- United States Code
- TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
- CHAPTER 26 - WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
- SUBCHAPTER I - RESEARCH AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Sec. 1263. Alaska village demonstration projects
- (a)
Central community facilities for safe water; elimination or
control of pollution
The Administrator is authorized to enter into agreements with the
State of Alaska to carry out one or more projects to demonstrate
methods to provide for central community facilities for safe water
and eliminate or control of pollution in those native villages of
Alaska without such facilities. Such project shall include
provisions for community safe water supply systems, toilets,
bathing and laundry facilities, sewage disposal facilities, and
other similar facilities, and educational and informational
facilities and programs relating to health and hygiene. Such
demonstration projects shall be for the further purpose of
developing preliminary plans for providing such safe water and such
elimination or control of pollution for all native villages in such
State.
- (b)
Utilization of personnel and facilities of Department of Health
and Human Services
In carrying out this section the Administrator shall cooperate
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the purpose of
utilizing such of the personnel and facilities of that Department
as may be appropriate.
- (d)
Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $2,000,000
to carry out this section. In addition, there is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section not to exceed $200,000 for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and $220,000 for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1979.
- (e)
Study to develop comprehensive program for achieving sanitation
services; report to Congress
The Administrator is authorized to coordinate with the Secretary
of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of
the Department of the Interior, the Secretary of the Department of
Agriculture, and the heads of any other departments or agencies he
may deem appropriate to conduct a joint study with representatives
of the State of Alaska and the appropriate Native organizations (as
defined in Public Law 92-203) to develop a comprehensive program
for achieving adequate sanitation services in Alaska villages.
This study shall be coordinated with the programs and projects
authorized by sections 1254(q) and 1255(e)(2) of this title. The
Administrator shall submit a report of the results of the study,
together with appropriate supporting data and such recommendations
as he deems desirable, to the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate and to the Committee on Public Works and
Transportation of the House of Representatives not later than
December 31, 1979. The Administrator shall also submit recommended
administrative actions, procedures, and any proposed legislation
necessary to implement the recommendations of the study no later
than June 30, 1980.
- (f)
Technical, financial, and management assistance
The Administrator is authorized to provide technical, financial
and management assistance for operation and maintenance of the
demonstration projects constructed under this section, until such
time as the recommendations of subsection (e) of this section are
implemented.
- (g)
''Village'' and ''sanitation services'' defined
For the purpose of this section, the term ''village'' shall mean
an incorporated or unincorporated community with a population of
ten to six hundred people living within a two-mile radius. The
term ''sanitation services'' shall mean water supply, sewage
disposal, solid waste disposal and other services necessary to
maintain generally accepted standards of personal hygiene and
public health.
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