Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 82 — Solid Waste Disposal
§ 6977. Grants or contracts for training projects
Statutory text
General authority
The Administrator is authorized to make grants to, and contracts with any eligible organization. For purposes of this section the term “eligible organization” means a State or interstate agency, a municipality, educational institution, and any other organization which is capable of effectively carrying out a project which may be funded by grant under subsection (b) of this section.
Purposes
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 Administrator, of any project operated or to be operated by an eligible organization, which is designed—
to develop, expand, or carry out a program (which may combine training, education, and employment) for training persons for occupations involving the management, supervision, design, operation, or maintenance of solid waste management and resource recovery equipment and facilities; or
to train instructors and supervisory personnel to train or supervise persons in occupations involving the design, operation, and maintenance of solid waste management and resource recovery equipment and facilities.
A grant or contract authorized by paragraph (1) of this subsection may be made only upon application to the Administrator at such time or times and containing such information as he may prescribe, except that no such application shall be approved unless it provides for the same procedures and reports (and access to such reports and to other records) as required by section 3254a(b)(4) and (5) 1 of this title (as in effect before ) with respect to applications made under such section (as in effect before ).
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
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.
Pub. L. 89–272 title II § 7007 · 79 Stat. 992
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6977
Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7007, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2827
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7007, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2827Pub. L. 95–609 § 7(r)(1) · 92 Stat. 3079
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 6977(b)(1)
Pub. L. 95–609, § 7(r)(1), (2), substituted “management” for “disposal”
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 6977(b)(1)
Pub. L. 95–609, § 7(r)(1), (2), substituted “resource” for “resources”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 95–609, § 7(r)(1), (2), substituted “management” for “disposal” in two places, and “resource” for “resources”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) revising subsection (b) (1) (A) by striking out “disposal” and inserting “management”; and by striking out “resources” and inserting “resource”;Pub. L. 95–609 § 7(r)(3) · 92 Stat. 3079
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 6977(c)(3)
Pub. L. 95–609, § 7(r)(3), substituted “management” for “disposal”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 95–609, § 7(r)(3), substituted “management” for “disposal”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(3) revising subsection (c) (3) by striking out “disposal” and inserting “management” in lieu thereof.Federal Reports Elimination Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105–362 title V § 501(f) · 112 Stat. 3280
Struck · 42 U.S.C. § 6977(c)
Pub. L. 105–362 struck out heading and text of subsec. (c) which related to Administrator’s study and report on State and local training needs and obstacles to employment and occupational advancement in solid waste management and resource recovery field
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–362 struck out heading and text of subsec. (c) which related to Administrator’s study and report on State and local training needs and obstacles to employment and occupational advancement in solid waste management and resource recovery field.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(f) Report on State and Local Training Needs and Obstacles to Employment in Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery.— Section 7007 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6977) is amended by striking subsection (c).
4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 3254a(b)(4) and (5) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was in the original “section 207(b)(4) and (5)”, meaning section 207(b)(4) and (5) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which was omitted in the general revision of the Solid Waste Disposal Act by Pub. L. 94–580 on .
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 3254d of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act by Pub. L. 94–580.
Amendments1978–1998 · 2 rounds
1998
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–362 struck out heading and text of subsec. (c) which related to Administrator’s study and report on State and local training needs and obstacles to employment and occupational advancement in solid waste management and resource recovery field.
1978
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 95–609, § 7(r)(1), (2), substituted “management” for “disposal” in two places, and “resource” for “resources”.
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 95–609, § 7(r)(3), substituted “management” for “disposal”.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of certain enforcement functions of Administrator or other official of Environmental Protection Agency under this chapter to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of Energy, then to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, see note set out under section 6903 of this title.
Credits
1976–1998 · 3 acts
- 1976Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7007, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2827
- 1978amended Pub. L. 95–609, § 7(r), , 92 Stat. 3083
- 1998Pub. L. 105–362, title V, § 501(f), , 112 Stat. 3284.
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(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7007, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2827; amended Pub. L. 95–609, § 7(r), , 92 Stat. 3083; Pub. L. 105–362, title V, § 501(f), , 112 Stat. 3284.)