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\0' ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT m^ APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1996 Y4.AP 6/1: EN 2/2/996/ PT.8 Energy and Uater Developnent Approp. INGS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT JOHN T. MYERS, Indiana, Chairman HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky TOM BEVILL, Alabama JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan VIC FAZIO, California FRANK RIGGS, California JIM CHAPMAN,Texas RODNEYP. FRELINGHUYSEN, NewJersey JIM BUNN, Oregon NOTE:UnderCommitteeRules,Mr.Livingston,asChairmanoftheFullCommittee,andMr.Obey,asRanking MinorityMemberoftheFullCommittee,areauthorizedtositasMembersofallSubcommittees. James D. Ogsbury, Bob Schmidt, andJeanne Wilson,StaffAssistants PART 8 (Pages 1271-2535) TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER mTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS Juh 1 Printed for the use ofthe Committee on Appropriations ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1996 HEAEINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT JOHN T. MYERS, Indiana, Chairman HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky TOM BEVILL, Alabama JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan VIC FAZIO, California FRANKRIGGS, California JIM CHAPMAN, Texas RODNEYP. FRELINGHUYSEN, NewJersey JIM BUNN, Oregon NOTE:UnderCommitteeRules,Mr.Livingston,asChairmanoftheFullCommittee,andMr.Obey,asRanking MinorityMemberoftheFullCommittee,areauthorizedtositasMembersofallSubcommittees. James D. Ogsbury, Bob Schmidt, andJeanne Wilson, StaffAssistants PART 8 (Pages 1271-2535) TESTIMONY OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND OTHER INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS Printed for the use ofthe Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENTPRINTINGOFFICE 90-338 O WASHINGTON : 1995 ForsalebytheU.S.Govemiiien."nntingOffice SuperintendentofDocuments,CongressionalSalesOffice,Washington,DC20402 ISBN 0-16-047108-7 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman JOSKPH M. MillADE, Pennsylvania DAVID R. OBEY. Wisconsin JOHN T. MYKRS. Indiana SIDNEY R. YATES. Illinois C. W. BILL YOUNG. Florida LOUIS STOKES. Ohio RALPH REGUI.A, Ohio TOM BEVILL. Alabama ,IKRRY LEWIS, California JOHN P. MURTHA. Pennsylvania JOHN EDW/VRD PORTER. Illinois CHARLES WIl;SON. Texas HAROLD ROGERS. Kentucky NORMAN D. DICKS. Washington JOE SKKEN. New MexitM MARTIN OIAV SABO. Minnesota FR.\NK R. WOLF. Virginia JULI/VN C. DIXON. California TOM UkLAY, Texas VIC FAZIO. California JIM KOLHE. Arizona W. G, (BILL^ HEFNER. North Carolina HARHAR.\ F. VUCANOVICH. Nevada STENY H. HOYER. Maryland JIM LIGHTFOOT. Iowa RICHARDJ. DURBIN. Illinois RON PACKARP. California RONALD D. COLEMAN. Texas SONN^' CALLAHAN. Alabama ALAN B. MOLLOHAN. West Virginia JAMEST. WALSH. New York JIM CHAPMAN. Texas CHARLES H. TAYLOR. North Camlina MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio DAVIO L. HOHSON, Ohio DAVID E. SKAGGS. Colorado EliNEST J. ISTOOK. Jk.. Oklahoma NANCY PELOSl. California HENRY nONILLA. Texas PETERJ. VISCLOSKY, Indiana JOE KNOLLENRERG. Michigan THOMAS M. FOGLIE1TA. Pennsylvania n.\N MILLER. Florida ESTEB.\N EDWARD TORRES. California JAY niCKEY. Arkansas NITA M. LOWEY. New York .)ACK KlNc;STON, (un^rgia RAY THORNTON. Arkansas FlUNK RUU;S, California RODNEY P. FRKLINGHUYSEN. New Jersey ROGER F. WICKER. Mississippi M1CHAI-:L p. FORBES. New York GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT. Jr.. Washington JIM BUNN. On^gon MAIiK W. NEUMANN. Wisconsin James W. D^^:K. Clerk and StaffDinector ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1996 TESTIMONYOF MEMBERS OF CONGRESSAND OTHER INTERESTED INDIVIDUALSAND ORGANIZATIONS Tuesday, March 28, 1995. COMMUNITYENERGYSYSTEMSAND FUEL CELL ENERGYFACILITIES WITNESSES REVERENDT.BYRONCOLLINS,S.J.,GEORGETOWNUNIVERSITY REVERENDWILLIAML.GEORGE,S.J.,GEORGETOWNUNIVERSITY Mr. Myers. The committee will come to order. This morning we are privileged to have two folks who come quite often to see us. Father Collins, and Father George from George- town. We appreciate your coming in again this morning and we would be pleased to hear from you. Your prepared statements will be placed in the record and you may proceed in whatever fashion you care. Father William George. