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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 26 — Water Pollution Prevention and Control

§ 1299. State certification of projects

Statutory text

Whenever the Governor of a State which has been delegated sufficient authority to administer the construction grant program under this subchapter in that State certifies to the Administrator that a grant application meets applicable requirements of Federal and State law for assistance under this subchapter, the Administrator shall approve or disapprove such application within 45 days of the date of receipt of such application. If the Administrator does not approve or disapprove such application within 45 days of receipt, the application shall be deemed approved. If the Administrator disapproves such application the Administrator shall state in writing the reasons for such disapproval. Any grant approved or deemed approved under this section shall be subject to amounts provided in appropriation Acts.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Municipal Wastewater Treatment Construction Grant Amendments of 1981

    Pub. L. 97–117 § 20 · 95 Stat. 1623

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1299

    (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 219, as added Pub. L. 97–117, § 20, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1631.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 219, as added Pub. L. 97–117, § 20, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1631.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 20. state certification Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “Sec. 219. “state certification of projects Whenever the Governor of a State which has been 33 USC 1299. delegated sufficient authority to administer the construction grant program under this title in that State certifies to the Administrator that a grant application meets applicable requirements of Federal and State law for assistance under this title, the Administrator shall approve or disapprove such application within 46 days of the date of receipt of such application. If the Administrator does not approve or disapprove such application within 45 days of receipt, the application shall be deemed approved. If the Administrator disapproves such application the Administrator shall state in writing the reasons for such disapproval. Any grant approved or deemed approved under this section shall be subject to amounts provided in appropriation Acts.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 219, as added Pub. L. 97–117, § 20, , 95 Stat. 1631.)

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