S. 518 · 115th Congress
Small and Rural Community Clean Water Technical Assistance Act
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Roger Wicker
- Introduced
- 2017-03-02
- Latest action
- 2017-05-17 · Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-71.
Summary
Small and Rural Community Clean Water Technical Assistance Act
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified technical assistance providers for assisting publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) serving 10,000 individuals or fewer in complying with the Act or obtaining financing under the Act for eligible projects. Assistance may be provided to POTWs through onsite technical assistance, circuit rider technical assistance programs, regional technical assistance programs, and onsite and regional training.