PUBLIC LAW 94-580—OCT. 21, 1976 stration, except as otherwise specifically provided in section 8004(d), the Administrator may make grants to or enter into contracts (including contracts for construction) with, public agencies and authorities or private persons. "(2) Contracts for research, development, or demonstrations or for both (including contracts for construction) shall be made in accordance with and subject to the limitations provided with respect to research contracts of the military departments in title 10, United States Code, section 2353, except that the determination, approval, and certification required thereby shall be made by the Administrator. "(3) Any invention made or conceived in the course of, or under, any contract under this Act shall be subject to section 9 of the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to the .same extent and in the same manner as inventions made or conceived in the course of contracts under such Act, except that in applying such section, the Environmental Protection Agency shall be subistituted for the Energy Research and Development Administration and the words 'solid waste' shall be substituted for the word 'energy' where appropriate. "(4) For carrying out the purpose of this Act the Administrator may detail personnel of the Environmental Protection Agency to agencies eligible for assistance under this section.
90 STAT. 2831
42 USC 5908
Detail of EPA personndl to other agencie».
"SPECIAL STUDIES; PLANS FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATIONS
"SEC. 8002. (a) GLASS AND PLASTIC—The Administrator shall 42 USC 6982. undertake a study and publish a report on resource recovery from glass and plastic waste, including a scientific, technological, and economic investigation of potential solutions to implement such recovery. "(b) COMPOSITION OF WASTE STREAM.—The Administrator shall undertake a systematic study of the composition of the solid waste stream and of anticipated future changes in the composition of such stream and shall publish a report containing the results of such study and quantitatively evaluating the potential utility of such components. "(c) PRIORITIES STUDY.—For purposes of determining priorities for research on recovery of materials and energy from solid waste and developing materials and energy recovery research, development, and demonstration strategies, the Administrator shall review, and make a study of, the various existing and promising techniques of energy recovery from solid waste (including, but not limited to, waterwall furnace incinerators, dry shredded hiel systems, pyrolysis, densified refuse-derived fuel systems, anerobic digestion, and fuel and feedstock preparation systems). In carrying out such study the Administrator shall investigate with respect to each such technique— "(1) the degree of public need for the potential results of such research, development, or demonstration, , "(2) the potential for research, development, and demonstration without Federal action, including the degree of restraint on such potential posed by the risks involved, and "(3) the magnitude of effort and period of time necessary to develop the technology to the point where Federal assistance can be ended. "(d)
SMALL-SCALE AND Low
TECHNOLOGY STUDT.—The Adminis-
trator shall undertake a comprehensive study and analysis of, and publish a report on, systems of small-scale and low technology solid
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