Volume 145, No. 66 covering the 1st Session of the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1999” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E905-E906 on May 10, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1999
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speech of
HON. BUD SHUSTER
of pennsylvania
in the house of representatives
Thursday, April 29, 1999
The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1480) to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the United States Army Corps of Engineers to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes:
Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Chairman, I wanted to take a moment to clarify the intent of a provision included in the Committee Amendment passed unanimously by the House to Sections 502 and 517 of H.R. 1480, The Water Resources Development Act of 1999. Sections 502 paragraph (17) and Section 517(b)(27) were added to the bill as part of the Managers Amendment. These provisions authorized $8 million for water related infrastructure in Lackawanna, Lycoming, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Pike, and Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania including assistance for the Montoursville Regional Sewer Authority, Lycoming County. This provision was included to direct the Army Corps of Engineers to provide waste water treatment and water supply infrastructure to several hardship communities in Northeastern Pennsylvania. More specifically, $4,986,500 of the authorized funding under this provision was provided for four communities in Lycoming County with regard to public sanitary sewer improvements. These projects include, $1,815,000 for the design and construction of the Muncy Creek Township Sewer System; $990,000 for Montoursville Regional Sewer System (MRSS); $1818,500 to complete conveyance and treatment capacity for the Armstrong Township sewer collection project; and $2,000,000 for wastewater collection and conveyance capacity for the existing users of the Montoursville Regional Sewer System (MRSS).
Mr. Speaker, these projects are important components in Lycoming County's compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Clean Water Action Regulations. This authorization provides these communities with the resources to comply with these important environmental goals and meet Lycoming County's objective of providing public sanitary sewer service at affordable rates.
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