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Definitions. 79 Stat. 998. 42 USC 3252.

Research, authority of Secretary. 42 USC 3253.

Repeal. 42 USC 3253. 42 USC 3255, 3254.

PUBLIC LAW 91-512-OCT. 26, 1970

[84 STAT.

"(3) to promote a national research and development program for improved management techniques, more effective organizational arrangements, and new and improved methods of collection, separation, 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, recovery, and disposal systems; and "(5) to provide for training grants in occupations involving the design, operation, and maintenance of solid waste disposal systems." SEC. 102. Section 203 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "(7) The term 'municipality' means a city, town, borough, county, parishj district, or other public body created by or pursuant to State law with responsibility for the planning or administration of solid Avaste disposal, or an Indian tribe. "(8) The term 'intermunicipal agency' means an agency established by two or more municipalities with responsibility 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 collection, separation, recycling, and recovery of solid wastes, including disposal of nonrecoverable waste residues." SEC. 103. (a) Section 204(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 204. (a) The Secretary shall conduct, and encourage, cooperate with, and render financial and other assistance 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, surveys, and studies relating to— "(1) any adverse health and welfare effects of the release into the environment of material present in solid waste, and methods to eliminate such effects; "(2) the operation and financing of solid waste disposal programs; "(3) the reduction of the amount of such waste and unsalvageable waste materials; "(4) the development and application of new and improved 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) Section 204(d) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is repealed. SEC. 104. (a) The Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by striking out section 206, by redesignating section 205 as 206, and by inserting after section 204 the following new section: " S P E C I A L 8T1.TDY AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON RECOVERY OF USEFUL ENERGY AND MATERIALS

"SEC. 205. (a) The Secretary shall carry out an investigation and study to determine— "(1) means of recovering materials and energy from solid waste, recommended uses of such materials and energy for

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