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technology (or other discoveries) from the re- 

 search phase, through development, and Into the 

 demonstration phase. 



"(B) The Administrator shall (i) assist, on the 

 basis of any research projects which are developed 

 with assistance under this Act or without Federal 

 assistance, the construction of pilot plant facilities 

 for the purpose of Investigating or testing the tech- 

 nological feasibility of any promising new' fuel, en- 

 ergy, or resource recovery or resource conservation 

 method or technology: and (il) demonstrate each 

 such method and technology that appears justified 

 by an evaluation at such pilot plant stage or at a 

 pilot plant stage developed without Federal assist- 

 ance. Each such demonstration shall incorporate 

 new or innovative technical advances or shall apply 

 such advances to different circumstances and con- 

 ditions, for the purpose of evaluating design con- 

 cepts or to test the performance, efiBciency, and 

 economic feasibility of a particular method or 

 technology under actual operating conditions. Each 

 such demonstration shall be so planned and de- 

 signed that, if successful, it can be expanded or 

 utilized directly as a full-scale operational fuel, 

 energy, or resource recovery or resource conserva- 

 tion facility. 



"(2) Any energy-related research, development, 

 or demonstration project for the conversion in- 

 cluding bioconversion, of solid waste carried out by 

 the Environmental Protection Agency or by the 

 Energy Research and Development Administration 

 pursuant to this or any other Act shall be adminis- 

 tered in accordance with the May 7, 1976, Inter- 

 agency Agreement between the Environmental 

 Protection Agency and the Energy Research and 

 Development Administration on the Development 

 of Energy from Solid Wastes and specifically, that 

 in accordance with this agreement, (A) for those 

 energy-related projects of mutual interest, plan- 

 ning will be conducted jointly by the Environ- 

 mental Protection Agency and the Energy 

 Research and Development Administration, fol- 

 lowing which project responsibility will be assigned 

 to one agency; (B) energy-related portions of proj- 

 ects for recovery of synthetic fuels or other forms 

 of energy from solid waste shall be the responsibil- 

 ity of the Energy Research and Development Ad- 

 ministration; (C) the Environmental Protection 

 Agency shall retain responsibility for the environ- 

 mental, economic, and institutional aspects of solid 

 waste projects and for assurance that such projects 

 are consistent with an applicable suggested guide- 

 lines published pursuant to section 1008, and any 

 applicable State or regional solid waste manage- 

 ment plan ; and (D) any activities undertaken un- 

 der provisions of sections 8002 and 8003 as related 

 to energy; as related to energy or synthetic fuels 

 recovery from waste; or as related to energy con- 

 servation shall be accomplished through coordina- 

 tion and consultation with the Energy Research 

 and Development Administration. 



"(c) Authorities. — (1) In carrying out subsec- 

 tion (a) of this section respecting solid waste re- 

 search, studies, development, and demonstration, 



except as otherwise specifically provided in section 

 8004(d) , the Administrator may make grants to or 

 enter into contracts (including contracts for con- 

 struction) with, public agencies and authorities or 

 private persons. 



"(2) Contracts for research, development, or 

 demonstrations or for both (including contracts for 

 construction) shall be made in accordance with and 

 subject to the limitations provided with respect to 

 research contracts of the military departments in 

 title 10, United States Code, section 2353, except 

 that the determination, approval, and certification 

 required thereby shall be made by the 

 Administrator. 



"(3) Any invention made or conceived in the 

 course of, or under, any contract under this Act 

 shall be subject to section 9 of the Federal Nonnu- 

 cluear Energy Research and Development Act of 

 1974 to the same extent and in the same manner 

 as inventions made or conceived in the course of 

 contracts under such Act, except that in applying 

 such section, the Environmental Protection Agency 

 shall be substituted for the Energy Research and 

 Development Administration and the words 'solid 

 waste' shall be substituted for the word 'energy' 

 where appropriate. 



"(4) For carrying out the purpose of this Act the 

 Administrator may detail persoruiel of the Environ- 

 mental Protection Agency to agencies eligible for 

 assistance under this section. 



"special studies ; plans for research, development, 

 and demonstrations 



"Sec. 8002. (a) Glass and Plastic. — The Admin- 

 istrator shall imdertake a study and publish a re- 

 port on resource recovery from glass and plastic 

 waste, including a scientific, technology, and eco- 

 nomic investigation of potential solutions to im- 

 plement such recovery. 



"(b) Composition of Waste Stream. — The Ad- 

 ministrator shall undertake a systematic study of 

 the composition of the solid waste stream and of 

 anticipated future changes in the composition of 

 such stream and shall publish a report containing 

 the results of such study and quantitatively evalu- 

 ating the potential utility of such components. 



"(c) Priorities Study. — For purposes of deter- 

 mining priorities for research on recovery of mate- 

 rials and energy from solid waste and developing 

 materials and energy recovery research, develop- 

 ment, and demonstration strategies, the Adminis- 

 trator shall review, and make a study of, the various 

 existing and promising techniques of energy recov- 

 ery from solid waste (including, but not limited to, 

 waterfall furnace incinerators, dry shredded fuel 

 systems, pyrolysis, densified refuse-derived fuel 

 systems, anerobic digestion, and fuel and feedstock 

 preparation systems) . In carrying out such study 

 the Administrator shall investigate with respect to 

 each such technique — 



"(1) the degree of public need for the potential 

 results of such research, development, or demon- 

 stration. 



