---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 1302b"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "1302b"
heading: "Small and medium publicly owned treatment works circuit rider program"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/1302b"
units:
  - "Chapter 26 — Water Pollution Prevention and Control"
  - "Subchapter II — Grants for Construction of Treatment Works"
---

# §1302b. Small and medium publicly owned treatment works circuit rider program

- (a) **Establishment—** Subject to the availability of appropriations, not later than 180 days after November 15, 2021, the Administrator shall establish a circuit rider [program](/usc/33/467.md?p=11) (referred to in this section as the “circuit rider [program](/usc/33/467.md?p=11)”) under which the Administrator shall award grants to qualified nonprofit entities, as determined by the Administrator, to provide assistance to owners and operators of small and medium publicly owned [treatment works](/usc/33/1292.md?p=2-A) to carry out the activities described in [section 1382(b)(13) of this title](/usc/33/1382.md?p=b-13).
- (b) **Limitation—** A grant provided under the circuit rider [program](/usc/33/467.md?p=11) shall be in an amount that is not more than $75,000.
- (c) **Prioritization—** In selecting recipients of grants under the circuit rider [program](/usc/33/467.md?p=11), the Administrator shall give priority to qualified nonprofit entities, as determined by the Administrator, that would serve a community that—
  - (1) has a history, for not less than the 10 years prior to the award of the grant, of unresolved wastewater issues, stormwater issues, or a combination of wastewater and stormwater issues;
  - (2) is considered financially distressed;
  - (3) faces the cumulative burden of stormwater and wastewater overflow issues; or
  - (4) has previously failed to access Federal technical assistance due to cost-sharing requirements.
- (d) **Communication—** Each qualified nonprofit entity that receives funding under this section shall, before using that funding to undertake activities to carry out this section, consult with the [State](/usc/33/1362.md?p=3) in which the assistance is to be expended or otherwise made available.
- (e) **Report—** Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Administrator establishes the circuit rider [program](/usc/33/467.md?p=11), and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report describing—
  - (1) each recipient of a grant under the circuit rider [program](/usc/33/467.md?p=11); and
  - (2) a summary of the activities carried out under the circuit rider [program](/usc/33/467.md?p=11).
- (f) **Authorization of appropriations—**
  - (1) **In general—** There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2022 through 2026.
  - (2) **Limitation on use of funds—** Of the amounts made available for grants under [paragraph (1)](#f-1), not more than 2 percent may be used to pay the administrative costs of the Administrator.

## Source credit

(June 30, 1948, ch. 758, title II, § 224, as added Pub. L. 117–58, div. E, title II, § 50206, Nov. 15, 2021, 135 Stat. 1164.)