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 94 STAT. 326 15 USC 2601 note.

42 USC 201 note.

42 USC 7401 note.

42 USC 6901 note.

Non-nuclear hazardous waste disposal, study.

Reports to Congress and EPA.

42 USC 4901 note.

PUBLIC LAW 96-229—APR. 7, 1980 (4) $30,977,000 for toxic substances control activities authorized under the Toxic Substances Control Act of which— (A) $26,397,000 is for the Health and Ecological Effects program; (B) $1,742,000 is for the Industrial Processes program; and (C) $2,838,000 is for the Monitoring and Technical Support program. (5) $2,930,000 for radiation activities authorized under the Public Health Service Act, in the Health and EJcological Effects program. (6) $71,963,000 for air quality activities authorized under the Cle£m Air Act of which— (A) $46,624,000 is for the Health and Ecological effects program; (B) $4,050,000 is for the Industrial Processes program; and (C) $21,289,000 is for the Monitoring and Technical Support program. (7) $10,243,000 for solid waste activities authorized under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, of which— (A) $8,143,000 is for the Public Sector Activities program, and (B) $2,100,000 is for a Heizardous Waste program, of which— (i) $300,000 shall be used for a study of non-nuclear hazardous wciste disposal including consideration of the effects of such disposal on the environment, and a general review of disposal technology, alternatives to disposal, and options for containing or removing hazardous wastes already in the environment. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall enter into appropriate arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct this study. The Academy should complete the study within eighteen months after funding arrangements have been made and make interim reports at least every six months to the Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Administrator shall regularly report to the Congress on the Agency's response to the interim reports and shall deliver his recommendations for acting on the findings of the final study no later than July 1, 1981; (ii) $300,000 shall be used to begin development of protocols and working manuals specifying the types of health problems associated with various hazardous wastes, effects of various kinds of exposure, strategies to contain releases from hazardous disposal sites, actions to be taken by on-scene response teams, and other activities deemed by the Administrator to be of urgent need in responding to hazardous waste releases; and (iii) $1,500,000 shall be used to demonstrate costeffective strategies for isolating, containing, or neutralizing hazardous wastes. (8) $500,000 for noise control activities authorized under the Noise Control Act, in the Health and Ecological Effects program. (9) $25,449,000 for Interdisciplinary activities of which— (A) $5,099,000 is for the Health and Ecological Effects program;

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