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[CITE: 15USC2627]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                  CHAPTER 53--TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL
 
                SUBCHAPTER I--CONTROL OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES
 
Sec. 2627. State programs


(a) In general

    For the purpose of complementing (but not reducing) the authority 
of, or actions taken by, the Administrator under this chapter, the 
Administrator may make grants to States for the establishment and 
operation of programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks within 
the States to health or the environment which are associated with a 
chemical substance or mixture and with respect to which the 
Administrator is unable or is not likely to take action under this 
chapter for their prevention or elimination. The amount of a grant under 
this subsection shall be determined by the Administrator, except that no 
grant for any State program may exceed 75 per centum of the 
establishment and operation costs (as determined by the Administrator) 
of such program during the period for which the grant is made.

(b) Approval by Administrator

    (1) No grant may be made under subsection (a) of this section unless 
an application therefor is submitted to and approved by the 
Administrator. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and 
manner as the Administrator may require and shall--
        (A) set forth the need of the applicant for a grant under 
    subsection (a) of this section,
        (B) identify the agency or agencies of the State which shall 
    establish or operate, or both, the program for which the application 
    is submitted,
        (C) describe the actions proposed to be taken under such 
    program,
        (D) contain or be supported by assurances satisfactory to the 
    Administrator that such program shall, to the extent feasible, be 
    integrated with other programs of the applicant for environmental 
    and public health protection,
        (E) provide for the making of such reports and evaluations as 
    the Administrator may require, and
        (F) contain such other information as the Administrator may 
    prescribe.

    (2) The Administrator may approve an application submitted in 
accordance with paragraph (1) only if the applicant has established to 
the satisfaction of the Administrator a priority need, as determined 
under rules of the Administrator, for the grant for which the 
application has been submitted. Such rules shall take into consideration 
the seriousness of the health effects in a State which are associated 
with chemical substances or mixtures, including cancer, birth defects, 
and gene mutations, the extent of the exposure in a State of human 
beings and the environment to chemical substances and mixtures, and the 
extent to which chemical substances and mixtures are manufactured, 
processed, used, and disposed of in a State.

(c) Annual reports

    Not later than six months after the end of each of the fiscal years 
1979, 1980, and 1981, the Administrator shall submit to the Congress a 
report respecting the programs assisted by grants under subsection (a) 
of this section in the preceding fiscal year and the extent to which the 
Administrator has disseminated information respecting such programs.

(d) Authorization

    For the purpose of making grants under subsection (a) of this 
section, there are authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Sums appropriated under this subsection 
shall remain available until expended.

(Pub. L. 94-469, title I, Sec. 28, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2049; Pub. L. 
97-129, Sec. 1(a), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1686; renumbered title I, 
Pub. L. 99-519, Sec. 3(c)(1), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2989.)


                               Amendments

    1981--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97-129 substituted provisions relating to 
authorization of appropriations of $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 1982 and 1983 for provisions relating to such authorization for 
fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1977, Sept. 30, 1978, and Sept. 30, 1979.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2628 of this title.