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee and staff, thank you for the opportunity to testify. I am Father George, Assistant to the President of Georgetown; Father Collins, my senior religion; Dean Price, the university architect emeritus, whose genius has helped us think of these projects you have heard ofover the years; and Bernard Del Ray, who is one of the brilliant students working for us. And believe it or not, he is more organized than we are. But we thankyou for the opportunity totestify. Father Collins is going to speak to the project on the commercialization ofa total energy regeneration system that does not use incineration that we are hopefully, on the way to getting started. Lastyearwe soughttheblessingofthe authorizingcommittees and they gave it to us, but the bill did not get through. So this year we are seeking it again and they are very cooperative so far. So we appreciate the opportunity. Father Collins will clarifyveryquicklybecause he has taught me tobebrief. [The statement ofFather Georgefollows:] (1271) 1272 SubconunitteeonEnergyandWaterDevelopment S„/e/>''i^^ CommitteeonAppropriations U.SHouseofRepresentatives PublicWitnessTestimonyforFY'96 March28,1995 RHOB-Room2368 10:00am Mr.Chairmanandmembersofthecommittee,IamRev.T.ByronCollins,S.J.,and IamRev.WilliamL.George,S.J.,AssistantstothePresidentofGeorgetownUniversity. ThanlcyoufortheopportunitytotestifyonthecommercializationofaSolidWaste-to- TotalEnergyRegenerationSystem. TheprogramrequesthasbeenmadetotheCommerceCommitteeforthe authorizationtocoverthespecificelementsofthecommercializationprogram. Weaskyour supporttodayforthenecessaryplanningfundstomakethisprojectareality. Aplanning fundof$780,000isessentialtoallowfortheinceptionoftheSolidWaste-to-Total EnergyRegenerationSystemandforthedesignconceptstobeformulatedacciuately. This projectoffersanenvironmentallysoimdalternativetotheburyandbumwastemanagement techniquesthataresupportedinthePresidentialrequestforNon-DefenseEnvironmental Restoration. Allfutureauthorizedfundswillbeprivatelymatchedinaccordancewiththe appropriateDepartmentofEnergyformulaintheauthorizationprogram. Ourprogramistocommercializeatotalintegratedenergysystemthatusesnon-toxic wastetoproduceelectricpower,heat,cleanchilledwater,oxygen,hydrogen,andmethanol inanenvironmentallybenignway. UndertheleadershipofJetPropulsionLaboratory(JPL- CaliforniaInstimteofTechnology),NationalRenewableEnergyLaboratory(NREL),NASA andothers,thisprojectwouldbeofspecialinteresttocolleges,universities,andhospitalsin theUnitedStates. Theprograminvolvesanassemblyofpresentlymanufactureddevicesintoan innovativearraythatmetabolizeswastewithoutincinerationintoenvironmentallysafe elementsincludingoxygenandhydrogen. ThisprocessdeliversthesegasestotheFuelCell einnteerggryatepsrotdhuect3i0o0nKimWitpchroetaotivnoglthaeiact,naetlieocntarlicietxye,mcplleaarnfwaacitleirty,anadsmaentheassneonlt.ialTfhoerptrheogram electrolyzerprocess. Theexistingcryoaquaticnationalexemplarwillserveasanecessary energyproductionelementforthesystem. Thisdemonstratestheabilitytocommercialize theuseoftheseexistingtechnologiesintheenvironmentallysoundmitigationofwasteand theproductionofenergy,whileproducingusefulelementssuchasoxygenandhydrogen. 1273 CommercializationforanOn-SiteSolidWaste-to-TotalEnergyRegenerationSystem •Createsanintegrated,on-sitetotalenergysystem -solidandcomplexwastemitigation(non-incineration) -environmentallybenignpowergenerationandstorage -clean,potablewaterproduction -chillwaterproduction -oxygenproductionforbiomassreformingandmedicaluses -carbonmonoxidemitigation •AcceleratesU.S.Commercialization -biomassreformers,fuelcells,superheatedsteamreformers,electrolyzers, photovoltaics.. 1274 BASICELEMENTSOFJUSTinCATION NATIONALEXEMPLARADVANCED WASTETOTOTALENERGY COMMUNITYENERGYSYSTEM DEFINITION: NATIONALEXEMPLAR(UNIQUEEXCEPTIONALMODEL) RequiredCriteria: • 1.Itmustbedirecttydedicatedtonanonaineed. •2.Itmustbeintheultimateinterestofthetaxpayer. •3.Itmustservetheinterestofpreservation/enhancementoftheenvironment. •4. ItmtisthaveacommittedplanforcoimnerciaiizauonofadvancedUS technology. •5.Itmustdemonstrateadvancedavailable proven butnotyetmassproduced UStechnology^ technologycommercialbutnotyetcommercialized. •6. Itmustserveasanexemplartorasignificantnumberofsimilarennties.and haveimmediatereplicabiiityinthecommernalizationplanasbroadaspossible, andforexport. •7. ItshouldbedesignedasanewArchitectureinintegratedsystemsengmeenng anddesignformaximumbenent •8.Itmustbeamodelneighborandbenetittothe community. Thisexemplardirectlyaddressestheoverwhelmingtoxicandsolidwasteproblemof the US and the world by rendenng this horrendous environmental problem into mmuscuie clean useful panicles on-site producing a vanety of useful necessary proaucts. directly, including '.otal energy svstems. This exemplar provides the opportunity ;o eventuailv eammate iandfills. .r.cineration proolems. cxnensive reguiatea solid waste transponation ana pacKagine. Jecreasmg neea tcr water '.reatmentplants, pervasive energyanawaterconservationwith on-site pure water proQucnon(10.000gallonsperday.approximateiy),on-sitetotalenergyproductionas distnbuted clean power, on-site inexpensive hydrogen production increasing the amvaitimeofatruehydrogeninfrastructure.Thisexemplardemonstrateshowsolid waste,eventhemostcomplexofwastesisnotonlymitigatedon-site,butadditionally produces oxygen for bio-mass reformation enhancement and medical uses. This exemplarrmtigatescarbonmonoxide intheambient airofthesystem, etc Public andprivateutilitieswoulddirectlybenefitbydecreasinglargelongtermcapitalcosts of large plants by clean distnbuted reliable power. This system also produces methanolandhydrogenfuelsfortransportation. 1275 1276