"(8) Except as provided in paragraph (7), any application for a license or permit (A) that is pending on the date of enactment of the Water Quality Improvement Act of 1970 and (B) that is issued within one year following such date of enactment shall not require certification pursuant to this subsection for one year following the issuance of such license or permit, except that any such license or permit issued shall terminate at the end of one year unless prior to that time the licensee or permittee submits to the Federal agency that issued such license or permit a certification and otherwise meets the requirements of this subsection.
"(9)(A) In the case of any activity which will affect water quality but for which there are no applicable water quality standards, no certification shall be required under this subsection, except that the licensing or permitting agency shall impose, as a condition of any license or permit, a requirement that the licensee or permittee shall comply with the purposes of this Act.
Failure to comply, license suspension "(B) Upon notice from the State in which the discharge originates or, as appropriate, the interstate agency or the secretary, that such licensee or permittee has been notified of the adoption of water quality standards applicable to such activity and has failed, after reasonable notice, of not less than six months, to comply with such standards, the license or permit shall be suspended until notification is received from such State or interstate agency or the Secretary that there is reasonable assurance that such activity will comply with applicable water quality standards.
"(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of any department or agency pursuant to any other provision of law to require compliance with applicable water quality standards. The Secretary shall, upon the request of any Federal department or agency, or State or interstate agency, or applicant, provide, for the purpose of this section, any relevant information on applicable water (quality standards, and shall, when requested by any such department or agency or State or interstate agency, or applicant, comment on any methods to comply with such standards.
"(d) In order to implement the provisions of this section, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized, if he deems it to be in the public interest, to permit the use of spoil disposal areas under his jurisdiction by Federal licensees or permittees, and to make an appropriate charge for such use. Moneys received from such licensees or permittees shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts."
Sec. 104. Redesignated section 22 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Ante, p. 91., as amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(f)(1) It is the purpose of this subsection to authorize a program which will provide official recognition by the United States Government to those industrial organizations and political subdivsions of States which during the preceding year demonstrated an outstanding technological achievement or an innovative process, method or device in their waste treatment and pollution abatement programs. The Secretary shall, in consultation with the appropriate State water pollution control agency, establish regulations under which such recognition may be applied for and granted, except that no applicant shall be eligible for an award under this subsection if such applicant is not in total compliance with all applicable water quality standards under this Act, and otherwise does not have a satisfactory record with respect to environmental quality.
