Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Protection Agency salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; acquisition or purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; 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; 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; lease purchase, under a lease purchase contract hereby authorized to be entered into by the Environmental Protection Agency, which lease purchase contract shall have a term not to exceed twenty years and shall provide that title to the property shall vest in the United States at or before the expiration of the lease term, for the Motor Vehicles Emissions Laboratory; construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 103 STAT. 856facilities, not to exceed $75,000 per project; and not to exceed $6,000 for official reception and representation expenses; $874,583,000: Provided, That none of these funds may be expended for purposes of Resource Conservation and Recovery Panels established under section 2003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6913). 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 the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, $31,734,000. of which $10,317,000 shall be derived from the Hazardous Substance Superfund trust fund. research and development (including transfer of funds) For research and development activities, $241,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 1991: Provided, That not more than $11,600,000 of these funds shall be available for procurement of laboratory equipment: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of the funds provided by this paragraph may be transferred to and merged with sums appropriated for “Salaries and expenses”. statement, control, and compliance (including transfer of funds) For abatement, control, and compliance activities, $829,940,000, to remain available until September 30, 1991: Provided, That up to $10,000,000 of the funds provided by this paragraph may be transferred to and merged with sums appropriated for “Salaries and expenses”: Provided further, That up to $2,800,000 shall be available for grants and cooperative agreements to develop and implement asbestos training and accreditation programs: Provided further, That none of 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 none of these funds may be expended for purposes of Resource Conservation and Recovery Panels established under section 2003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6913), or for support to State, regional, local and interstate agencies in accordance with subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, other than section 4008(a)(2) or 4009 (42 U.S.C. 6948, 6949). building and facilities For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment for facilities of, or use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, $15,000,000, of which $3,000,000 shall be made available as a grant for an environmental laboratory addition to be constructed and owned by the University of Nevada, under such terms and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate, with all of such sums, to remain available until expended. 103 STAT. 857 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)93), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), $1,575,000,000, to be derived from the Hazardous Substance Superfund, plus sums recovered on behalf of the Hazardous Substance Superfund in excess of $82,000,000 during fiscal year 1990, with all of such funds to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) of CERCLA, as amended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section lll(m) of CERCLA, as amended, or any other provision of law, not to exceed $46,500,000 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), lll(c)(4), and lll(c)(14) of CERCLA and section 118(0 of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986: Provided further, That none of the 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, as amended, during fiscal year 1990: Provided further, That section 9611(c)912) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, is amended by striking “$10,000,000” and inserting “$20,000,000”: Provided further, That no more than $220,000,000 of these funds shall be available for administrative expenses. 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, $76,000,000, to remain available until expended; Provided, That no more than $6,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. construction grants (including rescission) For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, and the Water Quality Act of 1987, $2,050,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $1,002,000,000 shall be for title II (other than sections 201(m)(1–3), 201(n)(2), 206, 208, and 209) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; $1,002,000,000 shall be for title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; and $46,000,000 shall be for title V of the Water Quality Act of 1987, consisting of $7,000,000 for section 510, $20,000,000 for section 513, and $19,000,000 for section 515: Provided, That of the funds appropriated in previous fiscal years under this heading to carry out the purposes of section 206(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, $47,700,000 are rescinded: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sections 602(b)(6) or 201(g)(1) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, of the funds appropriated in this paragraph, amounts awarded in a capitalization grant to an agency of any State, including funds transferred pursuant to section 205(m), shall be available for providing assistance in that State for the 103 STAT. 858construction of publicly owned treatment works as defined in section 212 of that Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, from sums appropriated under this paragraph and allotted to the State of Texas under section 205 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, the State of Texas is authorized to set aside, at the discretion of the Governor, up to $15,000,000 for the establishment of a special revolving fund for the sole purpose of making loans to residents of colonias in the counties of Cameron, Hidalgo, Zapata, Starr, Webb, Maverick, Val Verde, Terrell, Brewster, Presidio, Hudspeth, and El Paso. Repayment amounts may remain in the special revolving fund for future loans to colonia residents, and funds set aside but not used for loans, including repayment amounts, may be transferred by the State to its general title VI revolving fund. Loans from the special revolving fund shall be made for the purposes of connecting residences to sewer collection systems and making any necessary plumbing improvements to enable such residences to meet existing county or city code requirements. The Texas Water Development Board is authorized to use funds from this set-aside for the administrative expenses of the special revolving fund: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any provision of law, from sums appropriated under this paragraph and before allotment of title II funds to the States under section 205, the Administrator shall award a grant under title II for $6,800,000 for 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 waste water treatment facility in the Town of Ware Shoals, South Carolina: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, sums appropriated under this heading allotted for title VI capitalization grants to American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Trust Territory of Palau (or its successor entity), Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, may be used for title II construction grants at the request of the chief executive of each of the above named entities. administrative provisions Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after September 30, 1990, amounts deposited in the Licensing and Other Services Fund from fees and charges assessed and collected by the Administrator for services and activities carried out pursuant to the statutes administered by the Environmental Protection Agency shall thereafter be available to carry out the Agency’s activities in the programs for which the fees or charges are made. In order to promote the development of innovative technology for the study, mitigation and management of hazardous and toxic substances, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may lease a portion of the Environmental Technology and Engineering Center located in Edison, New Jersey to the New Jersey Institute of Technology, under such terms and conditions which he determines to be in the public interest, for a term not to exceed ten years. Such lease may be with or without consideration and any compensation received may be used by the Agency to defray costs of providing the space and supporting services.