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<br />l'J'Jb Amenamems to me ;:,are unruGng wa,,,r "'''' <br /> <br />to public health. <br /> <br />"(j) Other Areas.--Of the funds annually available under this <br />section for grants to States, the Administrator shall make allotments in <br />accordance with section 1443(a) (4) for the Virgin Islands, the <br />Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam. <br />The grants allotted as provided in this subsection may be provided by <br />the Administrator to the governments of such areas, to public water <br />systems in such areas, or to both, to be used for the public water <br />system expenditures referred to in subsection (a) (2). The grants, and <br />grants for the District of Columbia, shall not be deposited in State <br />loan funds. The total allotment of grants under this section for all <br />areas described in this subsection in any fiscal year shall not exceed <br />0.33 percent of the aggregate amount made available to carry out this <br />section in that fiscal year. <br />"(k) Other Authorized Activities.-- <br />.. (1) In general. --Notwithstanding subsection (a) (2), a <br />State may take each of the following actions: <br />"(A) Provide assistance, only in the form of a <br />loan, to one or more of th~ following: <br /> <br />[[Page 110 STAT. 1670]] <br /> <br />"(i) Any public water system described in <br />subsection (a) (2) to acquire land or a <br />conservation easement from a willing seller or <br />grantor, if the purpose of the acquisition is to <br />protect the source water of the system from <br />contamination and to ensure compliance with <br />national primary drinking water regulations. <br />'~(ii) Any community water system to implement <br />local, voluntary SOU~ce water protection measures <br />to protect source water in areas delineated <br />pursuant to section 1453, in order to facilitate <br />compliance with national primary drinking water <br />regulations applicable to the system under section <br />1412 or otherwise si9nificantly further the health <br />protection objectives of this title. Funds <br />authorized under this clause may be used to fund <br />only voluntary, incentive-based mechanisms. <br />"(iii) Any community water system to provide <br />funding in accordanc~ with section <br />1454 (a) (1) (B) (i) . <br />"(B) Provide assistance, including technical and <br />financial assistance, to any public water system as part <br />of a capacity development strategy developed and <br />implemented in accordance with section 1420(c). <br />"(C) Make expenditure~ from the capitalization <br />grant of the State for fiscal years 1996 and 1997 to <br />delineate and assess source water protection areas in <br />accordance with section 14S3, except that funds set <br />aside for such expenditure shall be obligated within 4 <br />fiscal years. <br />"(D) Make expenditures from the fund for the <br />establishment and implementation of wellhead protection <br />programs under section 1428. <br />"(2) Limitation.--por each fiscal year, the total amount of <br />assistance provided and expenditures made by a State under this <br />subsection may not exceed 15 percent of the amount of the <br />capitalization grant received by the State for that year and may <br /> <br />http://www.epa.gov/safewater/sdwa/text.html <br /> <br />.1 a5'"' Uk V.1 U,J <br /> <br />12/20/2001 <br />