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 PUBLIC LAW 94-580—OCT. 21, 1976 " (b) LIBRARY.—(1) The Administrator shall establish and maintain a central reference library for (A) the materials collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and (B) the actual performance and cost effectiveness records and other data and information with respect to— " (i) the various methods of energy and resource recovery from solid waste, " (ii) the various systems and means of resource conservation, " (iii) the various systems and technologies for collection, transport, storage, treatment, and final disposition of solid waste, and "(iv) other aspects of solid waste and hazardous solid waste management. Such central reference library shall also contain, but not be limited to, the model codes and model accounting systems developed under this section, the information collected under subsection (d), and, subject to any applicable requirements of confidentiality, information respecting any aspect of solid waste provided by officers and emplovees of the Environmental Protection Agency which has been acquired by them in the conduct of their functions under this Act and which may be of value to Federal, State, and local authorities and other persons. " (2) Information in the central reference library shall, to the extent practicable, be collated, analyzed, verified, and puolished and shall be made available to State and local governments and other pereons at reasonable times and subject to such reasonable charges as may be necessary to defray expenses of making such information available. "(c) MODEL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.—In order to assist State and local governments in determining the cost and revenues associated with the collection and disposal of solid waste and with resource recovery operations, the Administrator shall develop and publish a recommended model cost and revenue accounting system applicable to the solid waste management functions of State and local governments. Such system shall be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Administrator shall periodically, but not less frequently than once every five years, review such accounting system and revise it as necessary. "(d) MODEL CODES.—The Administrator is authorized, in cooperation with appropriate State and local agencies, to recommend model codes, ordinances, and statutes, providing for sound solid waste management. "(e) INFORMATION PROGRAMS.—(1) The Administrator shall implement a program for the rapid dissemination of information on solid waste management, hazardous waste management, resource conservation, and methods of resource recovery from solid waste, including the results of any relevant research, investigations, experiments, surveys, studies, or other information which may be useful in the implementation of new or improved solid waste management practices and methods and information on any other technical, managerial, financial, or market aspect of resource conservation and recovery facilities. "(2) The Administrator shall develop and implement educational programs to promote citizen understanding of the need for environmentally sound solid waste management practices. "(f) COORDINATION.—In collecting and disseminating information under this section, the Administrator shall coordinate his actions and cooperate to the maximum extent possible with State and local authorities. "(g) SPECIAL RESTRICTION.—Upon request, the full range of alternative technologies, programs or processes deemed feasible to meet the

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