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 PUBLIC LAW 102-389 —OCT. 6, 1992 106 STAT. 1603 prior to October 1, 1993. Notwithstanding paragraph (e) of 40 CFR 261.3, as reissued on March 3, 1992, paragraphs (a)(2)(iv) and (c)(2)(i) of such regulations shall not be terminated or withdrawn until revisions are promulgated and become effective in accordance with the preceding sentence. The deadline of October 1, 1994 shall be enforceable under section 7002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act. PROVIDING FOR A STUDY OF METALS RECOVERY Funds appropriated or transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency shall be used in part to conduct a study on the effect of existing regulations on efforts to recover metals from the Nation's wastes, how such metals recovery can be best encouraged, and how the materials should be regulated in order to protect human health and the environment and to effectuate the resource conservation and recovery goals of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. In doing so, EPA shall consult with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, the metals recovery industry, and other interested parties. The Administrator shall complete the study not later than April 28, 1993. Upon completion of the study, the Administrator Reports, shall prepare a summary of the findings of the study and any recommendations resulting from such study, to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the United States House of Representatives. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT No funds appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 1993 may be expended for the promulgation, implementation, or enforcement of any regulation under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) concerning process wastewater from phosphoric acid production and phosphogypsum from phosphoric acid production. The preceding sentence shall not apply to the regulation of those wastes under sections 3007, 3013, and 7003 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 6927, 6934, and 6973, respectively). EXXON VALDEZ SETTLEMENT FUND Such sums provided for the Environmental Protection Agency under the Exxon Valdez settlement shall be credited during fiscal year 1993 and thereafter to the Exxon Valdez Settlement Fund established by this heading and shall remain available until expended for environmental restoration activities by the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Control Act of 1990, and other appropriate authorities of the Administrator. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY For necessary expenses of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Environmental Quality, in carrying out their

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