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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 699

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the Administrator

of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants for the purchase of recycling equipment.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 27, 1993

Mr. VOLKMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize the

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

to provide grants for the purchase of recycling equipment.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. GRANTS FOR RECYCLING EQUIPMENT.

4 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.—Subtitle D of the Solid Waste

5 Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.) is amended by add6 ing at the end the following new section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 4011. GRANTS FOR RECYCLING EQUIPMENT.

2 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Administrator may award

3 grants to persons for the purpose of purchasing recycling

4 equipment, as defined in subsection (b).

5 ‘‘(b) RECYCLING EQUIPMENT DEFINED.—For pur6 poses of this section:

7 ‘‘(1) The term ‘recycling equipment’ means any

8 equipment which is used exclusively—

9 ‘‘(A) to sort and prepare solid waste for

10 recycling, or

11 ‘‘(B) in the recycling of solid waste.

12 ‘‘(2) The term ‘recycling equipment’ does not

13 include—

14 ‘‘(A) any equipment used in a process after

15 the first marketable product is produced, or

16 ‘‘(B) in the case of recycling iron or steel,

17 any equipment used to reduce the waste to a

18 molten state and in any process thereafter.

19 ‘‘(3) Any equipment used in the recycling of

20 material which includes some virgin materials shall

21 not be treated as failing to meet the exclusive use

22 requirements of paragraph (1) if the amount of such

23 virgin materials is 10 percent or less.

24 ‘‘(4) The term ‘recycling equipment’ includes

25 any equipment which is used in the conversion of
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1 solid waste into a fuel or into useful energy such as

2 steam, electricity, or hot water.

3 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—A grant may not be awarded

4 under this section unless an application is submitted to,

5 and approved by, the Administrator. Such an application

6 shall be submitted in such form and manner, and contain

7 such information, as the Administrator by regulation

8 prescribes.

9 ‘‘(d) CONTRIBUTION BY GRANT RECIPIENT.—Each

10 recipient of a grant under this section shall be required,

11 as a condition of the grant, to contribute at least 75 per12 cent of the costs of the recycling equipment for which the

13 grant is made.

14 ‘‘(e) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of any grant

15 under this section may not exceed $500,000 for a single

16 grant recipient.

17 ‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall pro18 mulgate regulations to administer grants under this

19 section.

20 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be

21 appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out

22 this section.’’.

23 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents

24 for subtitle D of such Act (contained in section 1001 of
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1 such Act) is amended by adding at the end the following

2 new item:

‘‘Sec. 4011. Grants for recycling equipment.’’.

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