13 1 amended by inserting "(1)" after "(u)" and adding at the 2 end thereof the following new paragraphs: 3 "(2) There is authorized to be appropriated to the 4 Administrator for carrying out the provisions of this sec5 tion such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1991 6 and $80,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1992 through 7 1998. 8 "(3) Of sums appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2) 9 of this subsection in each fiscal year, the Administrator 10 shall reserve not less than $500,000 for the operation of 11 the small flows clearinghouse established pursuant to sub12 section (q)(3) of this section. 13 "(4) Of sums appropriated pursuant to paragraph (2) 14 of this subsection in each fiscal year, the Administrator 15 shall reserve not less than $500,000 for the support and 16 operation of the Research Committee established pursuant 17 to subsection (b) of this section.". 18 (e) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.-(1) Section 104(c) 19 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 20 1254(c)) is amended by striking "Health, Education, and 21 Welfare" and inserting in lieu thereof "Health and 22 Human Services". 23 (2) Section 104(j) of the Federal Water Pollution 24 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(j)) is amended by striking 25 "The Secretary of the Department in which the Coast 8 1081 IS 14 1 Guard is operating" and inserting in lieu thereof "The Ad 2 ministrator, in cooperation with the Secretary of the De 3 partment in which the Coast Guard is operating,". 4 (3) Section 104(p) of the Federal Water Pollution 5 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(p)) is amended by striking 6 all after "pollution from" and inserting in lieu thereof 7 "nonpoint sources of pollution, including agriculture, 8 urban runoff, construction activities, hydromodification, 9 forest harvesting activities, mine runoff, and salt-water in10 trusion." and amending the title appropriately. 11 (4) Section 104(q) of the Federal Water Pollution 12 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(q)) is amended by striking 13 "subsection (e)(2) of".. 14 (5) Section 104(r) of the Federal Water Pollution 15 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(r)) is amended by striking 16 "is authorized to make grants to colleges and universities 17 to"; inserting in lieu thereof the following: "shall conduct 18 à comprehensive program of"; and amending the title ap19 propriately. 20 (6) Section 104(s) of the Federal Water Pollution. 21 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(s)) is amended by— (A) striking: "The Administrator is authorized to make grants to one or more institutions of higher education (regionally located and to be designated as 'River Studies Centers') for the purpose of conduct S 1081 IS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 15 ing and reporting on" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The Administrator, in cooperation with the Director of the United States Geological Survey, other Federal agencies, and the States, shall conduct research, investigation, and"; (B) striking the last sentence; and (C) amending the title appropriately. (7) Section 104(t) of the Federal Water Pollution 9 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254(t)) is amended by striking 10", but not later than 270 days after the date of enactment 11 of this subsection,”. 12 13 TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SEC. 4. Section 105 of the Federal Water Pollution 14 Control Act is amended to read as follows: 15 16 "TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM "SEC. 105. (a) IN GENERAL.-The Administrator 17 shall establish a program to develop and demonstrate 18 practices, methods, technologies, or processes which may 19 be effective in prevention and control of industrial and mu20 nicipal sources or potential sources of water pollution. 21 "(b) GRANT ASSISTANCE.-(1) The Administrator 22 may provide grants to public agencies and authorities, 23 nonprofit organizations and institutions and enter into co24 operative agreements or contracts with other persons to 25 develop or demonstrate water pollution control practices, 26 methods, technologies, or processes. S 1081 IS 1 16 "(2) The Administrator may assist demonstration ac 2 tivities only if "(A) such demonstration activity will serve to demonstrate a new or significantly improved practice, method, technology, or process or the feasibility and cost effectiveness of an existing, but unproven, practice, method, technology, or process and will not duplicate other Federal, State, local or commercial efforts to demonstrate such practice, method, tech nology, or process; "(B) such demonstration activity meets the requirements of this section and serves the purposes of this Act; "(C) the demonstration of such practice, technology, or process will comply with all other laws and regulations for the protection of human health, welfare, and the environment; and "(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. S 1081 IS 17 1 "(3) The demonstration program established by this 2 subsection shall include solicitations for demonstration 3 projects, selection of suitable demonstration projects from 4 among those proposed, supervision of such demonstration 5 projects, evaluation of the results of demonstration 6 projects, and dissemination of information on the effec7 tiveness and feasibility of the practices, methods, technol8 ogies and processes which are proven to be effective. 9 "(4) Within one hundred and eighty days after the 10 date of enactment of the Water Pollution Prevention and 11 Control Act of 1991, and no less often than every twelve 12 months thereafter, the Administrator shall publish a solici13 tation for proposals to demonstrate, by prototype or at 14 full-scale, practices, methods, technologies, and processes 15 which are (or may be) effective in controlling sources or 16 potential sources of water pollution. The solicitation notice 17 shall prescribe the information to be included in the pro18 posal, including technical and economic information de19 rived from the applicant's own research and development 20 efforts, and other information sufficient to permit the Ad21 ministrator to assess the potential effectiveness and feasi22 bility of the practice, method, technology, or process pro23 posed to be demonstrated. 24 "(5) Any person and any public or private nonprofit 25 entity may submit an application to the Administrator in |