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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 540

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct at least 3

demonstration projects involving promising technologies and practices

to remedy contaminated sediments in the Great Lakes System and to

authorize the Administrator to provide technical information and assistance on technologies and practices for remediation of contaminated sediments, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 10 (legislative day, MARCH 6), 1995

Mr. GLENN (for himself, Mr. DEWINE, and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct at least 3 demonstration projects involving

promising technologies and practices to remedy contaminated sediments in the Great Lakes System and to authorize the Administrator to provide technical information and assistance on technologies and practices for

remediation of contaminated sediments, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Assessment and Reme3 diation of Contaminated Sediments Reauthorization Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION OF CONTAMI5 NATED SEDIMENTS.

6 Section 118(c)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution

7 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(7)) is amended by adding

8 at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(D) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—

10 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Adminis11 trator, acting through the Program Office,

12 in consultation and cooperation with the

13 Assistant Secretary of the Army having re14 sponsibility for civil works, shall conduct at

15 least 3 demonstration projects involving

16 promising technologies and practices to

17 remedy contaminated sediments (including

18 at least 1 full-scale demonstration of a re19 mediation technology) at sites in the Great

20 Lakes System, as the Administrator deter21 mines appropriate.

22 ‘‘(ii) SELECTION OF SITES.—In select23 ing sites for the demonstration projects,

24 the Administrator shall give priority con25 sideration to—

26 ‘‘(I) the Ashtabula River in Ohio;
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1 ‘‘(II) the Buffalo River in New

2 York;

3 ‘‘(III) Duluth and Superior Har4 bor in Minnesota;

5 ‘‘(IV) the Fox River in Wiscon6 sin;

7 ‘‘(V) the Grand Calumet River in

8 Indiana; and

9 ‘‘(VI) Saginaw Bay in Michigan.

10 ‘‘(iii) DEADLINES.—In carrying out

11 this subparagraph, the Administrator

12 shall—

13 ‘‘(I) not later than 18 months

14 after the date of enactment of this

15 subparagraph, identify at least 3 sites

16 and the technologies and practices to

17 be demonstrated at the sites (includ18 ing at least 1 full-scale demonstration

19 of a remediation technology); and

20 ‘‘(II) not later than 5 years after

21 the date of enactment, complete at

22 least 3 demonstration projects (includ23 ing at least 1 full-scale demonstration

24 of a remediation technology).
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1 ‘‘(iv) ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.—The

2 Administrator, acting through the Pro3 gram Office, in consultation and coopera4 tion with the Assistant Secretary of the

5 Army having responsibility for civil works,

6 may conduct additional pilot- and full-scale

7 demonstration projects involving promising

8 technologies and practices at sites in the

9 Great Lakes System other than the sites

10 selected under clause (i).

11 ‘‘(v) EXECUTION OF PROJECTS.—The

12 Administrator may cooperate with the As13 sistant Secretary of the Army having re14 sponsibility for civil works to plan, engi15 neer, design, and execute demonstration

16 projects under this subparagraph.

17 ‘‘(vi) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBU18 TIONS.—The Administrator may accept

19 non-Federal contributions to carry out

20 demonstration projects under this subpara21 graph.

22 ‘‘(vii) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA23 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro24 priated to carry out this subparagraph
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1 $3,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1997

2 through 2001.

3 ‘‘(E) TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND AS4 SISTANCE.—

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Adminis6 trator, acting through the Program Office,

7 may provide technical information and as8 sistance involving technologies and prac9 tices for remediation of contaminated sedi10 ments to persons that request the informa11 tion or assistance.

12 ‘‘(ii) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PRIOR13 ITIES.—In providing technical assistance

14 under this subparagraph, the Adminis15 trator, acting through the Program Office,

16 shall give special priority to requests for

17 integrated assessments of, and rec18 ommendations regarding, remediation tech19 nologies and practices for contaminated

20 sediments at Great Lakes areas of concern.

21 ‘‘(iii) COORDINATION WITH OTHER

22 DEMONSTRATIONS.—The Administrator

23 shall—

24 ‘‘(I) coordinate technology dem25 onstrations conducted under this sub-
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1 paragraph with other federally as2 sisted demonstrations of contaminated

3 sediment remediation technologies;

4 and

5 ‘‘(II) share information from the

6 demonstrations conducted under this

7 subparagraph with the other dem8 onstrations.

9 ‘‘(iv) OTHER SEDIMENT REMEDIATION

10 ACTIVITIES.—Nothing in this subpara11 graph limits the authority of the Adminis12 trator to carry out sediment remediation

13 activities under other laws.

14 ‘‘(v) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA15 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro16 priated to carry out this subparagraph

17 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997

18 through 2001.

19 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF GREAT LAKES

20 APPROPRIATIONS.

21 Section 118(h) of the Federal Water Pollution Con22 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘for

23 fiscal year 1991. Of the’’ and all that follows through the
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1 period at the end and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years

2 1991 through 2001.’’.

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