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The
Solid Waste
i Disposal
Act
Title II of Public Law 89-272
89th Congress, S.306-October 20, 1965
by The Resource Recovery Act of 1970
Public Law 91-512-91st Congress,
H. R. 11833-October 26,1970
and
by Public Law 93-14-93rd Congress,
H. R. 5446-April 9,1973
(To extend the amended Solid Waste
Disposal Act—for one year)
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3d revision
1973
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Office of Solid Waste Management Programs
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SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT
[PUBLIC LAW 89-272—89ra CONGRESS, S. 306, APPROVED
OCTOBER 20, 1965]
AN ACT To authorize a research and development program with
respect to solid-waste disposal, and for other purposes.
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TITLE II—SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL1
SHORT TITLE
SEC. 201. This title (hereinafter referred to as "this
Act") may be cited as the "Solid Waste Disposal Act".
FINDINGS AND PURPOSES
SEC. 202. (a) The Congress finds—
(1) that the continuing technological progress and
improvement in methods of manufacture, packaging,
and marketing of consumer products has resulted in
an ever-mounting increase, and in a change in the
characteristics, of the mass of material discarded
by the purchaser of such products;
(2) that the economic and population growth of
our Nation, and the improvements in the standard of
living enjoyed by our population, have required in-
creased industrial production to meet our needs, and
have made necessary the demolition of old buildings,
the construction of new buildings, and the provision
of highways and other avenues of transportation,
which, together with related industrial, commercial,
and agricultural operations, have resulted in a ris-
ing tide of scrap, discarded, and waste materials;
(3) that the continuing concentration of our popu-
lation in expanding metropolitan and other urban
areas has presented these communities with serious
financial, management, intergovernmental, and tech-
nical problems in the disposal of solid wastes result-
ing from the industrial, commercial, domestic, and
other activities carried on in such areas;
(4) that inefficient and improper methods of dis-
posal of solid wastes result in scenic blights, create
serious hazards to the public health, including pollu-
tion of air and water resources, accident hazards,
and increase in rodent and insect vectors of disease,
1 Title I of P.L. 89-272 amended the Clean Air Act (P.L. 88-206).
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have an adverse effect on land values, create public
nuisances, otherwise interfere with community life
and development;
(5) that the failure or inability to salvage and re-
use such materials economically results in the un-
necessary waste and depletion of our natural re-
sources; and
(6) that while the collection and disposal of solid
wastes should continue to be primarily the function
of State, regional, and local agencies, the problems
of waste disposal as set forth above have become a
matter national in scope and in concern and necessi-
tate Federal action through financial and technical
assistance and leadership in the development,
demonstration, and application of new and im-
proved methods and processes to reduce the amount
of waste and unsalvageable materials and to pro-
vide for proper and economical solid-waste disposal
practices.
(b)2 The purposes of this Act therefore are—
(1) to promote the demonstration, construction,
and application of solid waste management and re-
source recovery systems which preserve and enhance
the quality or air, water, and land resources;
(2) to provide technical and financial assistance to
States and local governments and interstate agencies
in the planning and development of resource recov-
ery and solid waste disposal programs;
(3) to promote a national research and develop-
ment program for improved management tech-
niques, more effective organizational arrangements,
and new and improved methods of collection, sep-
aration, recovery, and recycling of solid wastes, and
the environmentally safe disposal of nonrecoverable
residues;
(4) to provide for the promulgation of guidelines
for solid waste collection, transport, separation, re-
covery, and disposal systems; and
(5) to provide for training grants in occupations
involving the design, operation, and maintenance of
solid waste disposal systems.
DEFINITIONS
SBC. 203.3 When used in this Act:
(1) 3a The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of
Health, Education, and Welfare; except that such term
means the Secretary of the Interior with respect to prob-
lems of solid waste resulting from the extraction, proc-
* Sec. 202(b) amended by sec. 101, P.L. 91-512.
