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<br />1 ~~b Amendments to the :sale unnKmg Waler ACt <br /> <br />percent of funds made available to the Administrator by <br />appropriations to carry out this section are allocated to each <br />State that submits an application that is approved by the <br />Administrator pursuant to this section. <br />"(4) Limitation on grants.--No grant awarded by the <br />Administrator may be used for a project to remediate ground <br />water contamination. <br /> <br />"(d) Amount of Grants.--The amount of a grant awarded pursuant to <br />paragraph (1) shall not exceed 50 percent of the eligible costs of <br />carrying out the ground water protection program that is the subject of <br />the grant (as determined by the Administrator) for the I-year period <br />beginning on the date that the grant is awarded. The State shall pay a <br />State share to cover the costs of the ground water protection program <br />from State funds in an amount that is not less than 50 percent of the <br />cost of conducting the program. <br />"(e) Evaluations and Reports.--Not later than 3 years after the <br />date of enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996, and <br />every 3 years thereafter, the Administrator shall evaluate the State <br />ground water protection programs that are the subject of grants awarded <br />pursuant to this section and report to the Congress on the status of <br />ground water quality in the United States and the effectiveness of State <br />programs for ground water protection. <br /> <br />[[Page 110 STAT. 1673]] <br /> <br />"(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be <br />appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal <br />years 1997 through 2003.". <br /> <br />SEe. 132. SOUReE WATER ASSESSMENT. <br /> <br />(a) In General.--part E (42 U.S.C. 300j et seq.) is amended by <br />adding at the end the following' <br /> <br />"Sec. 1453. <<NOTE, 42 use 300j-13.>> (a) Source Water <br />Assessment.-- <br />'~(1) <<NOTE: Publication.>> Guidance.--Within 12 months <br />after the date of enactment of the Safe Drinking Water Act <br />Amendments of 1996, after notice and comment, the Administrator <br />shall publish guidance for States exercising primary enforcement <br />responsibility for public water systems to carry out directly or <br />through delegation (for the protection and benefit of public <br />water systems and for the support of monitoring flexibility) a <br />source water assessment program within the State's boundaries. <br />Each State adopting modifications to monitoring requirements <br />pursuant to section 1418(b) shall, prior to adopting such <br />modifications, have an approved source water assessment program <br />under this section and shall carry out the program either <br />directly or through delegation. <br />"(2) Program requirements.--A source water assessment <br />program under this subsection shall-- <br />~~(A) delineate the boundaries of. the assessment <br />areas in such State from which one or more public water <br />systems in the State receive supplies of drinking water, <br />using all reasonably available hydrogeologic information <br />on the sources of the supply of drinking water in the <br />State and the water flow, recharge, and discharge and <br />any other reliable information as the State deems <br />necessary to adequately determine such areas; and <br /> <br />http://www.epa.gov/safewater/sdwa/text.html <br /> <br />ragt:: U.1 VI OJ <br /> <br />12/20/2001 <br />