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allotted among the States by the Administrator in 

 accordance with regulations promrlsiated by him, in 

 the ratio that the estimated cost of constructing all 

 needed publicly owned treatment works in each State 

 bears to the estimated cost of construction of all 

 needed publicly owned treatment works in all of 

 the States. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 1973, 

 and June 30, 1974, such ratio shall be determined 

 on the basis of table III of House Public Works Com- 

 mittee Print No. 92-50. For the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1975, such ratio shall be determined one- 

 half on the basis of table I of House Public Works 

 C^mmitt:-e Print Numbered 93-28 ^nd one-half on 

 the basis of table II of such print, except that no 

 State shall receive an allotment less than that which 

 it received for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, as 

 set forth in table III of such print. Allotments for 

 fiscal years which begin after the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1975, shall be made only in accordance 

 with a revised cost estimate made and submitted 

 to Congress in accordance with section 1375(b) of 

 this title and only after such revised cost estimate 

 shall have been approved by law specifically en- 

 acted after October 18, 1972. 



(b)(1) Any sums allotted to a State under sub- 

 section (a) of this section shall be available for 

 obhgation under section 1283 of this title on and 

 after the date of such allotment. Such sums shall 

 continue available for obligation in such State for a 

 period of one year after the close of the fiscal year 

 for which such sums are authorized. Any amounts 

 so allotted which are not obligated by the end of 

 such one-year period shall be Immediately reallotted 

 by the Administrator, in accordance with regulations 

 promulgated by him. generally on the basis of the 

 ratio used in making the last allotment of sums 

 under this section. Such reallotted sums shall be 

 added to the last allotments made to the States. Any 

 sum made available to a State by reallotment under 

 this subsecMon shall be in addition to any funds 

 otherwise allotted to such State for grants under 

 this subchapter during any fiscal year. 



(2) Any sums which have been obligated under 

 section 1283 of this title and which are released by 

 the payment of the final voucher for the project 

 shall be immediately credited to the State to which 

 such sums were last allotted. Such released sums 

 shall be added to the amounts last allotted to such 

 State and shall be immediately available for obliga- 

 tion in the same manner and to the same extent as 

 such last allotment. (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II. 

 § 205, as added Oct. 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, § 2, 

 86 Stat. 837, and amended Jan. 2, 1974, Pub. L. 

 93-243, § 1, 87 Stat. 1069.) 



Amendments 

 1974 — Subsec. (a) . Pub. L. 93-243 added provisions that 

 for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1975, the ratio shall be 

 dpterm'.ned one-half on the basis of table I of House 

 Public Works Committee Print Numbered 93-28 and one- 

 half on the basis of table II of such print, exoept that no 

 State shall receive an allotment less than that which it 

 received for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1972. as set 

 forth In table III of such print and substituted "June 30, 

 1975" for "June 30, 1974" in the sentence beginning "Al- 

 lotments for fiscal years". 



§ 1286. Reimbursement and advanced construction. 



(a) Publicly owned treatment works construction ini- 

 tiated after June 30, 1966, but before July 1, 1972; 

 reimbursement formula. 



Any publicly owned treatment works in a State on 

 which construction was initiated after June 30, 1966, 

 but before July 1, 1972, which was approved by the 

 appropriate State water pollution control agency 

 and which the Administrator finds meets the re- 

 quirements of section 8 of this Act in effect at the 

 time of the initiation of construction shall be re- 

 imbursed a total amount equal to the difference be- 

 tween the amount of Federal financial assistance, if 

 any, received under such section 8 for such project 

 and 50 per centum of the cost of such project, or 55 

 per centum of the project cost where the Admin- 

 istrator also determines that such treatment works 

 was constructed in conformity with a comprehensive 

 metropolitan treatment plan as described in section 

 8(f) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act as 

 in effect immediately prior to the date of enactment 

 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amend- 

 ments of 1972. Nothing in this subsection shall result 

 in any such works receiving Federal grants from all 

 sources in excess of 80 per centum of the cost of such 

 project. 



(b) Publicly owned treatment works construction ini- 

 tiated between June 30, 1956, and June 30, 1966; 

 reimbursement formula. 



Any publicly owned treatment works constructed 

 with or eligible for Federal financial assistance under 

 this Act in a State between June 30, 1956, and June 

 30, 1966, which was approved by the State water 

 pollution control agency and which the Administra- 

 tor finds meets the requirements of section 8 of this 

 Act prior to the date of enactment of the Federal 

 Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 

 but which was constructed without assistance under 

 such section 8 or which received such assistance in 

 an amount less than 30 per centum of the cost of 

 such project shall qualify for payments and reim- 

 bursement of State or local funds used for such 

 project from sums allocated to such State under 

 this section in an amount which shall not exceed 

 the difference between the amoimt of such assistance, 

 if any, received for such project and 30 per centum 

 of the cost of such project. 



(c) Application for reimbursement. 



No publicly owned treatment works shall receive 

 any payment or reimbursement under subsection (a) 

 or (b) of this section unless an application for such 

 assistance is filed with the Administrator within the 

 one year period which begins on October 18, 1972. 

 Any application filed within such one year period 

 may be revised from time to time, as may be 

 necessary. 



(d) Allocation of funds. 



The Administrator shall allocate to each qualified 

 project under subsection (a) of this section each 

 fiscal year for which funds are appropriated under 

 subsection (e) of this section an amount which 

 bears the same ratio to the unpaid balance of the 

 reimbursement due such project as the total of such 

 funds for such year bears to the total unpaid balance 