8 Sec. 203 amended by sec. 102, P.L. 91-512.
3aBy reason of the establishment of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
in December 1970, the references in the cited legislation to "The Secretary" or to
"The Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare" should be changed to read
"The Administrator" or "The Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency."
Authority for this change: The President's Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970. There
are 30 or more places in the legislation where such changes should be made, beginning
with Section 203 (p. 2), entitled "Definitions."
Specific references in the legislation to the Secretary of any other Department of
the Executive Branch should not be changed.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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essing, or utilization of minerals or fossil fuels where
the generation, production, or reuse of such waste is or
may be controlled within the extraction, processing, or
utilization facility or facilities and where such control
is a feature of the technology or economy of the operation
of such facility or facilities.
(2) The term "State" means a State, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin
**" Islands, Guam, and American Samoa,
0 (3) The term "interstate agency" means an agency
1 of two or more municipalities in different States, or an
~ agency established by two or more States, with authority
^ to provide for the disposal of solid wastes and serving
'* two or more municipalities located in different States.
^ (4r) The term "solid waste" means garbage, refuse,
~~ and other discarded solid materials, including solid-waste
J) materials resulting from industrial, commercial, and ag-
ricultural operations, and from community activities,
but does not include solids or dissolved material in
domestic sewage or other significant pollutants in water
resources, such as silt, dissolved or suspended solids in
industrial waste water effluents, dissolved materials in
irrigation return flows or other common water pollutants.
(5) The term "solid-waste disposal" means the collec-
tion, storage, treatment, utilization, processing, or final
disposal of solid waste.
(6) The term "construction," with respect to any proj-
ect of construction under this act, means (A) the erec-
tion or building of new structures and acquisition of
lands or interests therein, or the acquisition, replace-
ment, expansion, remodeling, alteration, modernization,
or extension of existing structures, and (B) the acquisi-
tion and installation of initial equipment of, or required
in connection with, new or newly acquired structures or
the expanded, remodeled, altered, modernized or ex-
tended part of existing structures (including trucks and
other motor vehicles, and tractors, cranes, and other
machinery) necessary for the proper utilization and op-
eration of the facility after completion of the project; and
includes preliminary planning to determine the economic
and engineering feasibility and the public health and
safety aspects of the project, the engineering, architec-
tural, legal, fiscal, and economic investigations and
studies, and any surveys, designs, plans, working draw-
ings, specifications, and other action necessary for the
carrying out of the project, and (C) the inspection and
supervision of the process of carrying out the project to
completion.
(7) the term "municipality" means a city, town, bor-
ough, county, parish, district, or other public body cre-
ated by or pursuant to State law with responsibility for
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the planning or administration of solid waste disposal, or
an Indian tribe.
(8) The term "intermunicipal agency" means an agency
established by two or more municipalities with responsi-
bility for planning or administration of solid waste
disposal.
(9) The term "recovered resources" means materials
or energy recovered from solid wastes.
(10) The term "resource recovery system" means a
solid waste management system which provides! for col-
lection, separation, recycling, and recovery of solid
wastes, including disposal of nonrecoverable waste
residues.
RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, TRAINING, AND OTHIS
ACTTVTTIEB
BeeSarftI'of ®EC' 204:* (ft) The Secretary shall conduct, and encour-
stecretary, age, cooperate with, and render financial and other as-
42 esc 3253 gigtance to appropriate public (whether Federal, State,
interstate, or local) authorities, agencies, and institutions,
private agencies and institutions, and individuals in the
conduct of, and promote the coordination of, research,
investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, sur-
veys, and studies relating to—
(1) any adverse health and welfare effects of the re-
lease into the environment of material present in solid
waste, and methods to eliminate such effects;
(2) the operation and financing of solid waste dis-
posal programs;
(3) the reduction of the amount of such waste and
unsalvageable waste materials;
(4) the development and application of new knd im-
proved methods of collecting and disposing of solid waste
and processing and recovering materials and energy from
solid wastes; and
(5) the identification of solid waste components and
potential materials and energy recoverable from such
waste components.
