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[79 STAT. 554]
PUBLIC LAW 89-000—MMMM. DD, 1965
[79 STAT. 554]

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Ante, p. 21. Appropriation.

PUBLIC LAW 89-136-AUG. 26, 1965

[79 STAT.

the income levels of families and the extent of mideremployment in eligible areas. (e) Except for projects specifically authorized by Congress, no financial assistance shall be extended under this section with respect to any public service or development facility which would compete with an existing privately owned public utility rendering a service to the public at rates or charges subject to regulation by a State or Federal regulatory body, unless the State or Federal regulatory body determines that in the area to be served by the facility for which the financial assistance is to be extended there is a need for an increase in such service (taking into consideration reasonably foreseeable future needs) which the existing public utility is not able to meet through its existing facilities or through an expansion which it agrees to undertake. (f) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations which will assure that appropriate local governmental authorities have been given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon proposed projects under this section. SEC. 102. (a) I n addition to the assistance otherwise authorized, the Secretary is authorized to make grants in accordance with the provisions of this title to those areas which the Secretary of Labor determines, on the basis of average annual available unemployment statistics, were areas of substantial unemployment during the preceding calendar year. (b) Areas designated under the authority of this section shall be subject to an annual review of eligibility in accordance with section 402, and to all of the rules, regulations, and procedures applicable to redevelopment areas except as the Secretary may otherwise prescribe by regulation. SEC. 103. Not more than 15 per centum of the appropriations made pursuant to this title may be expended in any one State. SEC. 104. No part of any appropriations made pursuant to this title may be expended for any project in any area which is within the "Appalachian region" (as that term is defined in section 408 of the Appalachian Kegional Development Act of 1965) which is approved for assistance under the Appalachian Regional I>evelopment Act of 1965. ^^^ J05 Xhere is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title not to exceed $500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SEW^ER FACILITIES

SEC. 106. Xo financial assistance, through grants, loans, guarantees, or otherwise, shall be made under this Act to be used directly or indirectly for sewer or other waste disposal facilities unless the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare certifies to the Secretary that any waste material carried by such facilities will be adequately treated before it is discharged into any public waterway so as to meet applicable Federal, State, interstate, or local water quality standards. TITLE II—OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE P U B L I C W^ORKS A N D DEVELOPMENT FACILITY LOANS

SEC. 201. (a) Upon the application of any State, or political subdiA'ision thereof, Indian tribe, or private or public nonprofit organization or association representing any redevelopment area or part thereof, the Secretary is authorized to purchase evidence of indebtedness and to make loans to assist in financing the purchase or development of land