GRANT CONDITIONS: USER CHARGES ON LOW-INCOME RESIDENTIAL USERS.

SEC. 205. GRANT CONDITIONS: USER CHARGES ON LOW-INCOME RESIDENTIAL USERS. (a) Inclusion of Project in Areawide Plan.— Section 204(a)(1) is amended to read as follows: “(1) that any required areawide waste treatment management plan under section 208 of this Act (A) is being implemented for such area and the proposed treatment works are included in such plan, or (B) is being developed for such area and reasonable progress is being made toward its implementation and the proposed treatment works will be included in such plan;”. (b) Continuing Planning Process.—Section 204(a)(2) is amended to read as follows: “(2) that (A) the State in which the project is to be located (i) is implementing any required plan under section 303(e) of this Act and the proposed treatment works are in conformity with such plan, or (ii) is developing such a plan and the proposed treatment works will be in conformity with such plan, and (B) such State is in compliance with section 305(b) of this Act;” (c) User Charges on Low-Income Residential Users.— Section 204(b)(1) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “A system of user charges which imposes a lower charge for low-income residential users (as defined by the Administrator) shall be deemed to be a user charge system meeting the requirements of clause (A) of this paragraph if the Administrator determines that such system was adopted after public notice and hearing.”. (d) Effective Date.— This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the last day of the two-year period beginning on such date of enactment. 101 STAT. 19