(b) In carrying out the provisions of the preceding
subsection, the Secretary is authorized to—
(1) collect and make available, through publica-
tions and other appropriate means, the results of,
and other information pertaining to, such research
and other activities, including appropriate recom-
mendations in connection therewith;
(2) cooperate with public and private agencies,
institutions, and organizations, and with any indus-
tries involved, in the preparation and the conduct of
such research and other activities; and
(3) make grants-in-aid to public or private agen-
• Sec. 204 (a) amended by Sec. 103, P.L. 91-512.
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cies and institutions and to individuals for research,
training projects, surveys, and demonstrations (in-
cluding construction of facilities), and provide for
the conduct of research, training, surveys, and dem-
onstrations by contract with public or private agen-
cies and institutions and with individuals; and such
contracts for research or demonstrations or both (in-
cluding contracts for construction) may be made in
accordance with and subject to the limitations pro-
vided with respect to research contracts of the mili-
tary departments in title 10, United States Code,
section 2353, except that the determination, ap- TOA stat. 134
proval, and certification required thereby shall be
made by the Secretary.
(c) Any grant, agreement, or contract made or entered
into under this section shall contain provisions effective
to insure that all information, uses, processes, patents and
other developments resulting from any activity under-
taken pursuant to such grant, agreement, or contract will
be made readily available on fair and equitable terms to
industries utilizing methods of solid-waste disposal and
industries engaging in furnishing devices, facilities,
equipment, and supplies to be used in connection with
solid-waste disposal. In carrying out the provisions of
this section, the Secretary and each department, agency,
and officer of the Federal Government having functions
or duties under this Act shall make use of and adhere to
the Statement of Government Patent Policy which was
promulgated by the President in his memorandum of
October 10, 1963. (3 CFK, 1963 Supp., p. 238.)
SPECIAL STUDY AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON RECOVERY
OF USEFUL ENERGY AND MATERIALS
SEC. 205.8 (a) The Secretary shall carry out an inves-
tigation and study to determine^—
(1) means of recovering materials and energy
from solid waste, recommended uses of such mate-
rials and energy for national or international wel-
fare, including identification of potential markets
for such recovered resources, and the impact of dis-
tribution of such resources on existing markets;
(2) changes in current product characteristics and
production and packaging practices which would
reduce the amount of solid waste;
(3) methods of collection, separation, and contain-
erization which will encourage efficient utilization of
facilities and contribute to more effective programs
of reduction, reuse, or disposal of wastes;
(4) the use of Federal procurement to develop
market demand for recovered resources;
•Sec. 205 added by sec. 104(a) of P.L. 01-512.
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Report to
President and
Congress
Demonstration
projects
(5) recommended incentives (including Federal
grants, loans, and other assistance) and disincentives
to accelerate the reclamation or recycling of mate-
rials from solid wastes, with special emphasis on
motor vehicle hulks;
(6) the effect of existing public policies, including
subsidies and economic incentives and disincentives,
percentage depletion allowances, capital gains treat-
ment and other tax incentives and disincentives, upon
the recycling and reuse of materials, and the likely
effect of the modification or elimination of such in-
centives and disincentives upon the reuse, recycling
and conservation of such materials; and
(7) the necessity and method of imposing disposal
or other charges on packaging, containers, vehicles,
and other manufactured goods, which charges would
reflect the cost of final disposal, the value of recover-
able components of the item, and any social costs as-
sociated with nonrecycling or uncontrolled disposal
of such items.
The Secretary shall from time to time, but not less fre-
quently than annually, report the results of such inves-
tigation and study to the President and the Congress.
(b) The Secretary is also authorized to carry out dem-
onstration projects to test and demonstrate methods and
techniques developed pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) Section 204 (b) and (c) shall be applicable to in-
vestigations, studies, and projects carried out under this
section.
