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114 STAT. 1976 PUBLIC LAW 106-457—NOV. 7, 2000 "(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURING CONSIDERATION.— For purposes of securing consideration of approval under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall provide to a committee referred to in paragraph (1) such information as the committee requests and the non-Federal sponsor shall provide to the committee information on the costs and relative needs for the alternative water source project. "(f) USES OF GRANTS. — Amounts from grants received under this section may be used for engineering, design, construction, and final testing of alternative water source projects designed to meet critical water supply needs. Such amounts may not be used for planning, feasibility studies or for operation, maintenance, replacement, repair, or rehabilitation. "(g) COST SHARING. — The Federal share of the eligible costs of an alternative water source project carried out using assistance made available under this section shall not exceed 50 percent. Deadline. "(h) REPORTS. —On or before September 30, 2004, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the pilot program established under this section, including progress made toward meeting the critical water supply needs of the participants in the pilot program. "(i) DEFINITIONS.— In this section, the following definitions apply: "(1) ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE PROJECT. —The term 'alternative water source project' means a project designed to provide municipal, industrial, and agricultural water supplies in an environmentally sustainable manner by conserving, managing, reclaiming, or reusing water or wastewater or by treating wastewater. Such term does not include water treatment or distribution facilities. "(2) CRITICAL WATER SUPPLY NEEDS. —The term 'critical water supply needs' means existing or reasonably anticipated future water supply needs that cannot be met by existing water supplies, as identified in a comprehensive statewide or regional water supply plan or assessment projected over a planning period of at least 20 years. "(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section a total of $75,000,000 for fiscal years 2002 through 2004. Such sums shall remain available until expended.". TITLE VII—CLEAN LAKES SEC. 701. GRANTS TO STATES. Section 314(c)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1324(c)(2)) is amended by striking "$50,000,000 " the first place it appears and all that follows through "1990" and inserting "$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005". SEC. 702. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. Section 314(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1324(d)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2) by inserting "Otsego Lake, New York; Oneida Lake, New York; Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania; Swan Lake, Itasca County, Minnesota; Walker Lake, Nevada; Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada; Ten Mile Lakes, Oregon;