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(1) utilize to the maximum extent practicable 

 data on water supply and demand available In the 

 flies of member agencies of the Council; 



(2) collect and compile any additional data it 

 deems necessary for complete and accurate 

 assessments ; 



(3) give full consideration to the constraints 

 upon availability imposed by treaty, compact, 

 court decree. State water laws, and water rights 

 granted pursuant to State and Federal law; 



(41 assess the effects of development of such 

 technology on water quality; 



(5) include estimates of cost associated with 

 production and management of the required 

 water supply, and the cost of disposal of waste 

 water generated by the proposed facility or 

 process ; 



(6) assess the environmental, social, and eco- 

 nomic impact of any change in use of currently 

 utilized water resource that may be required by 

 the proposed facility or process; and 



(7) consult with the Council on Environmental 

 Quality. 



(b) Assessmen' by Administrator or others of avail- 

 ability of adequate water resources as precondi- 

 tion for Federal assistance for proposed demon- 

 stration project; publication of report in Federal 

 Register. 



For any proposed demonstration project which 

 may involve a significant impact on water resources, 

 the Administrator shall, as a precondition of Fed- 

 eral assistance to that project, prepare or have 

 prepared an assessment of the availability of ade- 

 quate water resources. A report on the assessment 

 shall be published in the Federal Register for public 

 review thirty days prior to the expenditure of 

 Federal funds on the demonstration. 



(c) Assessment by Water Resources Council of avail- 

 ability of adequate water resources as precondi- 

 tion for Federal assistance for commercial appli- 

 cation of nonnuclear energy technologies. 



For any proposed Federal assistance for commer- 

 cial application of energy technologies pursuant to 

 this chapter, the Water Resource Coimcil shall, as a 

 precondition of such Federal assistance, provide to 

 the Administrator an assessment of the availability 

 of adequate water resources for such commercial 

 application and an evaluation of the environmental, 

 social, and economic impacts of the dedication of 

 water to such uses. 



(d) Publication of reports of assessments and eval- 

 uations by Water Resources Council in Federal 

 Rearister; public review and comments. 



Reports of assessments and evsluations prepared 

 by the Council pursuant to sub.sections <a» and (ci 

 of this section shall be published in the Federal Reg- 

 ister and at least ninety days shall be provided for 

 public review and comment. Comments received shall 

 accompany the reports when they are submited to 

 the Administrator and shall be available to the pub- 

 lic. 



(e) Inclusion of survey and analysis of regional and 

 national water resource availability in biennial 

 assessment by Water Resources Council. 



The Council shall Include a broad survey and anal- 



ysis of regional and national water resource avail- 

 ability for energy development In the biennial assess- 

 ment required by section 1962 a-l(a) of this title. 

 (Pub. L. 93-577, § 13, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stet. 1893.) 



§ 5913. Evaluation by National Bureau of Standards 

 or energy-related inventions prior to awarding of 

 grants by Administrator; promulgation of regula- 

 tions. 



The National Bureau of Standards shall give par- 

 ticular attention to the evaluation of aU promising 

 energy-related inventions, particularly those sub- 

 mitted by individual inventors and small companies 

 for the purpose of obtaining direct grants from the 

 Administrator. The National Bureau of Standards Is 

 authorized to promulgate regulations in the further- 

 ance of this section. (Pub. L. 93-577, § 14, Dec. 31, 

 1974, 88 Stat. 1894.) 



§ 5914. Reports to Congress. 



(a) Required contents. 

 Concurrent with the submission of the President's 



annual budget to the Congress, the Administrator 



shall submit to the Congress each year — 



(Da report detailing the activities carried out 

 pursuant to this chapter during the preceding fis- 

 cal year; 



(2) a detailed description of the comprehensive 

 plan for nuclear and nonnuclear energy research, 

 development, and demonstration then In effect 

 under section 5905 (a> of this title; and 



(3) a detailed description of the comprehensive 

 nonnuclear research, development, and demon- 

 stration program then In effect under section 

 5905(b) of this title including Its program ele- 

 ments and activities, 



setting forth such modifications in the comprehen- 

 sive plan referred to In clause (2) and the compre- 

 hensive program referred to In clause (3) as may 

 be necessary to revise appropriately such plan and 

 program In the light of the activities referred to in 

 clause (1) and any changes in circumstances which 

 may have occurred since the last previous report 

 under this subsection. 



(b) Additional required contents. 



The description of the comprehensive nonnuclear 

 research, development, and demonstration program 

 submitted under subsection (a) (2) of this section 

 shall include a statement setting forth — 



(1) the anticipated research, development, and 

 application objectives to be achieved by the pro- 

 posed program; 



(2) the economic, environmental, and societal 

 significance which the proposed program may 



(3) the total estimated cost of Individual pro- 

 gram Items; 



(4) the estimated relative financial contribu- 

 tions of the Federal Government and non-Federal 

 participants In the research and development pro- 

 gram; 



(5) the relationship of the proposed program to 

 any Federal national energy or fuel policies; and 



