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[CITE: 42USC6941]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
           SUBCHAPTER IV--STATE OR REGIONAL SOLID WASTE PLANS
 
Sec. 6941. Objectives of subchapter

    The objectives of this subchapter are to assist in developing and 
encouraging methods for the disposal of solid waste which are 
environmentally sound and which maximize the utilization of valuable 
resources including energy and materials which are recoverable from 
solid waste and to encourage resource conservation. Such objectives are 
to be accomplished through Federal technical and financial assistance to 
States or regional authorities for comprehensive planning pursuant to 
Federal guidelines designed to foster cooperation among Federal, State, 
and local governments and private industry. In developing such 
comprehensive plans, it is the intention of this chapter that in 
determining the size of the waste-to-energy facility, adequate provision 
shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipated future needs, 
including those needs created by thorough implementation of section 
6962(h) of this title, of the recycling and resource recovery interest 
within the area encompassed by the planning process.

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 4001, as added Pub. L. 94-580, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2813; amended Pub. L. 96-482, Sec. 32(b), Oct. 
21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2353; Pub. L. 98-616, title III, Sec. 301(a), title 
V, Sec. 501(f)(1), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3267, 3276.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 3254 of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act by Pub. L. 94-580.


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-616, Sec. 501(f)(1), inserted ``, including those 
needs created by thorough implementation of section 6962(h) of this 
title,''.
    Pub. L. 98-616, Sec. 301(a), inserted at end ``In developing such 
comprehensive plans, it is the intention of this chapter that in 
determining the size of the waste-to-energy facility, adequate provision 
shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipated future needs of 
the recycling and resource recovery interest within the area encompassed 
by the planning process.''
    1980--Pub. L. 96-482 included as an objective in the disposal of 
solid waste the utilization of energy and materials recoverable from 
solid waste.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6942 of this title.
