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the de~e!dbment of mana~eman~ and account'-'ng ~vs~s for community groups or consume~ counse!in? ~o Eke elderly and .... others ,on f~.xed incomes. The second Urban Volunteer Program is the Neic. hbo£hood Volunt_=er Fund, which would give small grants (under $15,000 :3333LL: ..:}ii~:::" to sponsor agencies in urba.~ areas to sapport o-~.anizatLons of Citizen volunteers who work on core,reunify improvement ~rojects. In both programs, the term "urban area" re,ers ~o a unit of local government included ~n an S~4-SA, as well as the largest urban area in Vermont and Wyoming which have -- no SMSA ' s. ::. The Senate has passed Bill S26!7 which includes the Urban Neighborhood Volunteer Program, a pro,.ram similar to ~he Urban Volunteer Program. 5/ The Senate bill repor~ makes no reference to SMSA's,-but focuses on distressed ~.3~.. urban neighborhoods suffering from such problems as ~'~:i:"'" "racial tensions, deterioration or lack of needed municipal services, instability of population, de-.erioration of housing stock, displacement of residents, or other conditions which combine to prevent the realization of a vital, stable urban environment." Environmental Protectio~ Ao, enc.v. Clean Air Act (P.L. 95-95). Funding under this Act is .::~:.~.. given oy E~A ~o local ]urlsulcszons such as cities, counties, or States for planning and control of air pollution problems. Although S~4SA's are not mentioned .in the Act, the jurisdictional boundaries of some grantees correspond to ~he boundaries of SMSA's. The Act requires consideration of population in the determinatioe of control agency gran~ funds d~st~ibuted !~:---- to the 10 Federal EPA regions. In the pas~, p0pulat~ons of SMSA's within a given region have been used to partially determine the allotment of that region, Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217). This Act provides funds [or water qual~_~y.~iannznc. ~o S'tate and a._aw~e~= · water quality management agencies which have been designated ,. by the Governor of each State~ There is a regional allotment '""-- i ratio for each of the. 10 standard Federal. regions. The Act stipulates that urban and industrial areas should be given priority for designation. Although the term SMSA is not used to define these areas in the Act, the :....::. boundaries of 119 of the !76 areawide agencies recelv~-ng funding correspond to SMSA boundaries. ~_-7~ne House Bil~, ~.R. ii~-/, did not pass. This or a ":~!:~-~' ...... similar bill will be reintroduced in the next ]=~is~n- :~J'-'- tire ~ession. i"'; ;ff~f;~';?':-:-~i'iLf!~i'f?::'?i'ii:;:'::::~:''':'!i''L:'!:':?;-;:Li ]!fff:':':';~:::?3;?:.:,:' Ei;:j;;j!'] .'.!~t:!' ~:::..~' "-E'.' :::':":~'..:: .? :.!~i: ;~':-'::-