303 



(5) to provide for training grants In occupations 



involving the design, operation, and maintenance 



of solid waste (iisp>06al systems. 



(Pub. L. 89-272. title n, 5 202. Oct. 20, 1965, 79 



Stat. 997; Pub. L. 91-512. title I, § 101. Oct. 26, 



1970. 84 Stet. 1227.) 



Amendments 

 1970 — Subsec. (b). Pub L 91-512 added provUlons set- 

 ting forth purposes of this chapter as that of promoting 

 recycling, local planning, and training functions. 



§3252. Definitions. 

 When used in this chapter — 



(1) The term "Secretarj-" means the Secretary 

 of Health. Education, and Welfare; except that 

 such term means the Secretary of the Interior 

 with respect to problems of solid waste resulting 

 from the extraction, processing, or utilization of 

 minerals or fossil fuels where the generation, pro- 

 duction, or reuse of such waste is or may be con- 

 trolled wlthip the extraction, processing, or utiliza- 

 tion facility or facilities and where such control 

 Is a feature of the technology or economy of the 

 operation of such facility or facilities. 



(2) The term "State" means a State, the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

 Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American 

 Samoa. 



(3) The term "interstate agency" means an 

 agency of two or more municipalities in different 

 States, or an agency established by two or more 

 States, with authority to provide for the disposal 

 of solid wastes and serving two or more municipali- 

 ties located in different States. 



(4) The term "solid waste" means garbage, ref- 

 use, and other discarded solid materials, includ- 

 ing solid-waste materials resulting from industrial, 

 commercial, and agricultural operations, and from 

 community activities, but does not include solids 

 or dissolved material in domestic sewage or other 

 significant pollutants in water resources, such as 

 silt, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial 

 waste water effluents, dissolved materials in ir- 

 rigation return flows or other common water pol- 

 lutants. 



(5) The term "solid-waste disposal" means the 

 collection, storage, treatment, utilization, process- 

 ing, or final disposal of solid waste. 



(6) The term "construction", with respect to 

 any project of construction under this chapter, 

 means lAi the erection or building of new struc- 

 tures and acquisition of lands or interests therein, 

 or the acquisition, replacement, expansion, re- 

 modeling, alteration, modernization, or extension 

 of existing structures, and (B) the acquisition and 

 Installation of initial equipment of. or required 

 in connection with, new or newly acquired struc- 

 tures or the expanded, remodeled, altered, mod- 

 ernized or extended part of existing structures (in- 

 cluding trucks and other motor vehicles, and 

 tractors, cranes, and othe*- machinery) necessary 

 for the proper utilization and operation of the fa- 

 cility after completion of the project; and includes 

 preliminary planning to determine the economic 



and engineering feasibility and the public health 

 and safety aspects of the project, the engineering, 

 architectural, legal, fiscal, and economic investi- 

 gations and studies, and any surveys, designs. 

 plans, working drawings, specifications, and other 

 action necessary for the carrying out of the proj- 

 ect, and (C) the Inspection and supervision of 

 the process of carrying out the project to com- 

 pletion. 



(7) The term "municipality" means a city, town, 

 borough, county, parish, district, or other public 

 body created by or pursuant to State law with 

 responsibility for the planning or administration 

 of solid waste disposal, or an Indian tribe. 



(8) The term "intc-municipal agency" means 

 an agency established by two or more municipali- 

 ties with responsibility for planning or adminis- 

 tration of solid waste disposal. 



(9) The term "recovered resources" means ma- 

 terials or energy recovered from solid wastes. 



(10'' The term "resource recovery system" 

 means a solid waste management system which 

 provides for collection, separation, recycling, and 

 recovery of solid wastes, including disposal of non- 

 recoverable waste residues. 



(Pub. L. 89-272. title II. § 203, Oct. 20. 1965. 79 Stat. 



998; Pub. L. 91-512. title I, § 102, Oct. 26. 1970. 



84 Stat. 1228.) 



Amendments 

 1970— Para. (7)-(10). Pub. L. 91-612 added pars. 



(7)-(10). 



§3253. Research, demonstrations, training and otiier 

 activities. 



(a) Authority of Secretary to conduct; encourage- 

 ment, etc, of public and private agencies in the 

 conduct of. 

 The Secretary shall conduct, and encourage, co- 

 operate with, and render financial and other assist- 

 ance to appropriate public (whether Federal, State, 

 interstate, or local) authorities, agencies, and insti- 

 tutions, private agencies and institutions, and indi- 

 viduals in the conduct of, and promote the 

 coordination of. research, investigations, experi- 

 ments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies 

 relating to — 



( 1 ) any adverse health and welfare effects of the 

 release into the environment of material present 

 in solid waste, and methods to eliminate such 

 effects ; 



(2) the operation and financing of solid waste 

 disposal programs; 



(3) the reduction of the amount of such waste 

 and unsalvageable waste materials; 



(4) the development and application of new and 

 improved methods of collecting and disposing 

 of solid waste and prcxiessing and recovering ma- 

 terials and energy from solid wastes; and 



(5) the identification of solid waste components 

 and potential materials and energy recoverable 

 from such waste compwnents. 



(b) Collection and dissemination of information; co- 

 operation witli public or private agencies; grants- 

 in-aid; contracts. 

 In carrying out the provisions of the preceding 



subsection, the Secretary is authorized 