INTERSTATE AKD INTERLOCAL COOPERATION
SEC. 206.6 The Secretary shall encourage cooperative
activities by the States and local governments in connec-
tion with solid-waste disposal programs; encourage
where practicable, interstate, interlocal, and regional
planning for, and the conduct of, interstate, interlocal,
and regional solid-waste disposal programs; and encour-
age the enactment of improved and, so far as practicable,
uniform State and local laws governing solid-waste
disposal.
GRANTS FOR STATE, INTERSTATE, AND LOCAL PLANNING
SEO. 207.7 (a) The Secretary may from time to time,
upon such terms and conditions consistent with this sec-
tion as he finds appropriate to carry out the purposes of
this Act, make grants to State, interstate, municipal, and
intermunicipal agencies, and organizations composed of
•Previous sec. 205 redesignated as sec. 206 by sec. 104(a) ot
P.L. 91-512.
' Sec. 207 added by sec. 104 (b) of P.L. 91-512.
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public officials which are eligible for assistance under
section 701 (g) of the Housing Act of 1954, of not to
exceed 66% per centum of the cost in the case of an appli-
cation with respect to an area including only one munic-
ipality, and not to exceed 75 per centum of the cost in any
other case, of—
(1) making surveys of solid waste disposal prac-
tices and problems within the jurisdictional areas of
such agencies and
(2) developing and revising solid waste disposal
plans as part of regional environmental protection
systems for such areas, providing for recycling or
recovery of materials from wastes whenever possible
and including planning for the reuse of solid waste
disposal areas and studies of the effect and relation-
ship of solid waste disposal practices on areas adja-
cent to waste disposal sites,
(3) developing proposals for projects to be carried
out pursuant to section 208 of this Act, or
(4) planning programs for the removal and proc-
essing of abandoned motor vehicle hulks.
(b) Grants pursuant to this section may be made upon
application therefor which—
(1) designates or establishes a single agency
(which may be an interdepartmental agency) as the
sole agency for carrying out the purposes of this
section for the area involved;
(2) indicates the manner in which provision will
be made to assure full consideration of all aspects of
planning essential to areawide planning for proper
and effective solid waste disposal consistent with the
protection of the public health and welfare, including
such factors as population growth, urban and metro-
politan development, land use planning, water pollu-
tion control, air pollution control, and the feasibility
of regional disposal and resource recovery programs;
(3) sets forth plans for expenditure of such grant,
which plans provide reasonable assurance of carrying
out the purposes of this section;
(4) provides for submission of such reports of the
activities of the agency in carrying out the purposes
of this section, in such form and containing such in-
formation, as the Secretary may from time to time
find necessary for carrying out the purposes of this
section and for keeping such records and affording
such access thereto as he may find necessary; and
(5) provides for such fiscal-control and fund-
accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure
proper disbursement of and accounting for funds
paid to the agency under this section.
82 Stat. 530
40 USC 461
Cost limitation
84 Stat. 1229
84 Stat. 1230
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(c) The Secretary shall make a grant under this sec-
tion only if he finds that there is satisfactory assurance
that the planning of solid waste disposal will be coordi-
nated, so far as practicable, with and not duplicate other
related State, interstate, regional, and local planning
activities, including those financed in part with, funds
pursuant to section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954.
GRANTS FOR RESOURCE RECOVERY SYSTEMS AND IMPROVED
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES
SEC. 208.8 (a) The Secretary is authorized to make
grants pursuant to this section to any State, municipal,
or interstate or intermunicipal agency for the demonstra-
tion of resource recovery systems or for the construction
of new or improved solid waste disposal facilities.
(b) (1) Any grant under this section for the demon-
stration of a resource recovery system may be made only
if it (A) is consistent with any plans which meet the
requirements of section 207(b) (2) of this Act; (B) is
consistent with the guidelines recommended pursuant to
section 209 of this Act; (C) is designed to provide area-
wide resource recovery systems consistent with the pur-
poses of this Act, as determined by the Secretary,
pursuant to regulations promulgated under subsection
(d) of this section; and (D) provides an equitable
system for distributing the costs associated with construc-
tion, operation, and maintenance of any resource recovery
system among the users of such system.
