PUBLIC LAW 95-84—AUG. 2, 1977 Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate. Such report shall present information that includes, but is not limited to, the location of the demonstration plant, the characteristics of the water proposed to be desalted, the process to be utilized, the water supply problems confronting the area in which the plant will be located, alternative sources of water and their probable cost, the capacity of the plant, the initial investment cost of the demonstration plant, the annual operating cost of the demonstration plant, the source of energy for the plant and its cost, the means of reject brine disposal and its environmental consequences, and the unit cost of product water, considering the amortization of all components of the demonstration plant and ancillary facilities. Such report shall also be accompanied by a proposed contract between the Secretary and a duly authorized non-Federal public entity, in which such entity shall agree to furnish, at no cost to the United States, necessary water rights, water supplies^ rights-of-way, power source interconnections, and brine disposal facilities. Such proposed contract will further provide that the United States will construct the plant described in the report at no cost to the non-Federal public entity and that the United States will provide all costs of operation and maintenance of the plant for a term of at least two but not more than five years, during which access to the plant and its operating data will not be denied to the Secretary or his representatives. The Secretary is authorized to include in the proposed contract a provision for conveying all rights, title, and interest of the Federal Government to the non-Federal public entity, subject only to a future right to re-enter the facility for the purpose of financing at Federal expense modifications for advanced technology and for its operation and maintenance for a successive term under the same conditions as pertain to the original term. (c) There is authorized to be appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and thereafter the sum of $40,000,000 to finance the construction of demonstration plants authorized by this section. There are also authorized to be appropriated such additional sums as are necessary to defray operation, maintenance, and energy costs for demonstration plants during the periods of Federal responsibility for such activities, under this section. Approved August 2, 1977.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-306 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs) and No. 95-497 (Comm. of Conference). SENATE REPORT No. 95-187 accompanying S. 846 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): May 17, considered and passed House. May 25, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 846. July 20, House and Senate agreed to conference report.
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