Section 313 Program

The “South Central Pennsylvania Environmental Restoration Infrastructure and Resource Protection Development Pilot Program” was established in Section 313 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1992 (Public Law [PL] 102-580). Section 313 of WRDA 1992 was amended by Section 345 of WRDA 1996 (PL 104-303). One of the amendments in WRDA 1996 changed the Section 313 heading to “Sec. 313. South Central Pennsylvania Environment Improvement Program.” Section 313 of WRDA 1992 was also amended by Section 3143 of WRDA 2007 (PL 110-114), Section 352 of WRDA 2020 (PL 116-260), and Section 8376 of WRDA 2022 (PL 117-263). The South Central Pennsylvania Environmental Improvement Program (Section 313 Program) provides design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects for non-federal interests in south central Pennsylvania counties, including projects for wastewater treatment and related facilities, water supply, storage, treatment, distribution facilities, and surface water resource protection and development.

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