Federal (2) The Federal share for any project to which para-
ftmftation graph (1) applies shall not be more than 75 percent.
(c) (1) A grant under this section for the construction
of a new, or improved solid waste disposal facility may be
made only if—
(A) a State or interstate plan for solid waste dis-
posal has been adopted which applies to the area
involved, and the facility to be constructed (i) is
consistent with such plan, (ii) is included in a com-
prehensive plan for the area involved which is
satisfactory to the Secretary for the purposes of this
Act, and (iii) is consistent with the guidelines rec-
ommended under section 209, and
(B) the project advances the state of the art by
applying new and improved techniques in reducing
the environmental impact of solid waste disposal, in
achieving recovery 01 energy or resources, or in re-
cycling useful materials.
(2) The Federal share for any project to which para-
graph. (1) applies shall be not more than 50 percent in
• Sec. 208 added by sec. 104 (b) P.L. 91-512.
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the case of a project serving an area which includes only
one municipality, and not more than 75 percent in any
other case.
(d) (1) The Secretary, within ninety days after the date
of enactment of the Resource Eecovery Act of 1970, shall
promulgate regulations establishing a procedure for
awarding grants under this section which—
(A) provides that projects will be carried out in
communities of varying sizes, under such conditions
as will assist in solving the community waste prob-
lems of urban-industrial centers, metropolitan re-
gions, and rural areas, under representative geo-
graphic and environmental conditions; and
(B) provides deadlines for submission of, and
action on, grant requests.
(2) In taking action on applications for grants under
this section, consideration shall be given by the Secretary
(A) to the public benefits to be derived by the construc-
tion and the propriety of Federal aid in making such
grant; (B) to the extent applicable, to the economic and
commercial viability of the project (including contractual
arrangements with the private sector to market any re-
sources recovered); (C) to the potential of such project
for general application to community solid waste disposal
problems; and (D) to the use by the applicant of com-
prehensive regional or metropolitan area planning.
(e) A grant under this section—
(1) may be made only in the amount of the Fed-
eral share of (A) the estimated total design and con-
struction costs, plus (B) in the case of a grant to
which subsection (b) (1) applies, the first-year opera-
tion and maintenance costs;
(2) may not be provided for land acquisition or
(except as otherwise provided in paragraph (1) (B))
for operating or maintenance costs;
,(3J may not be made until the applicant has made
provision satisfactory to the Secretary for proper
and efficient operation and maintenance of the proj-
ect (subject to paragraph (1) (B)); and
(4) may be made subject to such conditions and
requirements, in addition to those provided in this
section, as the Secretary may require tQ jgroperfy!
carry out his functions pursuant to this Ae$. . , .
For purposes of paragraph (1), the ;non-Federal share
may be in any form, including, but not limited to, lands
or interests therein needed for the project or personal
property or services, the value of which shall be deter-
mined by the Secretary.
(f) (1) Not more than 15 percent of the total of funds
authorized to be appropriated under section 216(a) (3)
for any fiscal year to carry out this section shall be
granted under this section for projects in any one State.
Regulations
Limitation
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Regulation
Publication In
Federal
Register
"Eligible
organizations."
(2) The Secretary shall prescribe by regulation the
manner in which this subsection shall apply to a grant
under this section for a project in an area which includes
all or part of more than one State.
RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES
SEC. 209.9 (a) The Secretary shall, in cooperation with
appropriate State, Federal, interstate, regional, and local
agencies, allowing for public comment by other inter-
ested parties, as soon as practicable after the enactment
of the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, recommend to
appropriate agencies and publish in the Federal Regis-
ter guidelines for solid waste recovery, collection, sep-
aration, and disposal systems (including systems for pri-
vate use), which shall be consistent with public health
and welfare, and air and water quality standards and
adaptable to appropriate land-use plans. Such guide-
lines shall apply to such systems whether on land or
water and shall be revised from time to time.
