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ment, and demonstration in the area of resource 



conservation. 



"(2) The study required in paragraph (2) (D) 

 may include pilot scale projects, and shall con- 

 sider and evaluate alternative strategies with re- 

 spect to — 



"(A) the product categories on which such 



charges would be imposed ; 

 "(B) the appropriate state in the production 



of such consumer product at which to levy such 



charge; 

 "(C) appropriate criteria for establishing such 



charges for each consiuner product category; 

 "(D) methods for the adjustment of such 



charges to reflect actions such as recycling which 



would reduce the overall quantities of solid waste 



requiring disposal; and 

 "(E) procedures for amending, modifying, or 



revising such charges to reflect changing condi- 

 tions. 



"(3) The design for the study required in para- 

 graph (2) (D) of this subsection shall include time- 

 tables for the completion of the study. A prelimi- 

 nary report putting forth the study design shall be 

 sent to the President and the Congress within six 

 months following enactment of this section and fol- 

 lowup reports shall be sent six months tnereafter. 

 Each recommendation resulting from the study 

 shall include at least two alternatives to the pro- 

 posed recommendation. 



"(4) The results of such Investigation and study. 

 Including recommendations, shall be reported to 

 the President and the Congress not later than two 

 years after enactment of this subsection. 



"(5) There are authorized to be appropriated not 

 to exceed $2,000,000 to carry out this subsection. 



"(k) AiapoRT Landfills.— The Administrator 

 shall undertake a comprehensive study and analysis 

 of and publish a report on systems to alleviate the 

 hazards to aviation from birds congregating and 

 feeding on landfills in the vicinity of airports. 



"(1) Completion op Research and Studies. — The 

 Administrator shall complete the research and 

 studies, and submit the reports, required under 

 subsections (b), (c), (d). (e), (f), (g),and (k) not 

 later than October 1, 1978. The Administrator shall 

 complete the research and studies, and submit the 

 reports, required under subsections (a), (h), (i), 

 and (j) not later than October 1, 1979. Upon com- 

 pletion, each study specified in subsections (a) 

 through (k) of this section, the Administrator shall 

 prepare a plan for research, development, and 

 demonstration respecting the findings of the study 

 and shall submit any legislative recommendations 

 resulting from such study to appropriate commit- 

 tees of Congress. 



"(m) Authorization of Appropriations. — ^There 

 are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 

 $8,000,000 for the fiscal years 1978 and 1979 to carry 

 out this section other than subsection (j) . 



"COORDINATION, COLLECTION, AND DISSEMINATION OF 

 INFORMATION 



"Sec 8003. (a) Information. — The Administra- 

 tor shall develop, collect, evaluate, and coordinate 

 information on — 



"(i) methods and costs of the collection of 

 solid waste; 



"(2) solid waste management practices, in- 

 cluding data on the different management meth- 

 ods and the cost, operation, and maintenance of 

 such methods; 



"(3) the amounts and percentages of resources 

 (including energy) that can be recovered from 

 solid waste by use of various discarded materials 

 management practices and various technologies ; 

 "(4) methods available to reduce the amoimt 

 of solid waste that is generated; 



"(5) existing and developing technologies for 

 the recovery of energy or materials from solid 

 waste and the costs, reliability, and risks asso- 

 ciated with such technologies; 



"(6) hazardous solid waste, including inci- 

 dents of damage resulting from the disposal of 

 hazardous solid wastes; inherently and poten- 

 tially hazardous solid wastes; methods of neu- 

 tralizing or properly disposing of hazardous solid 

 wastes; facilities that properly dispose of haz- 

 ardous wastes; 



"(7) methods of financing resource recovery 

 facilities or, sanitary landfills, or hazardous solid 

 waste treatment facilities, whichever is appro- 

 priate for the entity developing such facility or 

 landfill (taking into account the amount of solid 

 waste reasonably expected to be available to such 

 entity) ; 



"(8) the availability of markets for the pur- 

 chase of resources, either materials or energy, 

 recovered from solid waste; and 



"(9) research and development projects re- 

 specting solid waste management. 

 "(b) Library. — (1) The Administrator shall es- 

 tablish and maintain a central reference library for 

 (A) the materials collected pursuant to subsection 

 (a) of this section and (B) the actual performance 

 and cost effectiveness records and other data and 

 information with resiJect to — 



"(i) the various methods of energy and re- 

 source recovery from solid waste, 



"(ii) the various systems and means of re- 

 source conservation, 



"(iii) the various systems and technologies for 

 collection, transport, storage, treatment, and 

 final disposition of solid waste, and 



"(iv) other aspects of solid waste and hazard- 

 ous solid waste management. 

 Such central reference library shall also contain, 

 but not be limited to, the model codes and model 

 accounting systems developed under this section, 

 the information collected under subsection (d), 

 and, subject to any applicable requirements of con- 

 fidentiality, information respecting any aspect of 

 solid waste provided by officers and employees of 

 the Environmental Protection Agency which has 

 been acquired by them in the conduct of their func- 

 tions under this Act and which may be of value to 



