Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/139

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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-238—FEB. 25, 1978

92 STAT. 85

"(2) Any energy-related research, development, or demonstration Project project for the conversion (including bioconversion) of municipal administration. waste carried out by the Energy Kesearch and Development Administration pursuant to this or any other Act shall be administered in accordance with the May 7, 1976, Interagency Agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Research and Development Administration on the development of energy from solid wastes; and specifically, in accordance with such Agreement (A) for those energy-related projects of mutual interest, planning will be conducted jointly by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Research and Development Administration, following which project responsibility will be assigned to one agency; (B) energy-related aspects of projects for recovery of fuels or energy intensive products from municipal waste as defined in this section shall be the responsibility of the Energy Research and Development Administration including energy-related economic and institutional aspects; and (C) the Environmental Protection Agency shall retain responsibility for the environmental and other economic and institutional aspects of solid waste projects and for assurance that such projects are consistent with any applicable suggested guidelines published pursuant to section 1008 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-580), and any applicable State 42 USC 6907. or regional waste management plan. "(d)(1) The Administrator shall establish such guidelines as he Guidelines, deems necessary for purposes of obtaining pertinent information from availability to municipalities receiving funding under this section. These guidelines congressional shall include but not be limited to methods of assessment and evalu- committees. ation of projects authorized under this section. Such assessments and evaluations shall be presented by the Administrator to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources upon the request of either such committee. "(2) The Administrator shall annually submit a report to the Con- Annual report to gress concerning the actions taken or not taken by the Administrator Congress. under this section during the preceding fiscal year, and including but not limited to (A) a discussion of the status of each demonstration facility and related facilities financed under this section, including progress made in the development of such facilities, and the expected or actual production from each such facility including byproduct production therefrom, and the distribution of such products and byproducts, (B) a statement of the financial condition of each such demonstration facility, (C) data concerning the environmental, community, and health and safety impacts of each such facility and the actions taken or planned to prevent or mitigate such impacts, (D) the administrative and other costs incurred by the Administrator and other Federal agencies in carrying out this program, and (E) such other data as may be helpful in keeping Congress and the public fully and currently informed about the program authorized by this section. "(3) The annual reports required by this subsection shall be a part of the annual report required by section 15 of this Act, except that the 42 USC 5914. matters required to be reported by this subsection shall be clearly set out and identified in such annual reports. Such reports shall be transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the House Committee on Science and Technology and to the President of the Senate and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. "(e) No part of the program authorized by this section shall be