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pects, of such facilities. Where the Administrator 

 provides only monitoring and evaluation instru- 

 ments or personnel (or both) or funds for such 

 Instruments or personnel and provides no other 

 financial assistance to a facility, notwithstanding 

 section 8001(c) (3), title to any invention made or 

 conceived of in the course of developing, construct- 

 ing, or operating such facility shall not be required 

 to vest in the United States and patents respecting 

 such invention shall not be required to be issued to 

 the United States. 



"(d) Prohibition. — After the date of enactment 

 of this section, the Administrator shall not con- 

 struct or operate any full-scale facility (except by 

 contract with public agencies or authorities or pri- 

 vate persons) . 



"special stttdy and demonstration projects on 

 recovery of usefxh. energy and materials 



"Sec. 8005. (a) Studies. — The Administrator 

 shall conduct studies and develop recommenda- 

 tions for administrative or legislative action on — 

 "(1) means of recovering materials and en- 

 ergy from solid waste, recommended uses of 

 such materials and energy for national or inter- 

 national welfare, including identification of po- 

 tential markets for such recovered resources, the 

 impact of distribution of such resources on exist- 

 ing markets, and potentials for energy conserva- 

 tion through resource conservation and resource 

 recovery; 



"(2) actions to reduce waste generation which 

 have been taken voluntarily or in response to 

 governmental action, and those which prac- 

 tically could be taken in the future, and the 

 economic, social, and environmental conse- 

 quences of such actions; 



"(3) methods of collection, separation, and 

 containerization which will encourage efficient 

 utilization of facilities and contribute to more 

 effective programs of reduction, reuse, or dis- 

 posal of wastes; 



"(4) the use of Federal procurement to de- 

 velop market demand for recovered resources; 

 "(5) recommended incentives (including Fed- 

 eral grants, loans, and other assistance) and 

 disincentives to accelerate the reclamation or 

 recycling of materials from solid wastes, with 

 special emphasis on motor vehicle hulks; 



"(6) the effect of existing public policies, in- 

 cluding subsidies and economic incentives and 

 disincentives, percentage depletion allowances, 

 capital gains treatment and other tax incentives 

 and disincentives, upon the recycling and reuse 

 of materials, and the likely effect of the modifi- 

 cation or elimination of such incentives and dis- 

 incentives upon the reuse, recycling and con- 

 servation of such materials; 



"(7) the necessity and method of imposing dis- 

 posal or other charges on packaging, containers, 

 vehicles, and other manufactured goods, which 

 charges would reflect the cost of final disposal, 

 the value of recoverable components of the item, 

 and any social costs associated with nonrecycling 



or uncontrolled disposal of such items; and 



"(8) the legal constraints and institutional 

 barriers to the acquisition of land needed for 

 solid waste management, including land for 

 facilities and disposal sites; 



"(9) in consultation with the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, agricultural waste management 

 problems and practices, the extent of reuse and 

 recovery of resources in such wastes, the pros- 

 pects for improvement. Federal, State, and local 

 regulations governing such practices, and the 

 economic, social, and environmental conse- 

 quences of such practices ; and 



"(10) in consultation with the Secretary of 

 the Interior, mining waste management prob- 

 lems, and practices, including an assessment of 

 existing authorities, technologies, and economics, 

 and the environmental and public health conse- 

 quences of such practices. 



"(b) Demonstration. — The Administrator is also 

 authorized to carry out demonstration projects to 

 test and demonstrate methods and techniques de- 

 veloped pursuant to subsection (a) . 



"(c) Application of Other Sections. — Section 

 8001 (b) and (c) shall be applicable to investiga- 

 tions, studies, and projects carried out under this 

 section. 



"grants for resource recovery systems and 

 improved solid waste disposal facilities 



"Sec 8006. (a) Authority. — The Administrator 

 is authorized to make grants pursuant to this sec- 

 tion to any State, municipal, or interstate or inter- 

 municipal agency for the demonstration of re- 

 source recovery systems or for the construction of 

 new or improved solid waste disposal facilities. 



"(b) Conditions. — (1) Any grant under this sec- 

 tion for the demonstration of a resource recovery 

 system may be made only if it (A) is consistent 

 with any plans which meet the requirements of sub- 

 title D of this Act; (B) is consistent with the guide- 

 lines recommended pursuant to section 1008 of this 

 Act; (C) is designed to provide areawide resource 

 recovery systems consistent with the purposes of 

 this Act. as determined by the Administrator, pur- 

 suant to regulations promulgated under subsection 

 (d) of this section; and (D) provides an equitable 

 system for distributing the costs associated with 

 construction, operation, and maintenance of any 

 resource recovery system among the users of such 

 system. 



"(2) The Federal share for any project to which 

 paragraph (1) applies shall not be more than 75 

 percent. 



"(c) Limitations. — (1) A grant under this sec- 

 tion for the construction of a new or improved 

 solid waste disposal facility may be made only if — 

 "(A) a State or interstate plan for solid waste 

 disposal has been adopted which applies to the 

 area involved, and the facility to be constructed 

 (i) is consistent with such plan, (ii) is included 

 in a comprehensive plan for the area involved 

 which is satisfactory to the Administrator for 

 the purposes of this Act, and (iii) is consistent 



