of contracts, grants, or loans, which (A) involve less than specified dollar amounts, or (B) have a minimal potential impact upon the environment, or (C) involve persons who are not prime contratcors or direct recipients of Federal assistance by way of contacts, grants, or loans. (b) Federal agencies shall reconsider any exemption granted under subsection (a) whenever requested to do so by the Administrator. (c) The Administrator shall annually notify the President and the Congress of all exemptions granted, or in effect, under this Order during the preceding year. SEC. 9. Related Actions. The imposition of any sanction or penalty under or pursuant to this Order shall not relleve any person of any legal duty to comply with any provisions of the Air Act or the Water Act. SEC. 10. Applicability. This Order shall not apply to contracts, grants, or loans involving the use of facilities located outside the United States. SEC. 11. Uniformity. Rules, regulations, standards, and guidelines issued pursuant to this order and section 508 of the Water Act shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be uniform with regulations issued pursuant to this order, Executive Order No. 11602 of June 29, 1971, and section 306 of the Air Act. SEC. 12. Order Superseded. Executive Order No. 11602 of June 29, 1971, is hereby superseded. RICHARD NIXON. § 1857h-5. Administrative proceedings and judicial review. (a) (1)1 In connection with any determination under section 1857c-5(f) or section 1857f-1(b)(5) of this title, or for purposes of obtaining information under section 1857f-1(b) (4) or 1857f-6c (c)(3) of this title, the Administrator may issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant papers, books, and documents, and he may administer oaths. Except for emission data, upon a showing satisfactory to the Administrator by such owner or operator that such papers, books, documents, or information or particular part thereof, if made public, would divulge trade secrets or secret processes of such owner or operator, the Administrator shall consider such record, report, or information or particular portion thereof confidential in accordance with the purposes of section 1905 of Title 18, except that such paper, book, document, or information may be disclosed to other officers, employees, or authorized representatives of the United States concerned with carrying out this chapter, to persons carrying out the National Academy of Sciences' study and investigation provided for in section 1857f-1(c) of this title, or when relevant in any proceeding under this chapter. Witnesses summoned shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States. In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person under this subparagraph, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the United States and after notice to such person, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony before the Administrator to appear and produce papers, books, and documents before the Administrator, or both, and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. (As amended Nov. 18, 1971, Pub. L. 92-157, title III, § 302(a), 85 Stat. 464.) AMENDMENTS 1971-Subsec. (a) (1). Pub. L. 92-157 substituted reference to section "1857f-6c (c) (3)" for "1857f-6c (c) (4)" of this title. § 1857j. Records and audit. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 4905 of this title. § 18571. Appropriations. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter, other than sections 1857b (f) (3) and (d), 1857b-1, 1857f-6e, and 1858a of this title, $125,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, $225,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, $300,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $300,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. (As amended Apr. 9, 1973, Pub. L. 93-15, § 1(c), 87 Stat. 11.) AMENDMENTS 1973-Pub. L. 93-15 authorized appropriation of $300,000,000 for fiscal year ending June 30, 1974. Chapter 16.-NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This chapter is referred to in title 33 section 1123. § 1861. Establishment; composition. OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY The Office of Science and Technology, including the offices of Director and Deputy Director, provided for by sections 1 and 2 of 1962 Reorg. Plan No. 2, was abolished and all functions vested by law in the Office of Science and Technology or the Director or Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology were transferred to the Director of the National Science Foundation by sections 2 and 3(a) (5) of 1973 Reorg. Plan No. 1, eff. July 1, 1973, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 1862. Functions. (a) Initiation and support of studies and programs; scholarships; current register of scientific and technical personnel. The Foundation is authorized and directed (1) to initiate and support basic scientific research and programs to strengthen scientific research potential and science education programs at all levels in the mathematical, physical, medical, biological, engineering, social, and other sciences, by making contracts or other arrangements (including grants, loans, and other forms of assistance) to support such scientific and educational activities and to appraise the impact of research upon industrial development and upon the general welfare; (b) Contracts, grants, loans, etc., for scientific activities; financing of programs. The Foundation is authorized to initiate and support specific scientific activities in connection with matters relating to international cooperation, national security, and the effects of scientific applications upon society by making contracts or other arrangements (including grants, loans, and other forms of assistance) for the conduct of such activities. When initiated or supported pursuant to requests made by any other Federal department or agency, including the Office of Technology Assessment, such activities shall be financed whenever feasible from funds transferred to the Foundation by the requesting official as provided in section 1873(g) of this title, and any such activities shall be unclassified and shall be identified by the Foundation as being undertaken at the request of the appropriate official. (As amended Aug. 10, 1972, Pub. L. 92-372, § 8, 86 Stat. 528; Oct. 13, 1972, Pub. L. 92-484, § 10(b), 86 Stat. 802.) AMENDMENTS 1972-Subsec. (a) (1). Pub. L. 92-372 added the support of science education programs at all levels to the functions of the Foundation and substituted "scientific and educational activities" for "scientific activities". Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92–484 added provisions authorizing the Foundation to initiate and support specific scientific activities in connection with matters relating to the effects of scientific applications upon society, and substituted provisions relating to the initiation or support pursuant to requests of activities by any other Federal department or agency, including the Office of Technology Assessment, for provisions relating to the initiation or support pursuant to requests of activities by the Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense. DENIAL OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CAMPUS DISRUPTERS Section 7 of Pub. L. 93-96, Aug. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 316, provided that: "(a) If an institution of higher education determines, after affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has been convicted by any court of record of any crime which was committed after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 16, 1973] and which involved the use of (or assistance to others in the use of) force, disruption, or the seizure of property under control of any institution of higher education to prevent officials or students in such institution from engaging in their duties or pursuing their studies, and that such crime was of a serious nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administration of the institution with respect to which such crime was committed, then the institution which such individual attends, or is employed by, shall deny for a period of two years any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs specified in subsection (c). If an institution denies an individual assistance under the authority of the preceding sentence of this subsection, then any institution which such individual subsequently attends shall deny for the remainder of the two-year period any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs specified in subsection (c). "(b) If an institution of higher education determines, after affording notice and opportunity for hearing to an individual attending, or employed by, such institution, that such individual has willfully refused to obey a lawful regulation or order of such institution after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 16, 1973], and that such refusal was of a serious nature and contributed to a substantial disruption of the administration of such institution, then such institution shall deny, for a period of two years, any further payment to, or for the direct benefit of, such individual under any of the programs specified in subsection (c). "(c) The programs referred to in subsections (a) and (b) are as follows: "(1) The programs authorized by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 [this chapter]; and "(2) The programs authorized under title IX of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 [sections 1876 to 1879 of this title] relating to establishing the Science Information Service. "(d) (1) Nothing in this Act, or any Act amended by this Act, shall be construed to prohibit any institution of higher education from refusing to award, continue, or extend any financial assistance under any such Act to any individual because of any misconduct which in its judgment bears adversely on his fitness for such assistance. "(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or prejudicing the rights and prerogatives of any institution of higher education to institute and carry out an independent, disciplinary proceeding pursuant to existing authority, practice, and law. "(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the freedom of any student to verbal expression of individual views or opinions." Similar provisions were in Pub. L. 92-86, § 7, Aug. 11, 1971, 85 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 92-372, § 7, Aug. 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 527. § 1882. Information furnished to Congressional committees. Notwithstanding any other provision of this or any other Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall keep the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate fully and currently informed with respect to all of the activities of the National Science Foundation. (Pub. L. 93-96, § 9, Aug. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 317.) REFERENCES IN TEXT This or any other Act, referred to in text, means the National Science Foundation Authorization Act, 1974, Pub. L. 93-96, or any other Act. CODIFICATION Section was enacted as a part of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act, 1974, and not as a part of the National Science Foundation Act of 1950, which comprises this chapter. SIMILAR PROVISIONS Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 91-120, § 6, Nov. 18, 1969, 83 Stat. 203. Sec. 1959. 1959a. 1959b. 1959c. Chapter 19.