Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Protection Agency research and development For research and development activities, including procurement of laboratory equipment and supplies; other operating expenses in support of research and development; and construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; $350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1996: Provided, That not more than $55,000,000 of these funds shall be available for procurement of laboratory equipment, supplies, and other operating expenses in support of research and development. abatement, control, and compliance For abatement, control, and compliance activities, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members; construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation expenses; $1,417,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1996: Provided, That not more than $304,722,500 of these funds shall be available for operating expenses: Provided further, That none of108 STAT. 2320 the funds appropriated under this head shall be available to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration pursuant to section 118(h)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Provided further, That from funds appropriated under this heading, the Administrator may make grants to federally recognized Indian governments for the development of multimedia environmental programs. program and research operations For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs and for travel expenses, including uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; and for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18; $922,000,000. office of inspector general For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $28,542,000. buildings and facilities For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, $43,870,000, to remain available until expended. hazardous substance superfund For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, including sections 111 (c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; $1,435,000,000 to remain available until expended, consisting of $1,185,000,000 as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), as amended by Public Law 101–508, and $250,000,000 as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous Substance Superfund as authorized by section 517(b) of SARA, as amended by Public Law 101–508, plus sums recovered on behalf of the Hazardous Substance Superfund in excess of $229,391,000 during fiscal year 1995: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA: Provided further, That $15,384,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector General appropriation to remain available until September 30, 1995: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 111(m) of CERCLA or any other provision of law, not to exceed $69,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to carry out activities described in sections 104(i), 111(c)(4), and 111(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986: Provided further, That none of the108 STAT. 2321 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to issue in excess of 40 toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That no more than $308,000,000 of these funds shall be available for administrative expenses of the Environmental Protection Agency: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available for program management of Alternative Remedial Contracting Strategy (ARCS) contracts exceeding 11 percent of the total cost of such contract. leaking underground storage tank trust fund For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage tank cleanup activities authorized by section 205 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, and for construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project, $70,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no more than $8,150,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided further, That $669,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be transferred to the Office of Inspector General appropriation to remain available until September 30, 1995. oil spill response (including transfers of funds) For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection Agency’s responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $20,000,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, and to remain available until expended: Provided, That not more than $8,420,000 of these funds shall be available for administrative expenses. water infrastructure/state revolving fund For necessary expenses for capitalization grants for State revolving funds to support water infrastructure financing, and to carry out the purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and the Water Quality Act of 1987, $2,962,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $22,500,000 shall be for making grants under section 104(b)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; $100,000,000 shall be for making grants under section 319 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and shall be available only upon enactment of clean water authorizing legislation, but if no such legislation is enacted by November 1, 1994, these funds shall immediately be available; $52,500,000 shall be for section 510 of the Water Quality Act of 1987; $70,000,000 shall be for making grants under section 1443(a) of the Public Health Service Act; and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $781,800,000 shall be available upon enactment of clean water authorizing legislation, but if no such legislation is enacted by November 1, 1994, the funds shall then be available for making grants for the construction of wastewater treatment facilities in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in House Report 103–715: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $500,000,000 made108 STAT. 2322 available under this heading in Public Law 103–124, and earmarked to not become available until May 31, 1994, which date was extended to September 30, 1994, in Public Law 103–211, shall be available upon enactment of clean water authorizing legislation, but if no such legislation is enacted by September 30, 1994, these funds shall then be available for making grants for the construction of wastewater treatment facilities in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in House Report 103–715: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, $1,235,200,000 shall be available upon enactment of clean water state revolving fund authorizing legislation, but if no such legislation is enacted by November 1, 1994, these funds shall immediately be available for making capitalization grants under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended: Provided further, That the grant awarded from funds appropriated under the paragraph with the heading “Construction grants” in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990 (103 Stat. 858), for construction of wastewater treatment facilities for the towns of Ware Shoals and Honea Path, South Carolina, and would include, but would not be limited to, the construction of a connector sewer line, consisting of a main trunk line and four pump stations for the town of Honea Path, South Carolina, to the wastewater treatment facility in the town of Ware Shoals, South Carolina, the upgrade and expansion of the Ware Shoals wastewater treatment plant, and the demolition of the Chiquala Mill Lagoon, the Clatworthy Lagoon, the Corner Creek Lagoon, and the Still Branch Lagoon. administrative provisions Of the budgetary resources available to the Environmental Protection Agency during fiscal year 1995, $7,525,000 are permanently canceled. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources canceled among the agency’s accounts available for procurement and procurement-related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procurement-related expenses in each such account shall be reduced by the amount allocated to such account. For the purposes of this paragraph, the definition of “procurement” includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or services, beginning with the process of determining a need for a product or service and ending with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2). None of the funds provided in this Act may be used within the Environmental Protection Agency for any final action by the Administrator or her delegate for signing and publishing for promulgation of a rule concerning any new standard for radon in drinking water. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used during fiscal year 1995 to sign, promulgate, implement or enforce the requirement proposed as “Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Individual Foreign Refinery Baseline Requirements for Reformulated Gasoline” at volume 69 of the Federal Register at pages 22800 through 22814.