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other factors. Is appropriate for carrying out re- 

 gional solid waste management. Such regulations 

 may be modified from time to time (Identifying 

 additional or different regions) pursuant to such 

 guidelines. 



"(b) Identification of State and Local Agencies 

 AND Responsibilities. — (1) Within one hundred 

 and eighty days after the Governor promulgates 

 regulations imder subsection (a), for purposes of 

 facilitating the development and implementation of 

 a State plan which will meet the minimum require- 

 ments of section 4003, the State, together with ap- 

 propriate elected officials of general purpose units 

 of local government, shall jointly (A) identify an 

 agency to develop the State plan and identify one 

 or more agencies to implement such plan, and (B) 

 identify which solid waste functions will, under 

 such State plan, be planned for and carried out 

 by the State and which such functions will, under 

 such State plan, De planned for and carried out by 

 a regional or local authority or a combination of 

 regional or local and State authorities. If a multi- 

 functional regional agency authorized by State law 

 to conduct solid waste planning and management 

 (the members of which are appointed by the Gov- 

 ernor) is in existence on the date of enactment 

 of this Act, the Governor shall identify such au- 

 thority for purposes of carrying out within such 

 region clause (A) of this paragraph. Where feas- 

 ible, designation of the agency for the affected area 

 designated under section 208 of the Federal Water 

 Pollution Control Act (86 Stat. 839) shall be con- 

 sidered. A State agency identified under this para- 

 graph shall be established or designated by the 

 Governor of such State. Local or regional agencies 

 identified under this paragraph shall be composed 

 of individuals at least a majority of whom are 

 elected local officials. 



"(2) If planning and implementation agencies 

 are not identified and designated or established as 

 required under paragraph (1) for any affected area, 

 the governor shall, before the date two hundred and 

 seventy days after promulgation of regulations 

 under subsection (a) , establish or designate a State 

 agency to develop and implement the State plan 

 for such area. 



"(c) Interstate Regions. — (1) In the case of any 

 region which, pursuant to the guidelines published 

 by the Administrator under section 4002(a) (relat- 

 ing to identification of regions) , would be located 

 in two or more States, the Governors of the respec- 

 tive States, after consultation with local elected 

 officials, shall consult, cooperate, and enter into 

 agreements identifying the boundaries of such 

 region pursuant to subsection (a) . 



"(2) Within one hundred and eighty days after 

 an interstate region is identified by agreement un- 

 der paragraph (1), appropriate elected officials of 

 general purpose units of local government within 

 such region shall jointly establish or designate an 

 agency to develop a plan for such region. If no such 

 agency is established or designated within such 

 period by such officials, the Governors of the re- 

 spective States may, by agreement, establish or des- 



ignate for such purpose a single representative 

 organization including elected officials of general 

 purpose units of local government within such 

 region. 



"(3) Implementation of interstate regional solid 

 waste management plans shall be conducted by 

 units of local government for any portion of a 

 region within their jurisdiction, or by multijuris- 

 dlctional agencies or authorities designated in ac- 

 cordance with State law, including those designated 

 by agreement by such imits of local government 

 for such purpose. If no such imit, agency, or au- 

 thority is so designated, the respective Governors 

 shall designate or establish a single interstate 

 agency to implement such plan. 



"(4) For piUTX>ses of this subtitle, so much of an 

 interstate regional plan as is carried out within a 

 particular State shall be deemed part of the State 

 plan for such State. 



"approval of state plan; federal assistance 



"Sec. 4007. (a) Plan Approval.— The Adminis- 

 trator shall, within six months after a State plan 

 has been submitted for approval, approve or disap- 

 prove the plan. The Administrator shall approve 

 a plan if he determines that — 



"(1) It meets the requirements of paragraphs 

 (1), (2), (3), and (5) of section 4003; and 



"(2) it contains provision for revision of such 



plan, after notice and public hearing, whenever 



the Administrator, by regulation, determines — 



"(A) that revised regulations respecting 



minimum requirements have been promulgated 



under paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5) of 



section 4003 with which the State plan Is not 



In compliance; 



"(B) that information has become available 

 which demonstrates the Inadequacy of the 

 plan to efifectuate the purposes of this subtitle; 

 or 



"(C) that such revision Is otherwise 

 necessary. 

 The Administrator shall review approved plans 

 from time to time and if he determines that revi- 

 sion or corrections are necessary to bring such plan 

 into compliance with the minimum requirements 

 promulgated under section 4003 (including new or 

 revised requirements), he shall, after notice and 

 opportunity for public hearing, withdraw his ap- 

 proval of such plan. Such withdrawal of approval 

 shall cease to be effective upon the Administrator's 

 determination that such complies with such mini- 

 mum requirements. 



"(b) Eligibility of States for Federal Assist- 

 ance. — (1) The Administrator shall approve a State 

 application for financial assistance under this sub- 

 title, and make grants to such State, if such State 

 and local and regional authorities within such 

 State have complied with the requirements of sec- 

 tion 4006 within the period required under such 

 section and if such State has a State plan which 

 has been approved by the Administrator under this 

 subtitle. 

 "(2) The Administrator shall approve a State 