-SALINE AND SALT WATERS Congressional findings and policy on conversion of saline water [New]. Duties of Secretary of Interior [New]. (a) Research and studies of development of processes and equipment for converting saline water. (b) Publication of findings from research and studies for application to other than water treatment matters. (c) Engineering and technical work for development of desalting processes and plant design concepts for scaled demonstrations. (d) Methods for recovery and marketing of byproducts as offsets against treatment costs; reduction of impact on environment from discharge of brine into waters. (e) Economic studies and surveys on water production costs; information concerning relation of desalting to other aspects of comprehensive water resource planning: coordination of studies and water resources planning. Additional duties of Secretary of Interior [New]. (a) Prototype plants; preliminary investiga tions. (b) Report to Congress; recommendations respecting construction of large-scale prototype desalting plant; criteria. (c) Federal agencies; assistance. (d) State and other public agencies; assist ance. Powers of Secretary of Interior [New]. Sec. 1959d. 1959e. 1959f. 1959g. 1959h. Saline water conversion program and other Federal programs [New]. (a) Coordination or joint conduct of activi- (c) Cooperation with other Federal agencies. (e) Disposal of water and byproducts; disposition of moneys. (f) Alteration of existing water ownership Rules and regulations [New]. Definitions [New]. Authorization of appropriations [New]. (a) Availability of moneys for various ex- (c) Foreign research; availability of funds. S$ 1951 to 1958. Repealed. Pub. L. 92-60, § 11, July 29, 1971, 85 Stat. 163. Section 1951, acts July 3, 1952, ch. 568, § 1, 66 Stat. 328; Sept. 22, 1961, Pub. L. 87-295, § 1, 75 Stat. 628, stated Congressional policy on conversion of sea and saline waters and defined "saline water" and "United States", now covered by sections 1959 and 1959g (b) and (d) of this title. Section 1952, acts July 3, 1952, ch. 568, § 2, 66 Stat. 328; June 29, 1955, ch. 227, § 1(1), 69 Stat. 198; Sept. 22, 1961, Pub. L. 87-295, § 1, 75 Stat. 628; Aug. 11, 1965, Pub. L. 89-118, § 1(1), 79 Stat. 509; June 24, 1967, Pub. L. 90-30, § 1(b)-(d), 81 Stat. 78, prescribed duties of Secretary of Interior relating to (a) research and studies for development of processes and methods for converting saline water; (b) research and technical development work for developing processes and plant designs; reports to Congress; and treatment of demonstration projects as test beds; (c) recommendations to Congress for prototype plant; (d) methods for recovery and marketing of byproducts; and (e) economic studies and surveys on water production costs, now covered by sections 1959a and 1959b (b) of this title. Section 1953, acts July 3, 1952, ch. 568, § 3, 66 Stat. 329; June 29, 1955, ch. 227, § 1(2), 69 Stat. 198; Sept. 22, 1961, Pub. L. 87-295, § 1, 75 Stat. 628, provided for powers of Secretary of Interior, now covered by section 1959c of this title. Section 1954, acts July 3, 1952, ch. 568, § 4, 66 Stat. 329; Sept. 22, 1961, Pub. L. 87-295, § 1, 75 Stat. 629, provided for coordination or joint conduct of activities with Department of Defense; cooperation with other Federal agencies; and availability to public of resulting information and developments, now covered by section 1959d of this title. Section 1955, acts July 3, 1952, ch. 568, § 5, 66 Stat. 329; Sept. 22, 1961, Pub. L. 87-295, § 1, 75 Stat. 629, related to disposal of water and byproducts, disposition of moneys and alteration of existing law, now covered by section 1959d(e) and (f) of this title. Section 1956, acts July 3, 1952, ch. 568, § 6, 66 Stat. 329; Sept. 22, 1961, Pub. L. 87-295, § 1, 75 Stat. 629, provided for reports to President and Congress, now covered by section 1959f of this title. Section 1957, acts July 3, 1952, ch. 568, § 7, 66 Stat. 329; Sept. 22, 1961, Pub. L. 87-295, § 1, 75 Stat. 629, authorized issuance of rules and regulations, now covered by section 1959e of this title. Section 1958, acts July 3, 1952, ch. 568, § 8, 66 Stat. 329; June 29, 1955, ch. 227, § 1(3), 69 Stat. 198; Sept. 22, 1961, Pub. L. 87-295, § 1, 75 Stat. 629; Aug. 11, 1965, Pub. L. 89 118, § 1(2), 79 Stat. 509; June 24, 1967, Pub. L. 90-30, § 1(a), 81 Stat. 78; Apr. 29, 1968, Pub. L. 90-297, § 1, 82 Stat. 110, authorized appropriations, now covered by section 1959h of this title. §§ 1958a to 1958g. Omitted. CODIFICATION Sections, consisting of sections 1 to 7 of Pub. L. 85-883, Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1706, as amended, popularly known as the "Saline Water Demonstration Act", provided for a program of constructing demonstration plants for the production, fom saline or brackish waters, of water suitable for agricultural, industrial, municipal, and other beneficial consumptive uses. Sections have been omitted as executed in view of section 4 of Pub. L. 85-883, as amended by Pub. L. 87-295, § 2, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 630, classified to former section 1958d of this title, which provided that the authority for construction and operation of the demonstration plants terminated upon the expiration of twelve years after September 2, 1958. See section 1959 et seq. of this title. §1959. Congressional findings and policy on conversion of saline water. The Congress in consideration of the Federal responsibility for water resource conservation by means of comprehensive planning, planning and construction of water resource development projects, administration of the navigable waterways, and maintenance of water quality standards finds that the technology for the conversion of saline and other chemically contaminated waters is vital to all these areas of responsibility. It is the policy of the Congress, therefore, to provide for the development and demonstration of practicable means to convert saline and other chemically contaminated water to a quality suitable for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and other beneficial uses. (Pub. L. 92-60, § 2, July 29, 1971, 85 Stat. 159.) SHORT TITLE Section 1 of Pub. L. 92-60 provided: "That this Act [which enacted sections 1959 to 1959h and repealed sections 1951 to 1958 of this title] may be cited as "The Saline Water Conversion Act of 1971'." § 1959a. Duties of Secretary of Interior. