STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF INNOVATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES.

SEC. 517. STUDY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF INNOVATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE PROCESSES AND TECHNIQUES. (a) Effectiveness Study.—The Administrator shall study the effectiveness on waste treatment of innovative and alternative wastewater treatment processes and techniques referred to in section 201(g)(5) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which have been utilized in treatment works constructed under such Act. In conducting such study, the Administrator shall compile information, by State, on the types of such processes and techniques utilized, on the number of facilities constructed with such processes and techniques, and a description of such processes and techniques which have not performed to design standards. The Administrator shall also determine which States have not obligated the full amount set aside under section 205(i) of such Act for such processes and techniques and the reasons for each such State’s failure to make such obligations. (b) Report.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the results of such study, along with recommendations for providing more effective incentives for innovative and alternative wastewater treatment processes and techniques.