{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133b","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f300j\u20133b.","heading":"Contaminant standards or treatment technique guidelines","text":"\u00a7\u202f300j\u20133b.\nContaminant standards or treatment technique guidelines\n(1) Not later than nine months after\nOctober 18, 1978\nsection 300j\u20133a of this title\nsection 300j\u20133(a)(2) of this title\n(2) A grant referred to in paragraph (1) for a project which involves direct human consumption of treated wastewater may be awarded on or after the date of promulgation of guidelines under this section only if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrator that the project\u2014\n(A) will comply with all national primary drinking water regulations under\nsection 300g\u20131 of this title\n(B) will comply with all guidelines under this section; and\n(C) will in other respects provide safe drinking water.\nAny such grant awarded before the date of promulgation of such guidelines shall be conditioned on the applicant\u2019s agreement to comply to the maximum feasible extent with such guidelines as expeditiously as practicable following the date of promulgation thereof.\n(3) Guidelines under this section may, in the discretion of the Administrator\u2014\n(A) be nationally and uniformly applicable to all projects funded under\nsection 300j\u20133a of this title\n1\n1 See References in Text note below.\n(B) vary for different classes or categories of such projects (as determined by the Administrator);\n(C) be established and applicable on a proj\u00adect-by-project basis; or\n(D) any combination of the above.\n(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit or delay the award of any grant referred to in paragraph (1) prior to the date of promulgation of such guidelines.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s300j\u20133b.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f300j\u20133b."},{"t":"heading","text":"Contaminant standards or treatment technique guidelines"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" Not later than nine months after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"October 18, 1978","tail":", the Administrator shall promulgate guidelines establishing supplemental standards or treatment technique requirements for microbiological, viral, radiological, organic, and inorganic contaminants, which guidelines shall be conditions, as provided in paragraph (2), of any grant for a demonstration project for water reclamation, recycling, and reuse funded under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 300j\u20133a of this title","href":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133a","tail":" or under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 300j\u20133(a)(2) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t42/s300j\u20133/a/2","tail":", where such project involves direct human consumption of treated wastewater. 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