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PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D 114 STAT. 2763A-227 out this section for fiscal year 2002 for making grants to municipalities and municipal entities under subsection (a)(2), in accordance with the criteria set forth in subsection (b). "(2) FISCAL YEAR 2003. —Subject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall use the amounts appropriated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2003 as follows: "(A) Not to exceed $250,000,000 for making grants to municipalities and municipal entities under subsection (a)(2), in accordance with the criteria set forth in subsection (b). "(B) All remaining amounts for making grants to States under subsection (a)(1), in accordance with a formula to be established by the Administrator, after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment, that allocates to each State a proportional share of such amounts based on the total needs of the State for municipal combined sewer overflow controls and sanitary sewer overflow controls identified in the most recent survey conducted pursuant to section 516(b)(1). "(h) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. —Of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section for each fiscal year— "(1) the Administrator may retain an amount not to exceed 1 percent for the reasonable and necessary costs of administering this section; and "(2) the Administrator, or a State, may retain am amount not to exceed 4 percent of any grant made to a municipality or municipal entity under subsection (a), for the reasonable and necessary costs of administering the grant. "(i) REPORTS. —Not later than December 31, 2003, and periodically thereafter, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress a report containing recommended funding levels for grants under this section. The recommended funding levels shall be sufficient to ensure the continued expeditious implementation of municipal combined sewer overflow and sanitary sewer overflow controls nationwide. ". (d) INFORMATION ON CSOS AND SSOS.— (1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall transmit to Congress a report summarizing— (A) the extent of the human health and environmental impacts caused by municipal combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows, including the location of discharges causing such impacts, the volume of pollutants discharged, and the constituents discharged; (B) the resources spent by municipalities to address these impacts; and (C) an evaluation of the technologies used by municipalities to address these impacts. (2) TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE. —After transmitting a report under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall maintain a clearinghouse of cost-effective and efficient technologies for addressing human health and environmental impacts due to municipal combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows.