§7616 Sewage treatment grants

Summary

The EPA Administrator cannot refuse or limit a grant to build sewage treatment works except for certain air-quality reasons. A grant may be blocked, limited, or made conditional only if the Administrator finds one of these things: the works would fail to meet the standards in sections 7411 or 7412; the State does not have, or is not using, an approved State implementation plan that clearly predicts and provides for any increase in emissions of each air pollutant (from stationary and mobile sources) that can reasonably be expected from the new treatment capacity in areas covered by part C or part D of subchapter I; the new capacity would cause emissions above what that plan allows or otherwise not follow the plan; or the emissions increase would interfere with another State’s plan. This does not change or affect the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or decisions about whether its requirements have been met.