(b)(l) The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable,
recommend model codes, ordinances, and statutes which
are designed to implement this section and the purposes
of this Act.
(2) The Secretary shall issue to appropriate Federal,
interstate, regional, and local agencies information on
technically feasible solid waste collection, separation, dis-
posal, recycling, and recovery methods, including data on
the cost of construction, operation, and maintenance of
such methods.
GRANTS OR CONTRACTS FOR TRAINING PROJECTS
SEC. 210.10 (a) The Secretary is authorized to make
frants to, and contracts with, any eligible organization.
or purposes of this section the term "eligible organiza-
tion" means a State or interstate agency, a municipality,
educational institution, and any other organization which
is capable of effectively carrying out a project which may
be funded by grant under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2),
grants or contracts may be made to pay all or a part of
the costs, as may be determined by the Secretary, of any
project operated or to be operated by an eligible organi-
zation, which is designed—
(A) to develop, expand, or carry out a program
(which may combine training, education, and em-
ployment) for training persons for occupations in-
volving the management, supervision, design, op-
» Sec. 209 added by sec. 104(b) P.I.. 91-512.
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eration, or maintenance of solid waste disposal and
resources recovery .equipment and facilities; or
(B) to train instructors and supervisory person-
nel to train or supervise persons in occupations in-
volving the design, operation, and maintenance of
solid waste disposal and resource recovery equip-
ment and facilities.
(2) A grant or contract authorized by paragraph (1)
of this subsection may be made only upon application
to the Secretary at such time or times and containing
such information as he may prescribe, except that no
such application shall be approved unless it provides for
the same procedures and reports (and access to such re-
ports and to other records) as is required by section
207 (b) (4) and (5) with respect to applications made
under such section.
(c) The Secretary shall make a complete investigation study
and study to determine—
(1) the need for additional trained State and local
personnel to carry out plans assisted under this Act
and other solid waste and resource recovery pro-
grams ;
(2) means of using existing training programs to
train such personnel; and
(3) the extent and nature of obstacles to em-
ployment and occupational advancement in the solid
waste disposal and resource recovery field which may
limit either available manpower or the advancement
of personnel in such field.
He shall report the results of such investigation and
study, including his recommendations to the President president
and the Congress not later than one year after enactment and Congress
of this Act.
APPLICABILITY OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL GUIDELINES TO
EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
SEC. 211." (a) (1) If—
(A) an Executive agency (as defined in section
105 of title 5, United States Code) has jurisdiction
over any real property or facility the operation or
administration of which involves such agency in
solid waste disposal activities, or
(B) such an agency enters into a contract with any
person for the operation by such person of any Fed-
eral property or facility, and the performance of
such contract involves such person in solid waste
disposal activities,
then such agency shall insure compliance with the guide- compliance.
lines recommended under section 209 and the purposes
» Sec. 211 added by sec. 104 (b) P.L. 91-512.
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Presidential
regulations.
Beport to
Congress.
of this Act in the operation or administration of such
property or facility, or the performance of such contract,
as the case may be.
(2) Each Executive agency which conducts any
activity—
(A) which generates solid waste, and
(B) which, if conducted by a person other than
such agency, would require a permit or license from
such agency in order to dispose of such solid waste,
shall insure compliance with such guidelines and the
purposes of this Act in conducting such activity.
(3) Each Executive agency which permits the use of
Federal property for purposes of disposal of solid waste
shall insure compliance with such guidelines and the
purposes of this Act in the disposal of such waste.
(4) The President Shall prescribe regulations to carry
out this subsection.
(b) Each Executive agency which issues any license or
permit for disposal of solid waste shall, prior to the is-
suance of such license or permit, consult with the Secre-
tary to insure compliance With guidelines recommended
under section 209 and the purposes of this Act.
