PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT OF DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR DREDGING OF DUAL-USE PORTS.

SEC. 1143. PLAN FOR DEPLOYMENT OF DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR DREDGING OF DUAL-USE PORTS. (a) Establishment.— The Secretary of Defense shall establish a plan for the Department of Defense to encourage the further development and deployment of existing defense environmental technologies in support of the dredging requirements of dual-use ports, including— (1) the environmentally secure containment and management of contaminated dredged materials; and (2) the decontamination of dredged materials. (b) Matters To Be Included.— The plan to be established pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) A description of defense reinvestment and defense conversion programs under chapter 148 of title 10, United States Code, that are available to facilitate the deployment of defense environmental technologies in support of the dredging requirements of dual-use ports. (2) A description of existing defense environmental technologies and processes that are available to support the objectives of the plan to be established pursuant to subsection (a). (3) Recommendations for strategies to deploy such technologies and processes to ports of various sizes, including— (A) ports with projects requiring more than 5,000,000 cubic yards of sediment to be dredged annually; (B) ports with projects requiring more than 1,000,000 cubic yards of sediment to be dredged annually; (C) ports that have been affected by, or are likely to be affected by, the closure of one or more major military installations and that, as a result thereof, require substantial environmental remediation; and (D) military port installations that have experienced significant delays in advancing dredging projects because of environmental compliance or dredged material disposal problems. (4) After consultation with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, an assessment of other available technologies 108 STAT. 2882and processes that may be used in support of the plan to be established pursuant to subsection (a). (5) An assessment of the potential benefits and methods of transfer of technologies and processes for use in connection with dredging processes in commercial ports and waterways. (c) Report.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall transmit to Congress a report containing the plan to be established pursuant to subsection (a).