Colorado for drinking water infrastructure improvements;
72. $1,000,000 for the City of Montrose, Colorado for the Montrose Wastewater Inflow and Infiltration project;
73. $2,400,000 to the City of New Britain, Connecticut for water and sewer infrastructure needs;
74. $485,000 to the Central Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements in the towns of Waterbury, Wolcott, and Middlebury, Connecticut;
75. $1,800,000 to the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority to mitigate combined sewer overflows into the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers;
76. $2,000,000 for the Town of Millsboro, Delaware, for wastewater infrastructure needs;
77. $2,000,000 for Eastern Orange and Seminole Counties, Florida, for wastewater treatment upgrades;
78. $900,000 to the City of Clearwater, Florida for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
79. $485,000 to St Johns County, Florida for septic tank replacement in the West Augustine community;
80. $250,000 to the City of Jacksonville, Florida for extension of public water hookups;
81. $485,000 to Hillsborough County, Florida for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
82. $4,000,000 to Miami-Dade County, Florida for water and wastewater infrastructure improvements;
83. $675,000 to the City of West Palm Beach, Florida for completion of the IPR/Renaissance project, a wetlands-based indirect potable water and wastewater reuse program;
84. $250,000 for the Central Florida Artificial Enhancement Program/Lake Marden Recharge Project;
85. $800,000 to the City of Opa-locka, Florida for drinking water , wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements;
86. $500,000 to the City of North Miami, Florida for drinking water , wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements;
87. $500,000 to the City of North Miami Beach, Florida for drinking water , wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements in the Highland Village neighborhood;
88. $500,000 to the City of South Miami, Florida for drinking water , wastewater and sewer infrastructure improvements;
89. $900,000 to Sarasota County, Florida for the Phillippi Creek Septic Tank replacement project;
90. $900,000 to the City of Boca Raton, Florida for upgrades to the water treatment plant;
91. $485,000 to fund the Central Florida Aquifer Recharge Enhancement Program--Surface Water Recharge Projects;
92. $9,650,000 to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the Tampa Bay, Florida regional reservoir infrastructure project;
93. $2,000,000 for the City of Roswell, Georgia, Big Creek Watershed drinking water and sewer infrastructure needs;
94. $900,000 to Paulding County, Georgia for the Richland Creek Reservoir Project;
95. $500,000 to the Guam Waterworks Authority for upgrades to the ground water chlorination system;
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