HR 3996 · 107th Congress · Environmental Protection
Water Quality Research, Development, and Technology Demonstration Act
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.(2002-03-20)
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Water Quality Research, Development, and Technology Demonstration Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to nonprofit organizations to provide technical and information assistance for rural and small treatment works. Requires establishment of procedures for the competitive award of grants. Extends funding for State- and interstate-managed pollution control programs. Revises State water pollution control revolving fund provisions concerning: (1) agreements for treatment works capitalization grants; (2) technical and planning assistance for small treatment works; and (3) additional subsidization. Requires the Administrator to: (1) prepare and transmit to Congress a five-year program plan to guide water pollution control research, development, and technology demonstration activities under FWPCA; and (2) submit the plan for review and comment to the Water Quality Research Technical Advisory Committee established by this Act; (3) establish a nationwide demonstration program, carried out in selected municipalities, to promote technological innovations and alternative approaches to w…
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