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 90 STAT. 2820

Land acquisition, prohibition.

PUBLIC LAW 94-580—OCT. 21, 1976 "(2) where existing or planned solid waste management services or facilities are unavailable or insufficient to comply with the requirements of section 4005 of this Act; and (3) for systems which are certified by the State to be consistent with any plans or programs established under any State or area wide planning process. "(b) ALLOTMENT.—The Administrator shall allot the sums appropriated to carry out this section in any fiscal year among the States in accordance with regulations promulgated by him on the basis of the average of the ratio which the population of rural areas of each State bears to the total population of rural areas of all the States, the ratio which the population of counties in each State having less than twenty persons per square mile bears to the total population of such counties in all the States, and the ratio which the population of such low-density counties in each State having 33 per centum or more of all families with incomes not in excess of 125 per centum of the poverty level bears to the total population of such counties in all the States. "(c) LIMIT.—The amount of any grant under this section shall not exceed 75 per centum of the costs of the project. No assistance under this section shall be available for the acquisition of land or interests in land. "(d) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1978 and 1979 to carry out this section.

"Subtitle E—Duties of the Secretary of Commerce in Resource and Recovery uFUNCTIONS

42 USC 6951.

"SEC. 5001. The Secretary of Commerce shall encourage greater commercialization of proven resource recovery technology by providing— " (1 ^ accurate specifications for recovered materials; "(2) stimulation of development of markets for recovered materials; "(3) promotion of proven technology; and "(4) a forum for the exchange of technical and economic data relating to resource recovery facilities. «DEVELOPMENT

Publication of guidelines.

42 USC 6952.

eooperation with national standards-setting organizations.

OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR SECONDARY MATERIALS

"SEC. 5002. The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Bureau of Standards, and in conjunction with national standards-setting organizations in resource recovery, shall, after public hearings, and not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, publish guidelines for the development of specifications for the classification of materials recovered from waste which were destined for disposal. The specifications shall pertain to the physical and chemical properties and characteristics of such materials with regard to their use in replacing virgin materials in various industrial, commercial, and governmental uses. In establishing such guidelines the Secretary shall also, to the extent feasible, provide such information as may be necessary to assist Federal agencies with procurement of items containing recovered materials. The Secretary shall continue to cooperate with national standards-setting organizations, as may be necessary, to encourage the publication, promulgation and

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