CHAPTER 201
FORMERLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 119
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO QUALIFIED AGENCIES AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE GRANTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend § 8003, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 8003 Powers, duties and functions of the Secretary.
(11) The Secretary is empowered to administer and distribute funds in the form of grants to qualified agencies for the construction of treatment works from such funds as may be appropriated from time to time for this purpose.
4. "Qualified agency" shall mean any legally incorporated town or city, Levy Courts or other governments of the counties, state agencies, non-profit corporations providing water or wastewater services as a regulated utility pursuant to a certificate of public convenience and necessity granted by the Public Service Commission, and sewer districts authorized by law and organized to provide publicly owned and operated treatment works.
6. "Treatment works" shall mean any device and system used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage, domestic wastewater as defined in Chapter 60 of Title 7, or industrial wastes of a liquid nature, or necessary to recycle or reuse water at the most economical cost over the estimated life of the works, including intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, sewage collection systems, pumping, power and other equipment, and their appurtenances; extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; elements essential to provide a reliable recycled supply such as standby treatment units and clear well facilities and improvements to exclude or minimize inflow and infiltration.
(12) The Secretary is empowered to administer a state revolving loan program in accordance with the requirements set forth in Title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
4. "Person" shall mean any individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, federal agency, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, state, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a state or any interstate body. For purposes of this subsection, the term municipality includes a non-profit corporation providing water or wastewater services as a regulated utility pursuant to a certificate of public convenience and necessity granted by the Public Service Commission.