The required approval is called a "waiver" (see " What is a waiver" below). Specifically, the agreement prohibited discharge of wastewater from any building, facility or other construction on any parcel of land within wetlands and/or the 100-year floodplain that was undeveloped as of the date of the EA/FNSI, unless approved in writing by EPA Region 2. This grant condition restricts grantees (Municipalities and Sewerage Authorities) from providing sewer connections for new development to be located on parcels containing ESAs for a period of 50 years from the date that the Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FNSI) was issued for the wastewater collection and/or treatment facility concerned. The condition was applied to both new treatment facilities and/or the expansion of existing facilities including treatment plants, pump stations, force mains, interceptors, collection systems and federally-funded individual systems. ESAs are generally, but not limited to, wetlands and floodplains. 188, September 27, 1978) to protect "Environmentally Sensitive Areas" (ESAs) from induced development. Starting in October 1979 and continuing for nearly a decade thereafter, EPA Region 2 applied a special condition to many wastewater facilities’ construction grants (see Federal Register, Vol.
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