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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 796

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.   That 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 gran has been applied] THAT
WHEN COMBINED WITH THE MAXIMUM FEDERAL GRANT, THE COMBINED GRANTS
SHALL NOT EXCEED 87 1/2 PERCENT OF TOTAL ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS.
AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1984 shall be in an amount up to [one-half]
72.22 PERCENT of the eligible cost remaining after the maximum
Federal grant has been applied OR UP TO 32.5 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS. When the maximum Federal grant offer
covers more than 75 55 percent of the total project cost for an
innovative or alternative project as defined by the Federal
Environmental Protection Agency, the State grant offer shall be
three-fourths UP TO 85 PERCENT of the remaining amount or 12 1/2
percent, whichever is least UP TO 21.25 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS. 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 such project is critical to the public health or
compliance with water quality standards of the State, and (b)
that a timely and sufficient Federal grant is not available for
such project or part of a project.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 5(2)(b)
of Chapter 55 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1973, as
amended by Chapter 262 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1975, and by Chapter 658 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1980, be and it is hereby repealed and reenacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Chapter 55 of the Acts of 1973

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