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[CITE: 42USC13103]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 133--POLLUTION PREVENTION
 
Sec. 13103. EPA activities


(a) Authorities

    The Administrator shall establish in the Agency an office to carry 
out the functions of the Administrator under this chapter. The office 
shall be independent of the Agency's single-medium program offices but 
shall have the authority to review and advise such offices on their 
activities to promote a multi-media approach to source reduction. The 
office shall be under the direction of such officer of the Agency as the 
Administrator shall designate.

(b) Functions

    The Administrator shall develop and implement a strategy to promote 
source reduction. As part of the strategy, the Administrator shall--
        (1) establish standard methods of measurement of source 
    reduction;
        (2) ensure that the Agency considers the effect of its existing 
    and proposed programs on source reduction efforts and shall review 
    regulations of the Agency prior and subsequent to their proposal to 
    determine their effect on source reduction;
        (3) coordinate source reduction activities in each Agency Office 
    \1\ and coordinate with appropriate offices to promote source 
    reduction practices in other Federal agencies, and generic research 
    and development on techniques and processes which have broad 
    applicability;
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        (4) develop improved methods of coordinating, streamlining and 
    assuring public access to data collected under Federal environmental 
    statutes;
        (5) facilitate the adoption of source reduction techniques by 
    businesses. This strategy shall include the use of the Source 
    Reduction Clearinghouse and State matching grants provided in this 
    chapter to foster the exchange of information regarding source 
    reduction techniques, the dissemination of such information to 
    businesses, and the provision of technical assistance to businesses. 
    The strategy shall also consider the capabilities of various 
    businesses to make use of source reduction techniques;
        (6) identify, where appropriate, measurable goals which reflect 
    the policy of this chapter, the tasks necessary to achieve the 
    goals, dates at which the principal tasks are to be accomplished, 
    required resources, organizational responsibilities, and the means 
    by which progress in meeting the goals will be measured;
        (8) \2\ establish an advisory panel of technical experts 
    comprised of representatives from industry, the States, and public 
    interest groups, to advise the Administrator on ways to improve 
    collection and dissemination of data;
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        (9) establish a training program on source reduction 
    opportunities, including workshops and guidance documents, for State 
    and Federal permit issuance, enforcement, and inspection officials 
    working within all agency program offices.\3\
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        (10) identify and make recommendations to Congress to eliminate 
    barriers to source reduction including the use of incentives and 
    disincentives;
        (11) identify opportunities to use Federal procurement to 
    encourage source reduction;
        (12) develop, test and disseminate model source reduction 
    auditing procedures designed to highlight source reduction 
    opportunities; and
        (13) establish an annual award program to recognize a company or 
    companies which operate outstanding or innovative source reduction 
    programs.

(Pub. L. 101-508, title VI, Sec. 6604, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-
322.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 13107 of this title.
