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sources, or in recycling useful materials. 



(2) The Federal share for any project to which 

 paragraph ( 1 ) applies shall be not more than 50 per- 

 cent 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) Establishment of procedure for awarding grants; 

 considerations in malting grants. 



(1) The Secretary, within ninety days after 

 Oct. 26, 1970, shall promulgate regulations establish- 

 ing a procedure for awarding grants under this 

 section which — 



(A) provides that projects will be carried out In 

 communities of varying sizes, under such condi- 

 tions as will assist in solving the community waste 

 problems of urban-industrial centers, metropoli- 

 tan 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 grants 

 under this section, consideration shall be given by 

 the Secretary (A) to the public benefits to be derived 

 by the construction and the propriety of Federal aid 

 In making such grant; (B) to the extent applicable, 

 to the economic and commercial viability of the 

 project (including contractual arrangements with 

 the private sector to market any resources recov- 

 ered) ; (C) to the potential of such project for gen- 

 eral application to community solid waste disposal 

 problems; and (D) to the use by the applicant of 

 comprehensive regional or metropolitan area plan- 

 ning. 



(e) Terms and conditions; non-Federal share. 



A grant under this section — 



( 1 ) may be made only in the amount of the Fed- 

 eral share of (A) the estimated total design and 

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

 to which subsection (b) (1) of this section 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 Secretary for 

 proper and efficient operation and maintenance 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 Secretary may require to properly 

 carry out his functions pursuant to this chapter. 



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

 share may be in any form, including, but not limited 

 to, lands or interests therein needed for the project 

 pr personal property or services, the value of which 

 shall be determined by the Secretary. 



(f) Limitation on grants. 



( 1 ) Not more than 15 percent of the total of funds 

 authorized to be appropriated under section 3259(a) 

 (3) of this title for any fiscal year to carry out this 

 section shall be granted under this section for proj- 

 ects in any one State. 



(2) The Secretary shall prescribe by regulation 

 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. 

 (Pub. L. 89-272, title n, §208, as added Pub. L. 

 91-512, title I, § 104(b) , Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1230.) 



§ 3254c. Recommendation by Secretary of guidelines; 

 publication in Federal Register; recommendation 

 by Secretary of model codes, ordinances, and 

 statutes; issuance of information to appropriate 

 agencies. 



(a) The Secretary shall, in cooperation with ap- 

 propriate State, Federal, interstate, regional, and 

 local agencies, allowing for public comment by other 

 interested parties, as soon as practicable after Octo- 

 ber 26, 1970, recommended to appropriate agencies 

 and publish in the Federal Register guidelines for 

 solid waste recovery, collection, separation, and dis- 

 posal systems (including systems for private use), 

 which shall be consistent with public health and 

 welfare, and air and water quality standards and 

 adaptable to appropriate land-use plans. Such 

 guidelines shall apply to such systems whether on 

 land or water and shall be revised from time to time. 



(b) (1) The Secretary shall, as soon as practicable, 

 recommend model codes, ordinances, and statutes 

 which are designed to implement this section and 

 the purposes of this chapter. 



(2) The Secretary shall issue to appropriate Fed- 

 eral, interstate, regional, and local agencies infor- 

 mation on technically feasible solid waste collection, 

 separation, disposal, recycling, and recovery meth- 

 ods, including data on the cost of construction, oper- 

 ation, and maintenance of such methods. (Pub. L. 

 89-272, title II, § 209, as added Pub. L. 91-512, title I, 

 § 104(b), Oct. 26. 1970, 84 Stat. 1232.) 



§3234d. Grants to or contracts with eligible organi- 

 zation. 



(a) Authorization. 



The Secretary is authorized to make grants to, 

 and contracts with, any eligible organization. For 

 purposes of this section the term "eligible organiza- 

 tion" means a Stats or interstate agency, a munici- 

 pality, educational institution, and any other orga- 

 nization which is capable of effectively carrying out 

 a project which may be funded by grant under 

 subsection (b) of this section. 



(b) Training projects; application; contents. 



(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), 

 grants or contracts may be made to pay all or a 

 part of the costs, as may be determined by the Sec- 

 retary, of any project operated or to be operated 

 by an eligible organization, which Is designed — 



(A) to develop, expand, or carry out a program 

 (which may combine training, education, and em- 

 ployment) for training persons for occupations in- 

 volving the management, supervision, design, 

 op>eration, or maintenance of solid waste disposal 

 and resource recovery equipment and facilities; or 



(B) to train instructors and supervisory person- 

 nel to train or supervise persons in occupations in- 

 volving the design, operation, and maintenance 

 of solid waste disposal and resoivce recovery 



' equipment and facilities. 



(2) A grant or contract authorized by paragraph 

 (1) of this subsection may be made only upon ap- 



