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posal of any solid waste or hazardous waste is 

 presenting an imminent and substantial endanger- 

 ment to liealth or tlie environment, the Adminis- 

 trator may bring suit on behalf of the United States 

 in the appropriate district court to immediately 

 restrain any person for contributing to the alleged 

 disposal to stop such handling, storage, treatment, 

 transportation, or disposal or to take such other 

 action as may be necessary. The Administrator 

 shall provide notice to the affected State of any 

 such suit. 



"petition for regulations; public participation 



"Sec. 7004. (a) Petition. — Any person may peti- 

 tion, or program imder this Act shall be provided 

 amendment, or repeal of any regulation under this 

 Act. Within a reasonable time following receipt of 

 such petition, the Administrator shall take action 

 with respect of such petition, and shall publish 

 notice of such action in the Federal Register, to- 

 gether with the reasons therefor. 



"(b) Public Participation. — Public participation 

 in the development, revision, implementation, and 

 enforcement of any regulation, giiideline, informa- 

 tion, or program under this Act shall be provided 

 for, encouraged, and assisted by the Admlnstrator 

 and the States. The Administrator, in cooperation 

 with the States, shall develop and publish mini- 

 mum guidelines for public participation in such 

 processes. 



"separabilitt 



"Sec. 7005. If any provision of this Act, or the 

 application of any provision of this Act to any per- 

 son or circumstance, is held invalid, the applica- 

 tion of such provision to other persons or circum- 

 stances, and the remainder of this Act, shall not be 

 affected thereby. 



"JUDICIAL REVIEW 



"Sec. 7003. Any judicial review of final regula- 

 tions promulgated pursuant to this Act shall be In 

 accordance with sections 701 through 706 of title 5 

 of the United States Code, except that — 



"(1) a petition for review of action of the Ad- 

 ministrator in promulgating any regulation, or 

 requirement under this Act may be filed only in 

 the United States Court of Appeals for the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia. Any such petition shall be filed 

 within ninety days from the date of such promul- 

 gation, or after such date if such petition is 

 based solely on grounds arising after such nine- 

 tieth day. Action of the Administrator with re- 

 spect to which review could have been obtained 

 under this subsection shall not be subject to 

 judicial review in civil or criminal proceedings 

 for enforcement; and 



"(2) in any judicial proceeding brought under 

 this section in which review is sought of a deter- 

 mination under this Act required to be made on 

 the record after notice and opportunity for hear- 

 ing, if a party seeking review under this Act ap- 

 plies to the court for leave to adduce additional 



evidence, and shows to the satisfaction of the 

 court that the information is material and that 

 there were reasonable grounds for the failure to 

 adduce such evidence in the proceeding before 

 the Administrator, the court may order such 

 additional evidence (and evidence in rebuttal 

 thereof) to be taken before the Administrator, 

 and to be adduced upon the hearing in such 

 manner and upon such terms and conditions as 

 the court may deem proper. The Administrator 

 may modify his findings as to the facts, or make 

 new findings, by reason of the additional evi- 

 dence so taken, and he shall file with the court 

 such modified or new findings and his recom- 

 mendation, if any. for the modification or setting 

 aside of his original order, with the return of 

 such additional evidence. 



"GRANTS OR CONTRACTS FOR TRAINING PROJECTS 



"Sec. 7007. (a) General Authority. — ^The Ad- 

 ministrator is authorized to make grants to, and 

 contracts with any eligible organization. For pur- 

 poses of this section the term "eligible organiza- 

 tion" means a State or interstate agency, a munic- 

 ipality, educational institution, and any other or- 

 ganization which is capable of effectively carrying 

 out a project which may be funded by grant under 

 subsection (b) of this section. 



"(b) Purposes. — (1) Subject to the provisions of 

 paragraph (2), grants or contracts may be made 

 to pay all or a part of the costs, as may be deter- 

 mined by the Administrator, of any project oper- 

 ated or to be operated by an eligible organization, 

 which is designed — 



"(A) to develop, expand, or carry out a pro- 

 gram (which may combine training, education, 

 and employment) for training persons for occu- 

 pations involving the management, supervision, 

 design, operation, or maintenance of solid waste 

 disposal and resources recovei-y equipment and 

 facilities; or 



"(B) to train instructors and supervisory per- 

 sonnel to train or supervise persons in occupa- 

 tions involving the design, operation, and main- 

 tenance of solid waste disposal and resource re- 

 covery equipment and facilities. 

 "(2) A grant or contract authorized by para- 

 graph (1) of this subsection may be made only 

 upon application to the Administrator at such 

 time or times and containing such information as 

 he may prescribe, except that no such application 

 shall be approved unless it provides for the same 

 procedures and reports (and access to such reports 

 and to other records) as required by section 207(b) 

 (4) and (5) (as in effect before the date of the en- 

 actment of Resource Conservation and Recovery 

 Act of 1976) with respect to applications made 

 under such section (as in effect before the date 

 of the enactment of Resource Conservation and 

 Recovery Act of 1976) . 



"(c) Study. — The Administrator shall make a 



complete investigation and study to determine — 



"(1) the need for additional trained State 



