House File 650 H-1251 Amend House File 650 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, after line 33 by inserting: 2 < (c) Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered 3 paragraph, an amount not to exceed $500,000 shall be 4 allocated and awarded as grants by the department to 5 reimburse wastewater utilities subject to permitting 6 under the national pollutant discharge elimination 7 system in an amount not to exceed fifty percent of a 8 wastewater utility’s direct costs of operating nitrate 9 removal systems during the period beginning January 10 1, 2015, and ending December 31, 2016. If the total 11 amount of claims for reimbursement as provided in this 12 subparagraph division exceed $500,000, the department 13 shall award grants to wastewater utilities on a 14 pro-rata basis. > 15 2. By renumbering as necessary. 16 ______________________________ HUNTER of Polk -1- HF650.1657 (1) 86 ec/tm 1/ 1 #1. #2.