NATIONAL DISPOSAL SITES STUDY
SEC. 212.12 The Secretary shall submit to the Congress
no later than two years after the date of enactment of
the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, a comprehensive re-
port and plan for the creation of a system of national
disposal sites for the storage and disposal of 'hazardous
wastes, including radioactive, toxic chemical, biological,
and other wastes which may endanger public health or
welfare. Such report shall include: (1) a list of materials
which should be subject to disposal in any such site; (2)
current methods of disposal of such materials; (3) rec-
ommended methods of reduction, neutralization, re-
covery, or disposal of such materials; (4) an inventory
of possible sites including existing; land or water dis-
posal sites operated or licensed by Federal agencies; (5)
an estimate of the cost of developing and maintaining
sites including consideration of means for distributing
the short- and long-term costs of operating such sites
among the users thereof; and (6) such other informa-
tion as may be appropriate.
40U.S.C.461
LABOR STANDARDS
SEC. 213." No grant for a project of construction
under this Act shall be made unless the Secretary finds
that the application contains or is supported by reason-
» Sec. 212 added by sec. 104{b) of P.L. 91-512.
"Former sees. 207 through 210 redeslgnated as sees. 213 through
216 by sec. 104(b) of P.L. 91-512.
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able assurance that all laborers and mechanics employed
by contractors or subcontractors on projects of the type
covered by the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C.
276a—276a-5), will be paid wages at rates not less than
those prevailing on similar work in the locality as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with that
Act; and the Secretary of Labor shall have with respect
to the labor standards specified in this section the author-
ity and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Num-
bered 14 of 1950 (15 F.R. 3176; 5 U.S.C. 133z-15) and
section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, as amended (40
U.S.C. 276c).
OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED
SEC. 214. This Act shall not be construed as super-
seding or limiting the authorities and responsibilities,
under any other provisions of law, of the Secretary of
Health, Education, and Welfare, the Secretary of the
Interior, or any other Federal officer, department, or
agency.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 215.14 (a) Payments of grants under this Act may
be made (after necessary adjustment on account of previ-
ously made underpayments or overpayments) in advance
or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments
and on such conditions as the Secretary may determine.
(b) No grant may be made under this Act to any pri-
vate profitmaking organization.
SEC. 216." (a) (1) There are authorized to be appro- Appropriation.
priated to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Wei-
rare for carrying out the provisions of this Act (includ-
ing, but not limited to, section 208), not to exceed $41,-
500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,1971.
(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
to carry out the provisions of this Act, other than section
208, not to exceed $72,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1972, and not to exceed $76,000,000 for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and not to exceed
$76,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.16
(3) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
to carry out section 208 of this Act not to exceed
$80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and
not to exceed $140,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1973, and not to exceed $140,000,000 for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1974.u
"Sec. 215 as redeslffnated by sec. 104(b) of P.L. 91-512 further
amended by sec. 104 (c) of that Act.
"Sec. 216 as redeslgnated by sec. 104(b) of P.L. 91-512 further
amended by sec. 105 of that Act.
"P.L. 93-14 extended authorization of funding to June 30, 1974.
Grants, pro-
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Program
Evaluation.
Funds.
availability.
(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary of the Interior to carry out this Act not to
exceed $8,750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1971, not to exceed $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1972, not to exceed $22,500,000 for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1973, and not to exceed $22,500,000
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974." Prior to ex-
pending any funds authorized to be appropriated by this
subsection, the Secretary of the Interior shall consult
with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
to assure that the expenditure of such funds will be
consistent with the purposes of this Act.
(c) Such portion as the Secretary may determine, but
not more than 1 per centum, of any appropriation for
grants, contracts, or other payments under any provi-
sion of this Act for any fiscal year beginning after June
30, 1970, shall be available for evaluation (directly, or by
grants or contracts) of any program authorized by this
Act.
(d) Sums appropriated under this section shall remain
available until expended.
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