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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 262

Commission's portion of the capital costs for
improvements to and enlargement of sanitary sewage
facilities and systems operated by the District of
Columbia pursuant to agreements between the Commission,
the District of Columbia, and the United States
Government shall be deemed a project eligible for a State
grant hereunder. All grants authorized or made hereunder
shall be subject to the following conditions and
limitations:

(1)   A State grant offer shall be made only for
the construction of projects that meet the specifications
required by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and
all applicable State legislation and regulations, as
amended from time to time.

(2)   Except as provided in paragraph (3) below,
a State grant offer shall be made only for a project or
part of a project on which a federal grant offer is made,
and the State grant offer shall BE IN AN amount UP to
one—half of the eligible cost remaining after the maximum
Federal grant has been applied. In the case of a project
to be operated by a State owned institution or facility,
the State grant offer shall equal the total cost of the
project less the amount of any Federal grant offer made
therefor.

(3)  The Board of Public Works is authorized, in
its discretion and upon recommendation of the Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene, to approve a State grant
not to exceed 87—1/2 percent of the eligible cost of a
project or part of a project, if the Board finds (a) that
the immediate initiation or continuation of the project
is critical to the public health or to compliance with
water quality standards of the State, and (b) that a
timely and sufficient Federal grant is not available for
the project or part of a project. In approving such
grants, the Board of Public Works shall make all
reasonable efforts not to jeopardize Federal grants for
the remaining part of the projects.

(4)    The Secretary of the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene shall report on or before January 1 of
each year to the Governor and the General Assembly on the
status of Bond Funds for the construction of sewerage
facilities under this and previous Bond Authorization
Acts. His report shall indicate funds expended, funds
committed, and funds remaining; and a list of projects
for which funds have been expended and are committed. It
shall also contain his projection of projects to be
constructed for the following two years for which grants
are anticipated.