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"APPLICATION OP ACT AND INTEGRATION WITH 

 OTHER ACTS 



"Sec. 1006. (a) Application of Act. — Nothing In 

 this Act shall be construed to apply to (or to 

 authorize any State, interstate, or local authority 

 to regulate) any activity or substance which Is 

 subject to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

 (33 U.S.C. 1151 and following), the Safe Drinlcing 

 Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f and following), the 

 Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act 

 of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1401 and following), or the 

 Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 and 

 following) except to the extent that such applica- 

 tion (or regulation) is not inconsistent with the 

 requirements of such Acts. 



"(b) Integration With Other Acts. — The Ad- 

 ministrator shall integrate all provisions of this 

 Act for purposes of administration and enforce- 

 ment and shall avoid duplication, to the maximum 

 extent practicable, with the appropriate provisions 

 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 1857 and follow- 

 ing) , the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 

 U.S.C. U51 and following) , the Federal Insecticide, 

 Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 135 and 

 following) , the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 

 300F and following), the Marine Protection, Re- 

 search and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (33 U.S.C. 1401 

 and following) and such other Acts of Congress as 

 grant regulatory authority to the Administrator. 

 Such integration shall be effected only to the ex- 

 tent that it can be done in a manner consistent 

 with the goals and policies expressed in this Act 

 and in the other acts referred to in this subsection. 



"financial disclosure 



"Sec 1007. (a) Statement. — Each oiBcer or em- 

 ployee of the Administrator who — 



"(1) performs any function or duty under this 

 Act; and 



"(2) has any known financial interest in any 

 person who applies for or receives financial as- 

 sistance under this Act 

 shall, beginning on February 1, 1977, annually file 

 with the Administrator a written statement con- 

 cerning all such interests held by such officer or 

 employee during the preceding calendar year. Such 

 statement shall be available to the public. 



"(b) Action by Administrator. — The Adminis- 

 trator shall — 



"(1) act within ninety days after the date of 

 enactment of this Act — 



" (A) to define the term 'known financial in- 

 terest' for piu-poses of subsection (a) of this 

 section; and 



"(B) to establish the methods by which the 

 requirement to file written statements specified 

 in subsection (a) of this section will be moni- 

 tored and enforced, including appropriate pro- 

 vision for the filing by such officers and em- 

 ployees of such statements and the review by 

 the Administrator of such statements ; and 

 "(2) report to the Congress on June 1, 1978, 

 and of each succeeding calendar year with re- 



spect to such disclosures and the actions taken 

 in regard thereto during the preceding calen- 

 der year. 



"(c) Exemption. — In the rules prescribed under 

 subsection (b) of this section, the Administrator 

 may identify specific p>ositions within the Environ- 

 mental Protection Agency which are of a non- 

 policymaking nature and provide that officers or 

 employees occupying such ixjsitions shall be ex- 

 empt from the requirements of this section. 



"(d) Penalty. — Any officer or employee who is 

 subject to, and knowingly violates, this section shall 

 be fined not more than $2,500 or imprisoned not 

 more than one year, or both. 



"solid waste management information and 

 guidelines 



"Sec. 1008. (a) Guidelines. — Within one year of 

 enactment of this section, and from time to time 

 thereafter, the Administrator shall, in cooperation 

 with appropriate Federal, State, municipal, and 

 Intermunicipal agencies, and in consultation with 

 other interested persons, and after public hearings, 

 develop and publish suggested guidelines for solid 

 waste management. Such suggested guidelines 

 shall — 



"(1) provide a technical and economic de- 

 scription of the level of performance that can be 

 attained by various available solid waste man- 

 agement practices (Including operating prac- 

 tices) which provide for the protection of public 

 health and the environment; 



"(2) not later than two years after the enact- 

 ment of this section, describe levels of perform- 

 ance, including appropriate methods and degrees 

 of control, that provide at a minimum for (A) 

 protection of public health and welfare; (B) pro- 

 tection of the quality of ground waters and sur- 

 face waters from leachates; (C) protection of 

 the quality of surface waters from runoff through 

 compliance with effluent limitations under the 

 Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 

 amended; (D) protection of ambient air quality 

 through compliance with new source perform- 

 ance standards or requirements of air quality 

 implementation plans under the Clean Air Act, 

 as amended; (E) disease and vector control; (F) 

 safety; and (G) esthetics; and 



"(3) provide minimum criteria to be used by 

 the States to define those solid waste manage- 

 ment practices which constitute the open dump- 

 ing of solid waste or hazardous wast© and are to 

 be prohibited under title IV of this Act. 

 Where appropriate, such suggested giiidelines also 

 shall Include minimum information for use in 

 deciding the adequate location, design, and con- 

 struction of facilities associated with solid waste 

 management practices. Including the consideration 

 of regional, geographic, demographic, and climatic 

 factors. 



"(b) Notice. — The Administrator shall notify 

 the Committee on Public Works of the Senate and 

 the Committee on Interstate and PV>reign Com- 



