PUBLIC LAW 104-182—AUG. 6, 1996 110 STAT. 1683 SEC. 203. NATIONAL CENTER FOR GROUND WATER RESEARCH. 42 USC 300J-1 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, acting through the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory, is authorized to reestablish a partnership between the Laboratory and the NationeJ Center for Ground Water Research, a university consortium, to conduct research, training, and technology transfer for ground water qusJity protection and restoration. No funds are authorized by this section, TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. 301. WATER RETURN FLOWS. Section 3013 of Public Law 102-486 (42 U.S.C. 13551) is repealed. SEC. 302. TRANSFER OF FUNDS. 42 USC 300J-12 (a) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, at any time after the date 1 year after a State establishes a State loan fund pursuant to section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act but prior to fiscal year 2002, a Governor of the State may— (1) reserve up to 33 percent of a capitalization grant made pursuant to such section 1452 and add the funds reserved to any funds provided to the State pursuant to section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381); and (2) reserve in any year a dollar amount up to the dollar amount that may be reserved under paragraph (1) for that year from capiteilization grants made pursuant to section 601 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) and add the reserved funds to any funds provided to the State pursuant to section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act. (b) REPORT. —Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Congress regarding the implementation of this section, together with the Administrator's recommendations, if any, for modifications or improvement. (c) STATE MATCH.—Funds reserved pursuant to this section shall not be considered to be a State match of a capitalization grant required pursuant to section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). SEC. 303. GRANTS TO ALASKA TO IMPROVE SANITATION IN RURAL 33 USC 1263a. AND NATIVE VILLAGES. (a) IN GENERAL. — The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may make grants to the State of Alaska for the benefit of rural and Native villages in Alaska to pay the Federal share of the cost of— (1) the development and construction of public water systems and wastewater systems to improve the health and sanitation conditions in the villages; and (2) training, technical assistance, and educationsJ programs relating to the operation and management of sanitation services in rural and Native villages.
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