§1263a — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

Summary

The EPA can give money to the State of Alaska to help rural and Native villages pay 75% of the cost to build or improve public water and wastewater systems and to pay for training, technical help, and education to run and manage those services. Alaska can spend up to 4% of each grant for its own administrative costs. The EPA must work with Alaska to set priorities so villages with the greatest need and worst health and sanitation get help first. The law authorizes these amounts: $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024; $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.

Title 33, §1263a

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(a)The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may make grants to the State of Alaska for the benefit of rural and Native villages in Alaska to pay the Federal share of the cost of—

(1)the development and construction of public water systems and wastewater systems to improve the health and sanitation conditions in the villages; and

(2)training, technical assistance, and educational programs relating to the operation and management of sanitation services in rural and Native villages.

(b)The Federal share of the cost of the activities described in subsection (a) shall be 75 percent.

(c)The State of Alaska may use an amount not to exceed 4 percent of any grant made available under this subsection 11 So in original. Probably should be “section”. for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the activities described in subsection (a).

(d)The Administrator shall consult with the State of Alaska on a method of prioritizing the allocation of grants under subsection (a) according to the needs of, and relative health and sanitation conditions in, each eligible village.

(e)There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—

(1)$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024;

(2)$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and

(3)$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2026.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Safe Drinking Water Act

Amendments

of 1996, and not as part of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–58, § 50212(1), substituted “75 percent” for “50 percent”. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 117–58, § 50212(2), substituted “this section—” and pars. (1) to (3) for “this section $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.” 2000—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–457 substituted “to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005” for “$15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1997 through 2000 to carry out this section”.

§1263a Grants to Alaska to Improve Sanitation in Rural and Native Villages

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Title 33, §1263a

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