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with the guidelines recommended under section 

 1008, and 



"(B) the project advances the state of the art 

 by applying new and improved techniques in re- 

 ducing the environmental impact of solid waste 

 disposal, in achieving recovery of energy or re- 

 sources, or in recycling useful materials. 

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

 paragraph (1) applies shall be not more than 50 

 percent in the case of a project serving an area 

 which includes only one municipality, and not more 

 than 75 percent in any other case. 



"(d) Regulations. — (1) The Administrator shall 

 promulgate regulations establishing a procedure 

 for awarding grants under this section which — 

 "(A) provides that projects will be carried out 

 in communities of varying sizes, under such con- 

 ditions as will assist in solving the community 

 waste problems of urban-industrial centers, 

 metropolitan regions, and rural areas, under 

 representative geographic and environmental 

 conditions; and 



"(B) provides deadlines for submission of, and 

 action on, grant requests. 

 (2) In taking action on applications for gn^ants 

 under this section, consideration shall be given by 

 the Administrator (A) to the public benefits to be 

 derived by the construction and the propriety of 

 Federal aid in making such grant; (B) to the ex- 

 tent applicable, to the economic and commercial 

 viability of the project (including contractual ar- 

 rangements with the private sector to market any 

 resources recovered) ; (C) to the potential of such 

 project for general application to community solid 

 waste disposal problems; and (D) to the use by the 

 applicant of comprehensive regional or metropoli- 

 tan area planning. 



"(e) Additional Limitations. — A grant under 

 this section — 



"(1) may be made only in the amount of the 

 Federal share of (A) the estimated total design 

 and construction costs, plus (B) in the case of a 

 grant to which subsection (b)(1) applies, the 

 first-year operation and maintenance costs; 



"(2) may not be provided for land acquisition 

 or (except as otherwise provided in paragraph 

 (1) (B)) for operating or maintenance costs; 



"(3) may not be made until the applicant has 

 made provision satisfactory to the Administra- 

 tor for proper and eCBcient operation and main- 

 tenance of the project (subject to paragraph 

 (1)(B)); and 



"(4) may be made subject to such conditions 

 and requirements, in addition to those provided 

 in this section, as the Administrator may re- 

 quire to properly carry out his functions pur- 

 suant to this Act. 

 For purposes of paragraph (1), the non-Federal 

 share may be in any form, including, but not lim- 

 ited to, lands or interests therein needed for the 

 project or personal property or services, the value 

 of which shall be determined by the Administrator. 

 "(f) Single State. — (1) Not more than 15 per- 

 cent of the total of funds authorized to be appro- 

 priated for any fiscal year to carry out this section 



shall be granted under this section for projects in 

 any one State. 



"(2) The Administrator shall prescribe by regu- 

 lation the manner in which this subsection shall 

 apply to a grant under this section for a project 

 in an area which includes all or part of more than 

 one State. 



"authorization of appropriations 



"Sec 8007. There are authorized to be apropri- 

 ated not to exceed $35,000,000 for the fiscal year 

 1978 to carry out the purposes of this substitle 

 (except for section 8002).". 



solid waste cleanup on federal lands in ALASKA 



Sec. 3. (a) The President shall direct such 

 executive departments or agencies as he may deem 

 appropriate to conduct a study. In consultation 

 with representatives of the State of Alaska and the 

 appropriate Native organizations, to determine the 

 best overall procedures for removing existing solid 

 waste on Federal lands in Alaska. Such study shall 

 include, but shall not be limited to, a considera- 

 tion of — 



(1) alternative procedures for removing the 

 solid waste in an environmentally safe manner, 

 and 



(2) the estimated costs of removing the solid 

 waste. 



(b) The President shall submit a report of the 

 results together with appropriate supporting data 

 and such recommendations as he deems desirable 

 to the Committee on Public Works of the Senate 

 and to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign 

 Commerce of the House of Representatives not 

 later than one year after the enactment of the 

 Solid Waste Utilization Act of 1976. The President 

 shall also submit, within six months after the study 

 has been submitted to the committees, recom- 

 mended administrative actions, procedures, and 

 needed legislation to implement such procedures 

 and the recommendations of the study. 



Sec. 4. (a) In order to demonstrate effective 

 means of dealing with contamination of public 

 water supplies by leachate from abandoned or 

 other landfills, the Administrator of the Environ- 

 mental Protection Agency is authorized to provide 

 technical and financial assistance for a research 

 program to control leachate from the Llangollen 

 Landfill in New Castle County, Delaware. 



(b) The research program authorized by this 

 section shall be designed by the New Castle County 

 areawlde waste treatment management program, 

 in cooperation with the Environmental Protection 

 Agency, to develop methods for controlling leachate 

 contamination from abandoned and other landfills 

 that may be applied at the Llangollen Landfill and 

 at other landfills throughout the Nation. Such 

 research program shall investigate all alternative 

 solutions or corrective actions including — 



(1) hydrogologic isolation of the landfill com- 

 bined with the collection and treatment of 

 leachate; 



