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 PUBLIC LAW 94-580—OCT. 21, 1976

90 STAT. 2803

" (b) ACTION BY ADMINISTRATOR.—The Administrator shall—

"(1) act within ninety days after the date of enactment of this

Act—

"(A) to define the term 'known financial interest' for purposes of subsection (a) of this section; and "(B) to establish the methods by which the requirement to file written statements specified in subsection (a) of this section will be monitored and enforced, including appropriate provision for the filing by such officers and employees of such Statements and the review by the Administrator of such statements; and "(2) report to the Congress on June 1, 1978, and of each sue- Report to ceeding calendar year with respect to such disclosures and the actions taken in regard thereto during the preceding calendar year. "(c) EXEMPTION.—In the rules prescribed under subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator may identify specific positions within the Environmental Protection Agency whicn are of a nonpolicymaking nature and pi"ovide that officers or employees occupying such positions shall be exempt from the requirements of this section. "(d) PENALTY.—Any officer or employee who is subject to, and knowingly violates, this section shall be fined not more than $2,500 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES

"SEC. 1008. (a) GUIDELINES.—Within one year of enactment of this section, and from time to time thereafter, the Administrator shall, in cooperation with appropriate Federal, State, municipal, and intermunicipal agencies, and in consultation with other interested persons, and after public hearings, develop and publish suggested guidelines for solid waste management. Such suggested guidelines shall— "(1) provide a technical and economic description of the level of performance that can be attained by various available solid waste management practices (including operating practices) which provide for the protection of public health and the environment; " (2) not later than two years after the enactment of this section, describe levels of performance, including appropriate methods and degrees of control, that provide at a minimum for (A) protection of public health and welfare; (B) protection of the quality of ground waters and surface waters from leachates; (C) protection of the quality of surface waters from runoff through compliance with effluent limitations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; (D) protection of ambient air quality through compliance with new source performance standards or requirements of air quality implementation plans under the Clean Air Act, as amended; (E) disease and vector control; (F) safety; and (G) esthetics; and "(3) provide minimum criteria to be used by the States to define those solid waste management practices which constitute the open dumping of solid waste or hazardous waste and are to be prohibited under title IV of this Act. Where appropriate, such suggested guidelines also shall include minimum information for use in deciding the adequate location, d gn, and construction of facilities associated with solid waste management

42 USC 6907.

33 USC 1251 note. 42 USC 1857 note. Minimum criteria of management practices.

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