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quired to be filed with respect to the same sub- 

 stance. No identified or listed hazardous waste sub- 

 ject to this subtitle may be transported, treated, 

 stored, or disposed of unless notification has been 

 given as required under this subsection. 



"(b) Effective Date of Regulation. — The regu- 

 lations under this subtitle respecting requirements 

 applicable to the generation, transportation, treat- 

 ment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste (In- 

 cluding requirements respecting permits for such 

 treatment, storage, or disposal) shall take effect on 

 the date six months after the date of promulga- 

 tion thereof (or six months after the date of revi- 

 sion in the case of any regulation which is revised 

 after the date required for promulgation thereof) . 



"authorization of assistance to states 



Sec. 3011. (a) Authorization. — There is author- 

 ized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of the 

 fisacl years 1978 and 1979 to be used to make grants 

 to the States for purposes of assisting the States in 

 the development and implementation of author- 

 ized State hazardous waste programs. 



"(b) Allocation. — Amounts authorized to be ap- 

 propriated under subsection (a) shall be allocated 

 among the States on the basis of regulations 

 promulgated by the Administrator, after consulta- 

 tion with the States, which take into account, the 

 extent to which hazardous waste Is generated, 

 transported, treated, stored, and disposed of within 

 such State, the extent of exposure of human beings 

 and the environment within such State to such 

 waste, and such other factors as the Administra- 

 tor deems appropriate. 



"Subtitle D— State or Regional Solid Waste Plans 



"objectives of subtitle 



"Sec 4001. The objectives of this subtitle are to 

 assist in developing and encouraging methods for 

 the disposal of solid waste which are environmen- 

 tally sound and which maximize the utilization of 

 valuable resources and to encourage resource con- 

 servation. Such objectives are to be accomplished 

 through Federal technical and financial assistance 

 to States or regional authorities for comprehensive 

 planning pursuant to Federal guidelines designed 

 to foster cooperation among Federal, State, and 

 local governments and private industry. 



"federal guidelines for plans 



"Sec. 4002. (a) Guidelines for Identification 

 OF Regions. — For purposes of encouraging and fa- 

 cilitating the development of regional planning for 

 solid waste management, the Administrator, within 

 one hundred and eighty days after the date of 

 enactment of this section and after consultation 

 with appropriate Federal, State, and local authori- 

 ties, shall by regulation publish guidelines for the 

 identification of those areas which have common 

 solid waste management problems and are appro- 

 priate xmits for planning regional solid waste man- 

 agement services. Such guidelines shall consider — 



"(1) the size and location of areas which 

 should be included, 



"(2) the volume of solid waste which should 

 be included, and 



"(3) the available means of coordinating re- 

 gional planning with other related regional plan- 

 ning and for coordination of such regional plan- 

 ning into the State plan. 



"(b) Guidelines for State Plans. — Not later 

 than eighteen months after the date of enactment 

 of this section and after notice and hearing, the 

 Administrator shall, after consultation with appro- 

 priate Federal, State, and local authorities, pro- 

 mulgate regulations containing guidelines to assist 

 in the development and implementation of State 

 solid waste management plans (hereinafter in this 

 title referred to as 'State plans'). The guidelines 

 shall contain methods for achieving the objectives 

 specified in section 4001. Such guidelines shall be 

 reviewed from time to time, but not less frequently 

 than every three years, and revised as may be 

 appropriate. 



"(c) Consideration for State Plan Guide- 

 lines. — The guidelines promulgated under subsec- 

 tion (b) shall consider — 



" ( 1 ) the varying regional, geologic, hydrologlc, 

 climatic, and other circumstances under which 

 different solid waste practices are required In 

 order to insure the reasonable protection of the 

 quality of the ground and surface waters from 

 leachate contamination, the reasonable protec- 

 tion of the quality of the surface waters from 

 surface runoff contamination, and the reasonable 

 protection of ambient air quality; 



"(2) characteristics and conditions of collec- 

 tion, storage, processing, and disposal operating 

 methods, techniques and practices, and location 

 of facilities where such operating methods, 

 techniques, and practices are conducted, taking 

 into account the nature of the material to be 

 disposed; 



"(3) methods for closing or upgrading open 

 dumps for purposes of eliminating potential 

 health hazards; 



"(4) population density, distribution, and pro- 

 jected growth ; 



"(5) geographic, geologic, climatic, and hydro- 

 logic characteristics; 

 "(6) the type and location of transportation; 

 "(7) the profile of industries ; 

 "(8) the constituents and generation rates of 

 waste; 



"(9) the political, economic, organizational, 

 financial, and management problems affecting 

 comprehensive solid waste management; 



"(10) types of resource recovery facilities and 

 resource conservation systems which are appro- 

 priate; and 



"(11) available new and additional markets 

 for recovered material. 



"minimum requirements for approval of plans 

 "Sec. 4003. In order to be approved under sec- 



