§ 1291. — Sewage collection systems.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1291]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II--GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS
Sec. 1291. Sewage collection systems
(a) Existing and new systems
No grant shall be made for a sewage collection system under this
subchapter unless such grant (1) is for replacement or major
rehabilitation of an existing collection system and is necessary to the
total integrity and performance of the waste treatment works servicing
such community, or (2) is for a new collection system in an existing
community with sufficient existing or planned capacity adequately to
treat such collected sewage and is consistent with section 1281 of this
title.
(b) Use of population density as test
If the Administrator uses population density as a test for
determining the eligibility of a collector sewer for assistance it shall
be only for the purpose of evaluating alternatives and determining the
needs for such system in relation to ground or surface water quality
impact.
(c) Pollutant discharges from separate storm sewer systems
No grant shall be made under this subchapter from funds authorized
for any fiscal year during the period beginning October 1, 1977, and
ending September 30, 1990, for treatment works for control of pollutant
discharges from separate storm sewer systems.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, Sec. 211, as added Pub. L. 92-500,
Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 843; amended Pub. L. 95-217, Sec. 36,
Dec. 27, 1977, 91 Stat. 1581; Pub. L. 97-117, Sec. 2(b), Dec. 29, 1981,
95 Stat. 1623; Pub. L. 100-4, title II, Sec. 206(d), Feb. 4, 1987, 101
Stat. 20.)
Amendments
1987--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-4 substituted ``1990'' for ``1985''.
1981--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-117 substituted ``September 30, 1985''
for ``September 30, 1982''.
1977--Pub. L. 95-217 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
and added subsecs. (b) and (c).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1382 of this title.
