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President's request. As a result of these earmarkings, $2.048 billion was provided for
Title VI grants.
FY1992
For FY1992 President Bush requested $1.9 billion in wastewater treatment
funds, or $100 million more than authorized under the Water Quality Act of 1987 for
Title VI grants in FY1992. However, out of the $1.9 billion total, the President's
request sought $1.5 billion for Title VI SRF grants and $400 million as grants under
the expired Title II construction grants program for the following coastal cities:
Boston, San Diego, New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Two of the five designated
projects had been authorized in the 1987 Clean Water Act amendments; the other
three did not have explicit statutory authorization. Also, $16.5 million was requested
for Water Quality Cooperative Agreement grants to the states.
In acting on the request (P.L. 102-139) in November 1991, Congress provided
total wastewater funds of $2.4 billion. The total was allocated as follows:
* $1,948.5 million for SRF capitalization grants,
* $16.5 million for section 104(b)(3) grants,
* $49 million for the special project in San Diego-Tijuana (section 510 of the
Water Quality Act),
* $46 million to the Rouge River (MI) National Wet Weather Demonstration
Project, and
* $340 million as construction grants under title II of the Clean Water Act for
several other special projects - the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant
(Baltimore), Maryland, the Boston Harbor project, New York City, Los
Angeles, San Diego (a wastewater reclamation project), and Seattle.
This appropriation bill was the first to include special purpose grant funding for
several projects not specifically authorized in the Clean Water Act or amendments to
that law.
FY1993
For FY1993, President Bush requested $2.484 billion for state revolving
funds/construction grants (now called the water infrastructure account). The
requested total included $340 million to be targeted for 55% construction grants to
six communities: Boston, New York, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, and
Baltimore. In addition, the President requested that $130 million be directed toward
a Mexican Border Initiative, consisting of $65 million for construction of the
international treatment plant at San Diego (to address the Tijuana sewage problem),
$15 million for projects at Nogales AZ and New River, CA, and $50 million as 50%
grants for colonias in Texas.10 The President also requested $16.5 million for section
104(b)(3) grants. With these special project amounts, the request sought $2.014
billion for SRF assistance.
10Colonias are unincorporated areas outside city boundaries along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Most lack adequate public utilities, especially water and wastewater services.
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