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to (a) Research and studies for development of processes and equipment for converting saline water. conduct, encourage, and promote basic scientific research and fundamental studies to develop effective and economical processes and equipment for the purpose of converting saline and other chemically contaminated water into water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses; (b) Publication of findings from research and studies for application to other than water treatment matters. pursue the findings of research and studies authorized by this chapter having potential practical applications to matters other than water treatment to the stage that such findings can be published in an effective form for utilization by others; (c) Engineering and technical work for development of desalting processes and plant design concepts for scaled demonstrations. conduct engineering and technical work including the design, construction, and testing of pilot plants, test beds, and modules to develop desalting processes and plant design concepts to the point of demonstration on a practical scale; (d) Methods for recovery and marketing of byproducts as offsets against treatment costs; reduction of impact on environment from discharge of brine into waters. study methods for the recovery and marketing of byproducts resulting from the desalination of water to offset the costs of treatment and to reduce impact on the environment from the discharge of brines into lakes, streams, and other waters; and (e) Economic studies and surveys on water production costs; information concerning relation of desalting to other aspects of comprehensive water resource planning: coordination of studies and water resource planning. undertake economic studies and surveys to determine present and prospective costs of producing water for beneficial consumptive purposes in various parts of the United States by the saline water processes as compared with other standard methods, and by means of mathematical models or other methodologies prepare and maintain information concerning the relation of desalting to other aspects of State, regional, and national comprehensive water resource planning: Provided, That in carrying out this function, the Secretary shall coordinate these studies with planning being performed under the provisions of the Water Resources Planning Act, as amended. (Pub. L. 92-60, § 3, July 29, 1971, 85 Stat. 159.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Water Resources Planning Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (e), is classified to chapter 19B of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1959f of this title. § 1959b. Additional duties of Secretary of Interior. (a) Prototype plants; preliminary investigations. The Secretary is authorized and directed to conduct preliminary investigations and to explore potential cooperative agreements with non-Federal utilities and governmental entities in order to develop recommendations for Federal participation in the construction, operation, and maintenance of prototype plants utilizing desalting technologies for the production of water for consumptive use. (b) Report to Congress; recommendations respecting construction of large-scale prototype desalting plant; criteria. The Secretary is authorized and directed to report to the President and to the Congress, not later than one year after July 29, 1971, his recommendation as to the best opportunity for the early construction of a large-scale prototype desalting plant. In making his recommendation, the Secretary shall consider the following— (i) plant size and process type best suited, within the presently available technology, to demonstrate the practicability of construction and operation of a large-scale plant for water supply on a reliable basis, and to provide information on the management problems and economics of such operation; (ii) availability of operating entities or utilities willing to enter, and capable of entering, into agreements and contracts to provide a market for water and an operating agency for the plants; (iii) availability of entities or utilities willing to enter, and capable of entering, into agreements and contracts to provide an energy source for the plants; (iv) availability of a site, the environmental implications of the energy source, and brine disposal problems; and (v) need for the development of new water sources in the area. (c) Federal agencies; assistance. In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Secretary shall utilize the expertise of the water and power marketing agencies of the Department of the Interior or of other Federal agencies to insure that the recommended prototype plant and the supporting agreements are fully integrated and compatible with the water and power systems of the region. (d) State and other public agencies; assistance. The Secretary is authorized to accept financial and other assistance from any State or public agency in connection with studies or surveys relating to saline water conversion problems and facilities and to enter into contracts with respect to such assistance. (Pub. L. 92–60, § 4, July 29, 1971, 85 Stat. 160.) SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 1959f of this title. § 1959c. Powers of Secretary of Interior. In carrying out his functions under this chapter, the Secretary may— (a) make grants to educational institutions and scientific organizations, and enter into contracts with such institutions and organizations and with industrial or engineering firms; (b) acquire the services of chemists, physicists, engineers, and other personnel by contract or otherwise; (c) utilize the facilities of Federal scientific laboratories; (d) establish and operate necessary facilities and test sites to carry on the continuous research, testing, development, and programing necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter; (e) acquire secret processes, technical data, inventions, patent applications, patents, licenses, land and interests in land (including water rights), plants and facilities, and other property or rights by purchase, license, lease, or donation; (f) assemble and maintain pertinent and current scientific literature, both domestic and foreign, and issue bibliographical data with respect thereto; (g) cause on-site inspections to be made of promising projects, domestic and foreign, and, in the case of projects located in the United States, cooperate and participate in their development when the purposes of this chapter will be served thereby; (h) foster