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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 89
115TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-71
SMALL AND RURAL COMMUNITY CLEAN WATER
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACT
MAY 17, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. BARRASSO, from the Committee on Environment and
Public Works, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 518]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was
referred the bill (S. 518) to amend the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act to provide for technical assistance for small treatment
works, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute and recommends that
the bill, as amended, do pass.
GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND
Many wastewater treatment systems operated by small and rural
communities have few staff and limited resources. As a result, they
may lack the expertise to maintain compliance with Clean Water
Act requirements. On-site technical assistance and education of-
fered by circuit riders provides a cost-effective way to address
this issue.
In the 114th Congress, this committee passed S. 611 to provide
technical assistance under the Safe Drinking Water Act for small
and rural drinking water systems. This legislation was enacted as
P.L. 114-98.
S. 518 authorizes a similar program for Clean Water Act tech-
nical assistance.
OBJECTIVES OF THE LEGISLATION
The objective of the legislation is to provide for technical assist-
ance for small and medium treatment works.
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