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fc) There are authorized to be appropriated 

 $25,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal years end- 

 ing June 30. 1973. June 30. 1974, and June 30, 1975, 

 to carry out section 1259 through 1262 of this title. 

 (June 30, 1948. ch. 758, title I, § 112. as added Oct. 

 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, §2, 86 Stat. 832, and 

 amended Jan. 2, 1975, Pub. L. 93-592, § 4, 88 Stat. 

 1925.) 



Amendments 



1975 — Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-592 substituted "June 30, 

 1974, and June 30. 1975, " for "and June 30, 1974,". 



§1263. Alaska \nllage demonstration projects. 



(a) The Administrator is authorized to enter into 

 agreements with the State of Alaska to carry out 

 one or more projects to demonstrate methods to pro- 

 vide for central community facilities for safe water 

 and eliminate or control of fwllution in those na- 

 tive villages of Alaska without such facilities. Such 

 project shall include provisions for community safe 

 water supply systems, toilets, bathing and laundry 

 facilities, sewage disposal facilities, and other sim- 

 ilar facilities, and educational and informational fa- 

 cilities and programs relating to health and hy- 

 giene. Such demonstration projects shall be for the 

 further purpose of developing preliminary plans for 

 providing such safe water and such elimination or 

 control of pollution for all native villages in such 

 State. 



(b) In carrying out this section the Administra- 

 tor shall cooperate with the Secretary of Health, 

 Education, and Welfare for the purpose of utilizing 

 such of the p>ersonnel and facilities of that Depart- 

 ment as may be appropriate. 



(c) The Administrator shall report to Congress 

 not later than July 1, 1973, the results of the dem- 

 onstration projects authorized by this section to- 

 gether with his recommendations, Including any 

 necessary legislation, relating to the establishment 

 of a statewide program. 



(d) There is authorized to be appropriated not to 

 exceed $2,000,000 to carry out this section. (June 30, 

 1948, ch. 758, title I, § 113, as added Oct. 18, 1972, 

 Pub. L. 92-500, § 2, 86 Stat. 832.) 



§ 1264. Lake Tahoe study. 



(a) The Administrator, in consultation with the 

 Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, other Federal agencies, representatives 

 of State and local governments, and members of 

 the public, shall conduct a thorough and complete 

 study on the adecjuacy of and need for extending 

 Federal oversight and control in order to preserve 

 the fragile ecology of Lake Tahoe. 



(b) Such study shall include an examination of 

 the interrelationships and responsibilities of the 

 various agencies of the Federal Government and 

 State and local governments with a view to estab- 

 lishing the necessity for redefinition of legal and 

 other arrangements between these various govern- 

 ments, and making specific legislative recommenda- 

 tions to Congress. Such study shall consider the ef- 

 fect of various actions in terms of their environmen- 

 tal impact on the Tahoe Basin, treated as an eco- 

 system. 



(c) The Administrator shall report on such study 

 to Congress not later than one year after October 18, 

 1972. 



(d) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 

 out this section not to exceed $500,000. (June 30, 

 1948, ch. 758, title I, § 114, as added Oct. 18, 1972, 

 Pub. L. 92-500, § 2, 86 Stat. 833.) 



§ 1265. In-place toxic pollutants. 



The Administrator is directed to identify the lo- 

 cation of in-place pollutants with emphasis on toxic 

 pollutants in harbors and navigable waterways and 

 is authorized, acting through the Secretary of the 

 Army, to make contracts for the removal and ap- 

 propriate disposal of such materials from critical 

 port and harbor areas. There is authorized to be ap- 

 propriated $15,000,000' to carry out the provisions 

 of this section, which Sum shall be available until 

 expended. (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title I, § 115, as 

 added Oct. 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, § 2, 86 Stat. 

 833.) 



SUBCHAPTER H.— GRANTS FOR 

 CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS 



§ 1281. Congressional declaration of purposes. 



(a) It is the purpose of this subchapter to require 

 and to assist the development and implementation 

 of waste treatment management plans and practices 

 which will achieve the goals of this chapter. 



(b) Waste treatment management plans and prac- 

 tices shall provide for the application of the best 

 practicable waste treatment technology before any 

 discharge into receiving waters, including reclaiming 

 and recycling of water, and confined disp)osal of pol- 

 lutants so they will not migrate to cause water or 

 other environmental pollution and shall provide for 

 consideration of advanced waste treatment tech- 

 niques 



(c) To the extent practicable, waste treatment 

 management shall be on an areawide basis and 

 provide control or treatment of all point and non- 

 point sources of pollution, including in place or ac- 

 cumulated pollution sources. 



(d) The Administrator shall encourage waste 

 treatment management which results in the con- 

 struction of revenue producing facilities providing 

 for— 



(1) the recycling of potential sewage pollu- 

 tants through the production of agriculture, silvi- 

 culture, or aquaculture products, or any combi- 

 nation thereof; 



(2) the confined and contained disposal of pol- 

 lutants not recycled; 



(3) the reclamation of wastewater; and 



(4) the ultimate disposal of sludge in a manner 

 that will not result in environmental hazards. 



(e) The Administrator shall encourage waste 

 treatment management which results in integrat- 

 ing facilities for sewage treatment and recycling 

 with facilities to treat, dispose of, or utilize other 

 industrial and municipal wastes, including but not 

 limited to solid waste and waste heat and thermal 

 discharges. Such integrated facilities shall be de- 

 signed and operated to produce revenues in excess 

 of capital and operation and maintenance costs and 



