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merce of the House of Representatives a reasonable 

 time before publishing any suggested guidelines, 

 pursuant to this section of the content of such 

 proposed suggested guidelines. 



"Subtitle B — Office of Solid Waste; Authorities 

 of the Administrator 



"OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE 



"Sec 2001. The Administrator shall establish 

 within the Environmental Protection Agency an 

 Office of Solid Waste (hereinafter referred to as 

 the 'Office') to be headed by a Deputy Assistant 

 Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

 Agency. The duties and responsibilities (other than 

 duties and responsibilities relating to research and 

 development) of the Administrator under this Act 

 (as modified by applicable reorganization plans) 

 shall be carried out through the Office. 



"authorities of administrator 



"Sec. 2002. (a) AincHORrnEs. — In carrying out 

 this Act, the Administrator is authorized to — 



"(1) prescribe, in consultation with Federal, 

 State, and regional authorities, such regulations 

 as are necessary to carry out his functions under 

 this Act; 



"(2) consult with or exchange information 

 with other Federal agencies undertaking re- 

 search, development, demonstration projects, 

 studies, or investigations relating to solid waste; 



" (3) provide technical and financial assistance 

 to States or regional agencies in the development 

 and implementation of solid waste plans and 

 hazardous waste management programs; 



"(4) consult with representatives of science, 

 industry, agriculture, labor, environmental pro- 

 tection and consumer organizations, and other 

 groups, as he deems advisable; and 



"(5) utilize the information, facilities, person- 

 nel and other resources of Federal agencies, in- 

 cluding the National Bureau of Standards and 

 the National Bureau of the Census, on a reim- 

 bursable basis, to perform research and analyses 

 and conduct studies and investigations related to 

 resource recovery and conservation and to other- 

 wise carry out the Administrator's functions un- 

 der this Act. 



"(b) Revision of Regulations. — Each regula- 

 tion promulgated under this Act shall be reviewed 

 and, where necessary, revised not less frequently 

 than every three years. 



"resource recovery and conservation panels 



"Sec. 2003. The Administrator shall provide 

 teams of personnel, including Federal, State, and 

 local employees or contractors (hereinafter re- 

 ferred to as 'Resource Conservation and Recovery 

 Panels') to provide States and local governments 

 upon request with technical assistance on solid 

 waste management, resource recovery, and resource 

 conservation. Such teams shall include technical, 

 marketing, financial, and institutional specialists. 



and the services of such teams shall be provided 

 without charge to States or local governments. 



"grants for discarded tire disposal 



"Sec 2004. (a) Grants. — The Administrator shall 

 make available grants equal to 5 percent of the 

 purchase price of tire shredders (including portable 

 shredders attached to tire collection trucks) to 

 those eligible applicants best meeting criteria pro- 

 mulgated imder this section. An eligible applicant 

 may be any private purchaser, public body, or 

 public-private joint venture. Criteria for receiving 

 grants shall be promulgated under this section and 

 shall include the policy to offer any private pur- 

 chaser the first option to receive a grant, the policy 

 to develop widespread geographic distribution of 

 tire shredding facilities, the need for such facilities 

 within a geographic area, and the projected risk 

 and viability of any such venture. In the case of an 

 application under this section from a public body, 

 the Administrator shall first make a determination 

 that there are no private purchasers interested in 

 making an application before approving a grant 

 to a public body. 



"(b) Authorization. — There is authorized to be 

 appropriated $750,000 for each of the fiscal years 

 1978 -and 1979 to carry out this section. 



"annual report 



"Sec. 2005. The Administrator shall transmit to 

 the Congress and the President, not later than 

 ninety days after the end of each fiscal year, a 

 comprehensive and detailed report on all activities 

 of the Office during the preceding fiscal year. Each 

 such report shall include — 



"(1) a statement of specific and detail objec- 

 tives for the activities and programs conducted 

 and assisted under this Act; 



"(2) statements of the Administrator's con- 

 clusions as to the effectiveness of such activities 

 and programs in meeting the stated objectives 

 and the purposes of this Act, measured through 

 the end of such fiscal year; 



"(3) a summary of outstanding solid waste 

 problems confronting the Administrator, in 

 order of priority; 



"(4) recommendations with respect to such 

 legislation which the Administrator deems nec- 

 essary or desirable to assist In solving problems 

 respecting solid waste; 



"(5) all other information required to be sub- 

 mitted to the Congress pursuant to any other 

 provision of this Act; and 



"(6) the Administrator's plans for activities 

 and programs respecting solid waste during the 

 next fiscal year. 



"general authorization 



"Sec 2006. (a) General Administration. — There 

 are authorized to be appropriated to the Admin- 

 istrator for the purpose of carrying out the pro- 

 visions of this Act, $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 



