§ 1298. — Cost effectiveness.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1298]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 26--WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II--GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TREATMENT WORKS
Sec. 1298. Cost effectiveness
(a) Congressional statement of policy
It is the policy of Congress that a project for waste treatment and
management undertaken with Federal financial assistance under this
chapter by any State, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate
agency shall be considered as an overall waste treatment system for
waste treatment and management, and shall be that system which
constitutes the most economical and cost-effective combination of
devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling, and
reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature
to implement section 1281 of this title, or necessary to recycle or
reuse water at the most economical cost over the estimated life of the
works, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection
systems, pumping power, and other equipment, and their appurtenances;
extension, improvements, remodeling, additions, and alterations thereof;
elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby
treatment units and clear well facilities; and any works, including site
acquisition of the land that will be an integral part of the treatment
process (including land use for the storage of treated wastewater in
land treatment systems prior to land application) or which is used for
ultimate disposal of residues resulting from such treatment; water
efficiency measures and devices; and any other method or system for
preventing, abating, reducing, storing, treating, separating, or
disposing of municipal waste, including storm water runoff, or
industrial waste, including waste in combined storm water and sanitary
sewer systems; to meet the requirements of this chapter.
(b) Determination by Administrator as prerequisite to approval of grant
In accordance with the policy set forth in subsection (a) of this
section, before the Administrator approves any grant to any State,
municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate agency for the erection,
building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension
of any treatment works the Administrator shall determine that the
facilities plan of which such treatment works are a part constitutes the
most economical and cost-effective combination of treatment works over
the life of the project to meet the requirements of this chapter,
including, but not limited to, consideration of construction costs,
operation, maintenance, and replacement costs.
(c) Value engineering review
In furtherance of the policy set forth in subsection (a) of this
section, the Administrator shall require value engineering review in
connection with any treatment works, prior to approval of any grant for
the erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling,
improvement, or extension of such treatment works, in any case in which
the cost of such erection, building, acquisition, alteration,
remodeling, improvement, or extension is projected to be in excess of
$10,000,000. For purposes of this subsection, the term ``value
engineering review'' means a specialized cost control technique which
uses a systematic and creative approach to identify and to focus on
unnecessarily high cost in a project in order to arrive at a cost saving
without sacrificing the reliability or efficiency of the project.
(d) Projects affected
This section applies to projects for waste treatment and management
for which no treatment works including a facilities plan for such
project have received Federal financial assistance for the preparation
of construction plans and specifications under this chapter before
December 29, 1981.
(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, Sec. 218, as added Pub. L. 97-117,
Sec. 19, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1630.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1382 of this title.