and participate in regional, national, and international conferences relating to saline water conversion; (i) coordinate, correlate, and publish information with a view to advancing the development of low-cost saline water conversion projects; and (j) cooperate with other Federal departments and agencies, with State and local departments, agencies and instrumentalities, and with interested persons, firms, institutions, and organizations. (Pub. L. 92-60, § 5, July 29, 1971, 85 Stat. 160.) § 1959d. Saline water conversion program and other Federal programs. (a) Coordination or joint conduct of activities with Department of Defense. Research and development activities undertaken by the Secretary shall be coordinated or conducted jointly with the Department of Defense to the end that developments under this chapter which are primarily of a civil nature will contribute to the defense of the Nation and that developments which are primarily of a military nature will, to the greatest pracțicable extent compatible with military and security requirements, be available to advance the purposes of this chapter and to strengthen the civil economy of the Nation. The Secretary will cooperate with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to insure that research and development work performed under this chapter makes the fullest possible contribution to the improvement of processes and techniques for the treatment of saline and other chemically contaminated waters and to avoid the duplication of the experience, expertise, and data regarding desalting technologies which have been acquired in the performance of the Saline Water Conversion Act. (c) Cooperation with other Federal agencies. The Secretary shall cooperate fully with the Atomic Energy Commission, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Department of State, and other concerned agencies in the interest of achieving the objectives of this chapter. (d) Research information and developments: availability to public; patent rights; rules and revisions of rules: publication in Federal Register. All research within the United States contracted for, sponsored, cosponsored, or authorized under authority of this chapter, shall be provided for in such manner that all information, uses, products, processes, patents, and other developments resulting from such research developed by Government expenditure will (with such exceptions and limitations, if any, as the Secretary may find to be necessary in the interest of national defense) be available to the general public. This subsection shall not be so construed as to deprive the owner of any background patent relating thereto of such rights as he may have thereunder. Within six months of July 29, 1971, the Secretary shall publish rules in the Federal Register to give effect to the provisions of this subsection and shall subsequently publish all revisions in the same manner. (e) Disposal of water and byproducts; disposition of moneys. The Secretary may dispose of water and byproducts resulting from his operations under this chapter. All moneys received from dispositions under this section shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts except where such operations may be undertaken as a part of a Federal reclamation pro ject in which case the financial provisions of Reclamation Law (32 Stat. 388 and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto) will govern. (f) Alteration of existing water ownership and control law. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter existing law with respect to the ownership and control of water. (Pub. L. 92-60, § 6, July 29, 1971, 85 Stat. 161.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Saline Water Conversion Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act July 3, 1952, ch. 568, 66 Stat. 328, as amended, formerly classified to section 1951 et seq. of this title and now covered by section 1959 et seq. of this title. Reclamation Law (32 Stat. 388 and Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto), referred to in subsec. (e), are classified generally to Title 43, Public Lands. See Tables Volume for distribution. § 1959e. Rules and regulations. The Secretary of the Interior may issue rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. (Pub. L. 92-60, § 7, July 29, 1971, 85 Stat. 162.) § 1959f. Report to the President and Congress. The Secretary shall submit to the President and to the Congress not later than December 31, 1975, a report on (i) the status of research and development work in progress under the provisions of section 1959a (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this title, along with a program for the orderly termination of these activities in accordance with section 1959h (b) of this title; and (ii) the status of work in progress under the provisions of section 1959a (e) and section 1959b of this title along with the recommendations for the integration of these remaining functions within the on-going water resource programs of the Department of the Interior. (Pub. L. 92-60, § 8, July 29, 1971, 85 Stat. 162.) § 1959g. Definitions. As used in this chapter (a) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior; (b) the term "saline water" includes sea water, brackish water, mineralized ground or surface water, and irrigation return flows; (c) the term "other chemically contaminated water" refers to waters which contain chemicals susceptible to removal by desalting processes; (d) the term "United States" extends to and includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands; and the provisions of this chapter shall also apply to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; (e) the term "pilot plant" means an experimental unit of small size, usually less than one hundred thousand gallons per day capacity, used for early evaluation and development of new or improved processes and to obtain technical and engineering data; (f) the term "test bed" means an intermediatesized, experimental desalting plant of up to two million gallons per day capacity used for further evaluation and refinement of processes in the field |