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 PUBLIC LAW 99-499—OCT. 17, 1986

100 STAT. 1711

tion projects. Each such project shall be carried out under such terms and conditions as the Administrator shall require to assure the protection of human health and the environment and to assure adequate control by the Administrator of the research, testing, evaluation, development, and demonstration activities at the site.

Health and medical care.

"(5) DEMONSTRATION ASSISTANCE.— "(A) PROGRAM COMPONENTS.—The

demonstration assistance program shall include the following: "(i) The publication of a solicitation and the evaluation of applications for demonstration projects utilizing alternative or innovative technologies. "(ii) The selection of sites which are suitable for the testing and evaluation of innovative technologies. "(iii) The development of detailed plans for innovative technology demonstration projects. "(iv) The supervision of such demonstration projects and the providing of quality assurance for data obtained. "(v) The evaluation of the results of alternative innovative technology demonstration projects and the determination of whether or not the technologies used are effective and feasible. "(B) SouciTATiON.—Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and no less often than once every 12 months thereafter, the Administrator shall publish a solicitation for innovative or alternative technologies at a stage of development suitable for full-scale demonstrations at sites at which a response action may be undertaken under section 104. The purpose of any such project shall be to demonstrate the use of an alternative or innovative treatment technology with respect to hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants which are located at the site or which are to be removed from the site. The solicitation notice shall prescribe information to be included in the application, including technical and economic data derived from the applicant's own research and development efforts, and other information sufficient to permit the Administrator to assess the technology's potential and the types of remedial action to which it may be applicable. "(C) APPLICATIONS.—Any person and any public or private nonprofit entity may submit an application to the Administrator in response to the solicitation. The application shall contain a proposed demonstration plan setting forth how and when the project is to be carried out and such other information as the Administrator may require. "(D) PROJECT SELECTION.—In selecting technologies to be demonstrated, the Administrator shall fully review the applications submitted and shall consider at least the criteria specified in paragraph (7). The Administrator shall select or refuse to select a project for demonstration under this subsection within 90 days of receiving the completed application for such project. In the case of a refusal to select the project, the Administrator shall notify the applicant within such 90-day period of the reasons for his refusal. "(E) SITE SELECTION.—The Administrator shall propose 10 sites at which a response may be undertaken under section

42 USC 9604.

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