PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary, working with the city of Albuquerque, can help plan, design, and build a project to clean and reuse industrial and city wastewater and to use naturally impaired groundwater and surface water that is not safe to drink in the Albuquerque metro area. The federal government can pay up to 25 percent of the project's cost, and it will not pay for the project's operation or maintenance.

Title 43, §390h–12g

Public Lands, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary, in cooperation with the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is authorized to participate in the planning, design, and construction of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area Water Reclamation and Reuse Project to reclaim and reuse industrial and municipal wastewater and reclaim and use naturally impaired ground water and nonpotable surface water in the Albuquerque metropolitan area.

(b)The Federal share of the cost of a project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 percent of the total cost.

(c)The Secretary shall not provide funds for the operation or maintenance of a project described in subsection (a).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification section 506 of Pub. L. 105–62, which directed the amendment of “section 1621 of title XVI of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Act, Public Law 104–266”, was executed by making the amendment to this section, which is section 1621 of title XVI of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act, Pub. L. 102–575, as added by Pub. L. 104–266, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Amendments

1997—Pub. L. 105–62, § 506(1), which directed the substitution of “project” for “study” in section catchline, was executed by substituting “Project” for “Study” to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–62, § 506(2), (3), inserted “planning, design, and

Construction

of the” after “to participate in the” and “and nonpotable surface water” after “impaired ground water”. Pub. L. 105–62, § 506(1), which directed the substitution of “project” for “study”, was executed by substituting “Project” for “Study” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

§390h–12g Albuquerque Metropolitan Area Water Reclamation and Reuse Project