Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 133 — Pollution Prevention
§ 13104. Grants to States for State technical assistance programs
Statutory text
General authority
The Administrator shall make matching grants to States for programs to promote the use of source reduction techniques by businesses.
Criteria
When evaluating the requests for grants under this section, the Administrator shall consider, among other things, whether the proposed State program would accomplish the following:
Make specific technical assistance available to businesses seeking information about source reduction opportunities, including funding for experts to provide onsite technical advice to business 1 seeking assistance and to assist in the development of source reduction plans.
Target assistance to businesses for whom lack of information is an impediment to source reduction.
Provide training in source reduction techniques. Such training may be provided through local engineering schools or any other appropriate means.
Matching funds
Federal funds used in any State program under this section shall provide no more than 50 per centum of the funds made available to a State in each year of that State’s participation in the program.
Effectiveness
The Administrator shall establish appropriate means for measuring the effectiveness of the State grants made under this section in promoting the use of source reduction techniques by businesses.
Information
States receiving grants under this section shall make information generated under the grants available to the Administrator.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. Probably should be “businesses”.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pollution Prevention Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–508 title VI § 6605 · 104 Stat. 1388
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 13104
(Pub. L. 101–508, title VI, § 6605, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–323.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 101–508, title VI, § 6605, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–323.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6605. GRANTS TO STATES FOR STATE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PRO-GRAMS. (a) General Authority.— The Administrator shall make matching grants to States for programs to promote the use of source reduction techniques by businesses. (b) Criteria.— When evaluating the requests for grants under this section, the Administrator shall consider, among other things, whether the proposed State program would accomplish the following: (1) Make specific technical assistance available to businesses seeking information about source reduction opportunities, including funding for experts to provide onsite technical advice to business seeking assistance and to assist in the development of source reduction plans. (2) Target assistance to businesses for whom lack of information is an impediment to source reduction. (3) Provide training in source reduction techniques. Such training may be provided through local engineering schools or any other appropriate means. (c) Matching Funds.— Federal funds used in any State program under this section shall provide no more than 50 per centum of the funds made available to a State in each year of that State’s participation in the program. (d) Effectiveness.— The Administrator shall establish appropriate means for measuring the effectiveness of the State grants made under this section in promoting the use of source reduction techniques by businesses. (e) Information.— States receiving grants under this section shall make information generated under the grants available to the Administrator.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Pub. L. 101–508, title VI, § 6605, , 104 Stat. 1388–323.)