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cupations involving the public health aspects of 

 providing safe drinking water; 



(B) to train inspectors and supervisory per- 

 sonnel to train or supervise persons in occupa- 

 tions involving the public health aspects of pro- 

 viding safe drinking water; or 



(C) to develop and expand the capability of 

 programs of States and municipalities to carry 

 out the purposes of this subchapter (other than 

 by carrying out State programs of public water 

 system supervision or underground water source 

 protection (as defined in section 300j-2(d) of 

 this title) ) . 



(c) Authorization of appropriations. 



There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

 out the provisions of this section $15,000,000 for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1975: $25,000,000 for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1976; and $35,000,000 for 

 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977. (July 1. 1944. ch. 

 373, title xiv, § 1442, as added Dec. 16, 1974, Pub. L. 

 93-523. § 2(a), 88 Stat. 1682.) 



§ 300J-2. Grants for State programs. 



(a) Public water system supervision programs; appli- 

 cations for grants; allotment of sums; authoriza- 

 tion of appropriations. 



(1) Prom allotments made pursuant to paragraph 

 (4) , the Administrator may make grants to States to 

 carry out public water system supervision programs. 



(2) No grant may be made under paragraph (1) 

 unless an application therefor has been submitted to 

 the Administrator in such form and manner as he 

 may require. The Administrator may not approve an 

 application of a State for its first grant under para- 

 graph (1) unless he determines that the State — 



(A) has established or will establish within one 

 year from the date of such grant a public water 

 system supervision program, and 



(B) will, within that one year, assume primary 

 enforcement responsibility for public water sys- 

 tems within the State. 



No grant may be made to a State under paragraph 

 <1) for any period beginning more than one year 

 after the date of the State's first grant unless the 

 State has assumed and maintains primary enforce- 

 ment responsibility for public water systems within 

 the State. 



(3) A grant under paragraph (1) shall be made to 

 cover not more than 75 per centum of the grant 

 recipient's costs (as determined under regulations of 

 the Administrator) in carrying out, during the one- 

 year period beginning on the date the grant is made, 

 a public water system supervision program. 



(4) In each fiscal year the Administrator shall, in 

 accordance with regulations, allot the sums ap- 

 propriated for such year under paragraph (5) among 

 the States on the basis of population, geographical 

 area, number of public water systems, and other rele- 

 vant fatcors. No State shall receive less than 1 per 

 centum of the annual appropriation for grants xmder 

 paragraph (1) : Provided, That the Administrator 

 may, by regulation, reduce such percentage in ac- 



cordance with the criteria specified in this para- 

 gra::h: And provided further, That such percentage 

 shall not apply to grants allotted to Guam, Ameri- 

 can Samoa, or the Virgin Islands. 



(5> For purposes of making grants under para- 

 Braph il) there are authorized to be appropriated 

 s«;i5.000.000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, 

 and $25,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1977. 



(b) Underground water source protection programs; 

 applications for giants; allotment of sums; au- 

 thoi'iza'iion of appropriations. 



(1) From allotments made pursuant to paragraph 

 (4) , the Administrator may make grants to States to 

 carry out underground water source protection pro- 

 grams. 



(2) No grant may be made under paragraph (1) 

 unless an application therefor has been submitted 

 to the Administrator in such form and manner as 

 he may require. The Administrator may not approve 

 an application of a State for its first grant under 

 raragraph (1) unless he determines that the State — 



(A) has established or will establish within two 

 years from the date of such grant an underground 

 water source protection, and 



(B) will, within such two years, assume primary 

 enforcement responsibility for underground water 

 sources withia the State. 



No grant may be made to a State under paragraph 

 ( 1 ) for any period beginning more than two years 

 after the date of the State's first grant unless the 

 State has assumed and maintains primary enforce- 

 ment responsibility for underground water sources 

 within the State. 



(3) A grant U'.der paragraph (1) shall be made 

 to cover not more than 75 per centum of the grant 

 recirient's cost (as determined under regulations of 

 the Administrator) in carrying out, dui'ing the one- 

 year period beginning on the date the grant is made, 

 an underground v.ater source protection program. 



(4) In each fiscal year the Administrator shall, in 

 accordance with regulations, allot the sums appro- 

 priated for such year under paragraph (5) among 

 the States on the basis of population, geographical 

 area, and other relevant factors. 



(5) For purposes of making grants under para- 

 grpph (1) thire are authorized to be appropriated 

 $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, 

 and $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1977. 



(c) Definitions. 



For purposes of this section : 



(1) The term "pubhc water system supervision 

 program" means a program for the adoption and 

 enforcement of drinking water regulations (with 

 such variances and exemptions from such regula- 

 tions under conditions and in a manner which is 

 not less stringent than the conditions under, and 

 the manner in, which variances and exemptions 

 may be granted under sections 300g-4 and 300g-5 

 of this title) which are no less stringent than the 

 national primary drinking water regulations under 



