Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/1076

 94 STAT. 2354

PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980

"(b) ENERGY AND MATERIALS CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY FEASIBILITY PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE.—(1) A State which has a plan Infra.

Analysis.

42 USC 6948.

Appropriation authorization.

Ante, p. 2353.

approved under this subtitle or which has submitted a plan for such approval shall be eligible for assistance under section 4008(a)(3) if the Administrator determines that under such plan the State will— "(A) analyze and determine the economic and technical feasibility of facilities and programs to conserve resources which contribute to the waste stream or to recover energy and materials from municipal waste; "(B) analyze the legal, institutional, and economic impediments to the development of systems and facilities for conservation of energy or materials which contribute to the waste stream or for the recovery of energy and materials from municipal waste and make recommendations to appropriate governmental authorities for overcoming such impediments; "(C) assist municipalities within the State in developing plans, programs, and projects to conserve resources or recover energy and materials from municipal waste; and "(D) coordinate the resource conservation and recovery planning under subparagraph (C). "(2) The analysis referred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall include— "(A) the evaluation of, and establishment of priorities among, market opportunities for industrial and commercial users of all types (including public utilities and industrial parks) to utilize energy and materials recovered from municipal waste; "(B) comparisons of the relative costs of energy recovered from municipal waste in relation to the costs of energy derived from fossil fuels and other sources; "(C) studies of the transportation and storage problems and other problems associated with the development of energy and materials recovery technology, including curbside source separation; "(D) the evaluation and establishment of priorities among ways of conserving energy or materials which contribute to the waste stream; "(E) comparison of the relative total costs between conserving resources and disposing of or recovering such waste; and "(F) studies of impediments to resource conservation or recovery, including business practices, transportation requirements, or storage difficulties. Such studies and analyses shall also include studies of other sources of solid waste from which energy and materials may be recovered or minimized.". (e)(1) Section 4008(a)(2)(B) of such Act is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: "Applicants for technical and financial assistance under this section shall not preclude or foreclose consideration of programs for the recovery of recyclable materials through source separation or other resource recovery techniques.". (2) Section 4008(a) of such Act is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof: "(3)(A) There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1981, and for each fiscal year thereafter before October 1, 1986, $4,000,000 for purposes of making grants to States to carry out section 4003(b). No amount may be appropriated for such purposes for the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1986, or for any fiscal year thereafter. "(B) Assistance provided by the Administrator under this paragraph shall be used only for the purposes specified in section 4003(b),

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