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Water Resources Development Act of 1996 |
The Water Resources Development Act of 1996 added a new subsection (a)(3) to the 1990 Act describing the pilot program, increased the funds for the project, and added a new subsection (d) requiring the preparation of periodic reports on the status of the decontamination technology project. See Pub. L. No. 104-303, Title II, sec. 226, 110 Stat. 3697. Thus, the legislation, as amended, now reads as follows:Sediments decontamination technology.
(a) Decontamination project.
(1) Selection of technologies. Based upon a review of decontamination technologies identified pursuant to section 412(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary shall, within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, jointly select removal, pre-treatment, post-treatment, and decontamination technologies for contaminated marine sediments for a decontamination project in the New York/New Jersey Harbor.
(2) Recommended program. Upon selection of technologies, the Administrator and the Secretary shall jointly recommend a program of selected technologies to assess their effectiveness in rendering sediments acceptable for unrestricted ocean disposal or beneficial reuse, or both.
(3) Project purpose. The purpose of the project to be carried out under this section is to provide for the development of 1 or more sediment decontamination technologies on a pilot scale demonstrating a capacity of at least 500,000 cubic yards per year.(b) Decontamination defined.
For purposes of this section, 'decontamination' may include local or remote prototype or production and laboratory decontamination technologies, sediment pre-treatment and post-treatment processes, and siting, economic, or other measures necessary to develop a matrix for selection of interim prototype of long-term processes. Decontamination techniques need not be preproven in terms of likely success.
(c) Authorization of appropriations.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000. Such sums shall remain available until expended.
(d) Reports.
Not later than September 30, 1998, and periodically thereafter, the Administrator and the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of the project to be carried out under this section, including an assessment of the progress made in achieving the
purpose of the project set forth in subsection (a)(3).