‘‘(D) in the case of a contract or cooperative
agreement, such practice, method, technology, or
process would not be adequately demonstrated by
State, local, or private persons or in the case of an
application for financial assistance by a grant, such
practice, method, technology, or process is not likely
to receive adequate financial assistance from other
sources.
‘‘(3) The demonstration program established by this
subsection shall include solicitations for demonstration
projects, selection of suitable demonstration projects from
among those proposed, supervision of such demonstration
projects, evaluation of the results of demonstration
projects, and dissemination of information on the effec-
tiveness and feasibility of the practices, methods, tech-
nologies, and processes which are proven to be effective.
‘‘(4) Within 180 days after the date of enactment of
the Clean Water Act Research Amendments of 1993, and
no less often than annually thereafter, the Administrator
shall publish a solicitation for proposals to demonstrate,
by prototype or at full-scale, practices, methods, tech-
nologies, and processes which are (or may be) effective in
controlling sources or potential sources of water pollution.
The solicitation notice shall prescribe the information to
be included in the proposal, including technical and eco-
nomic information derived from the applicant’s own re-
search and development efforts, a proposed demonstration
plan setting forth how and when the project is to be car-
ried out, and other information sufficient to permit the
Administrator to assess the potential effectiveness and
feasibility of the practice, method, technology, or process
proposed to be demonstrated.
‘‘(5) In selecting practices, methods, technologies, or
processes to be demonstrated, the Administrator shall
fully review the applications submitted and shall evaluate
each project according to—
‘‘(A) the potential for the proposed practice,
method, technology, or process to effectively control
sources or potential sources of pollutants which
present risks to human health, welfare, or the envi-
ronment;
‘‘(B) the potential for the practice, method,
technology, or process to contribute to the advance-
ment of pollution control for an industry for which
an effluent guideline is published pursuant to section
304;
‘‘(C) the potential for the practice, method,
technology, or process to effectively prevent the dis-
charge of pollutants which present risks to human
health, welfare, and the environment;
‘‘(D) the potential for the practice, method,
technology, or process to contribute to the advance-
ment of treatment of sewage or the management of
sewage sludge;
‘‘(E) the potential for the practice, method,
technology, or process to contribute to reductions of
pollution associated with nonpoint sources of pollu-
tion;
‘‘(F) the capability of the person or persons
proposing the project to successfully complete the
demonstration as described in the application;
‘‘(G) the likelihood that the demonstrated prac-
tice, method, technology, or process could be applied
in other locations and circumstances to control
sources or potential sources of pollutants, including
considerations of cost, effectiveness, and techno-
logical feasibility;
‘‘(H) the extent of financial support from the
applicant to accomplish the demonstration as de-
scribed in the application; and
‘‘(I) the capability of the applicant to dissemi-
nate the results of the demonstration or otherwise
make the benefits of the practice, method, tech-
nology, or process widely available to the public in
a timely manner.
‘‘(6) The Administrator shall select or refuse to select
a project for demonstration under this subsection in an
expeditious manner. In the case of a refusal to select a
project, the Administrator shall notify the applicant of the
reasons for the refusal.
‘‘(7) Each demonstration project under this sub-
section shall be performed by the applicant, or by a person
satisfactory to the applicant, under the oversight of the
Administrator.
‘‘(8) Total Federal funds for any demonstration
project under this subsection shall not exceed 75 percent
of the total cost of such project. In cases where the Admin-
istrator determines that research under this section is of
a basic nature which would not otherwise be undertaken,
the Administrator may approve grants under this sub-
section with a matching requirement other than that speci-
fied in this paragraph, including full Federal funding.
‘‘(c) REPORTS.—The Administrator shall, within 2
years after the date of enactment of the Clean Water Act
Research Amendments of 1993 and biennially thereafter,
publish general reports describing the findings of dem-
onstration projects conducted pursuant to subsection (b).
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 1994 through 2000.’’.
SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Ad-
ministrator for carrying out the amendments made by sec-
tions 2 through 10 of this Act $65,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 1994 through 2000.
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