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nated under subsection fa) of this section in the 

 development of areawide waste treatment manage- 

 ment plans imder subsection (b) of this section. 



(h) Technical assistance by Secretary of the Army. 



(1) The Secretary of the Army, acting through 

 the Chief of Engineers, in cooperation with the 

 Administrator is authorized and directed, upon re- 

 quest of the Governor or the designated planning 

 organization, to consult with, and provide technical 

 assistance to, any agency designed ' under subsec- 

 tion (a) of this section in developing and operating 

 a continuing areawide waste treatment manage- 

 ment planning process under subsection (b) of this 

 section. 



(2) There is authorized to be appropriated to the 

 Secretary of the Army, to carry out this subsection, 

 not to exceed $50,000,000 per fiscal year for the fiscal 

 years ending June 30, 1973, and June 30, 1974. (June 

 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 208, as added Oct. 18, 

 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, § 2, 86 Stat. 839.) 



§ 1289. Basin planning. 



(a) The President, acting through the Water Re- 

 sources Council, shall, as soon as practicable, pre- 

 pare a Level B plan under the Water Resources 

 Planning Act for all basins in the United States. 

 All such plans shall be completed not later than 

 January 1, 1980, except that priority in the prepara- 

 tion of such plans shall be given to those basins and 

 portions thereof which are within those areas desig- 

 nated under paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of sub- 

 section (a) of section 1288 of this title. 



(b) The President, acting through the Water Re- 

 sources Council, shall report annually to Congress 

 on progress being made in carrying out this section. 

 The first such report shall be submitted not later 

 than January 31. 1973. 



(c) There is authorized to be appropriated to 

 carry out this section not to exceed $200,000,000. 

 (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 209, as added Oct 

 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, § 2, 86 Stat. 843.) 



§1290. Annual survey. 



The Administrator shall annually make a survey 

 to determine the efficiency of the operation and 

 maintenance of treatment works constructed with 

 grants made under this chapter, as compared to the 

 efficiency planned at the time the grant was made. 

 The results of suj^ annual survey shall be included 

 in the report required under section 1375(a) of this 

 title. (June 30, 1948, ch. 758. title II, § 210, as added 

 Oct. 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, § 2, 86 Stat. 843.) 



§ 1291. Sewage collection systems. 



No grant shall be made for a sewage collection 

 system under this subchapter unless such grant (1) 

 is for replacement or major rehabilitation of an ex- 

 isting collection system and is necessary to the total 

 integrity and performance of the waste treatment 

 works servicing such community, or (2) is for a new 

 collection system in an existing community with 

 sufficient existing or planned capacity adequately 

 to treat such collected sewage and is consistent with 

 section 1281 of this title. (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, 

 title II, § 211, as added Oct. 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, 

 I 2, 86 Stat. 843.) 



' So In original probably should be "designated". 



§1292. Definitions. 



As used in this subchapter — 



(1) The term "construction" means any one or 

 more of the following: preliminary planning to de- 

 termine the feasibility of treatment works, engineer- 

 ing, architectural, legal, fiscal, or economic investi- 

 gations or studies, surveys, designs, plans, working 

 drawings, specifications, procedures, or other neces- 

 sary actions, erection, building, acquisition, altera- 

 tion, remodeling, improvement, or extension of 

 treatment works, or the inspection or supervision of 

 any of the foregoing items. 



(2) (A) The term "treatment works" means any 

 devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, 

 recycling, and reclamation of municipal sewage or 

 industrial wastes of a liquid nature to implement 

 section 1281 of this title, or necessary to recycle or 

 reuse water at the most economical cost over the 

 estimated life of the works, including intercepting 

 sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, 

 pumping, power, and other equipment, and their ap- 

 purtenances: extensions, improvements, remodeling, 

 additions, and alterations thereof: elements essen- 

 tial to provide a reliable recycled supply such as 

 standby treatment units and clear well facilities; 

 and any works, including site acquisition of the land 

 that will be an integral part of the treatment process 

 or is used for ultimate disposal of residues resulting 

 from such treatment. 



(B) In addition to the definition contained in sub- 

 paragraph (A) of this paragraph, "treatment works" 

 means any other method or system for preventing, 

 abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or 

 disposing of municipal waste, including storm water 

 runoff, or industrial waste, including waste in com- 

 bined storm water and sanitary sewer systems. Any 

 application for construction grants which includes 

 wholly or in part such methods or systems shall, 

 in accordance with guidelines published by the 

 Administrator pursuant to subparagraph (C) of this 

 paragraph, contain adequate data and analysis 

 demonstrating such proposal to be, over the life 

 of such works, the most cost efficient alternative to 

 comply with secticms 1311 or 1312 of this title, or the 

 requirements of section 1281 of this title. 



(C) For the purposes of subparagraph (B) of this 

 paragraph, the Administrator shall, within one 

 hundred and eighty days after October 18, 1972, 

 publish and thereafter revise no less often than 

 annually, guidelines for the evaluation of methods, 

 including cost-effective analysis, described in sub- 

 paragraph <B) of this paragraph. 



(3) The term "replacement" as used in this sub- 

 chapter means those expenditures for obtaining and 

 installing equipment, accessories, or appurtenances 

 during the useful life of the treatment works neces- 

 sary to maintain the capacity and performance for 

 which such works are designed and constructed. 

 (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 212, as added Oct. 

 18, 1972, Pub. L. 92-500, tj 2, 86 Stat. 844.) 



SUBCHAPTER III.— STANDARDS AND 

 ENFORCEMENT 



§1311. Effluent limitations. 



(a) Illegality of pollutant discharges except in com- 

 pliance with law. 



