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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 6911. Office of Solid Waste and Interagency Coordinating Committee
(a) Office of Solid Waste
The Administrator shall establish within the Environmental
Protection Agency an Office of Solid Waste (hereinafter referred to
as the "Office") to be headed by an Assistant Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency. The duties and responsibilities
(other than duties and responsibilities relating to research and
development) of the Administrator under this chapter (as modified
by applicable reorganization plans) shall be carried out through
the Office.
(b) Interagency Coordinating Committee
(1) There is hereby established an Interagency Coordinating
Committee on Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Activities
which shall have the responsibility for coordinating all activities
dealing with resource conservation and recovery from solid waste
carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department
of Energy, the Department of Commerce, and all other Federal
agencies which conduct such activities pursuant to this chapter or
any other Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term "resource
conservation and recovery activities" shall include, but not be
limited to, all research, development and demonstration projects on
resource conservation or energy, or material, recovery from solid
waste, and all technical or financial assistance for State or local
planning for, or implementation of, projects related to resource
conservation or energy or material, recovery from solid waste. The
Committee shall be chaired by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency or such person as the Administrator
may designate. Members of the Committee shall include
representatives of the Department of Energy, the Department of
Commerce, the Department of the Treasury, and each other Federal
agency which the Administrator determines to have programs or
responsibilities affecting resource conservation or recovery.
(2) The Interagency Coordinating Committee shall include
oversight of the implementation of
(A) the May 1979 Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Recovery
from Municipal Solid Waste between the Environmental Protection
Agency and the Department of Energy;
(B) the May 30, 1978, Interagency Agreement between the
Department of Commerce and the Environmental Protection Agency on
the Implementation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
[42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.]; and
(C) any subsequent agreements between these agencies or other
Federal agencies which address Federal resource recovery or
conservation activities.
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