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Pollution Prevention Act Section 6604(b)(5)

42 U.S.C. 13103(b)(5)

SEC. 6604. EPA ACTIVITIES.

(a) AUTHORITIES.—The Administrator shall establish in the Agency an office to carry out the 

functions of the Administrator under this subtitle. 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 multimedia 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 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; 

(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 subtitle 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 subtitle, 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) 1 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;

(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

(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.