Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/1364

 90 STAT. 2832

PUBLIC LAW 94-580—OCT. 21, 1976 waste management, including household resource recovery and resource recovery systems which have special application to multiple dwelling units and high density housing and office complexes. Such study and analysis shall include an investigation of the degree to which such systems could contribute to energy conservation. "(e) FRONT-END SOURCE SEPARATION.—The Administrator shall undertake research and studies concerning the compatibility of frontend source separation systems with high technology resource recovery systems and shall publish a report containing the results of such research and studies. "(f) MINING WASTE.—The Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall conduct a detailed and comprehensive study on the adverse effects of solid wastes from active and abandoned surface and underground mines on the environment, including, but not limited to, the effects of such wastes on humans, water, air, health, welfare, and natural resources, and on the adequacy of means and measures currently employed by the mining industry. Government agencies, and others to dispose of and utilize such solid wastes and to prevent or substantially mitigate such adverse effects. Such study shall include an analysis of— "(1) the sources and volume of discarded material generated per year from mining; "(2) present disposal practices; "(3) potential dangers to human health and the environment from surface runoff of leachate and air pollution by dust; "(4) alternatives to current disposal methods; "(5) the cost of those alternatives in terms of the impact on mine product costs; and "(6) potential for use of discarded material as a secondary source of the mine product. In furtherance of this study, the Administrator shall, as he deems appropriate, review studies and other actions of other Federal agencies concerning such wastes with a view toward avoiding duplication of effort and the need to expedite such study. The Administrator shall publish a report of such study and shall include appropriate findings and recommendations for Federal and non-Federal actions concerning such effects. " (g) SLUDGE.—The Administrator shall undertake a comprehensive study and publish a report on sludge. Such study shall include an analysis of— "(1) what types of solid waste (including but not limited to sewage and pollution treatment residues and other residues from industrial operations such as extraction of oil from shale liquefaction and gasification of coal and coal slurry pipeline operations) shall be classified as sludge; "(2) the effects of air and water pollution legislation on the creation of large volumes of sludge; "(3) the amounts of sludge originating in each State and in each industry producing sludge; "(4) methods of disposal of such sludge, including the cost, efficiency, and effectiveness of such methods; "(5) alternative methods for the use of sludge, including agricultural applications of sludge and energy recovery from sludge; and "(6) methods to reclaim areas which have been used for the disposal of sludge or which have been damaged by sludge.

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