‘‘(7)(A) The plan shall provide for the collection 
of a fee of not less than $5 per ton to be imposed 
on all solid waste collected by, or generated by, a 
municipality (other than fly ash and bottom ash) re-
ceived by each solid waste landfill subject to this 
subtitle in the State. The fee shall be collected by 
the owner or operator of the solid waste landfill and 
remitted to the general purpose unit of local govern-
ment having jurisdiction over the area in which the 
facility is located. The plan shall also provide for the 
submission to the State and to the Administrator of 
an annual report by each facility in the State that 
is subject to such fee in the year to which the report 
applies. The report shall specify the amount and 
type of waste received for the year concerned, to-
gether with the amount of fees collected and all 
measures in place at the reporting facility to reduce 
greenhouse gases and to protect human health and 
the environment. 
‘‘(B)(i) The unit of local government referred to 
in subparagraph (A) shall use all revenues generated 
by the fee referred to in subparagraph (A), or trans-
fer such revenues to the State, to undertake, or to 
provide grants, loans, loan guarantees or other fi-
nancial assistance to any entity to undertake, ap-
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proved greenhouse gas reduction projects in the area 
subject to the jurisdiction of such unit of local gov-
ernment. Not more than 10 percent of such revenues 
may be reserved for the costs of administering the 
program under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(ii) A greenhouse gas reduction project shall 
be treated as approved for purposes of this para-
graph if the project is one of a class or category of 
greenhouse gas reduction projects listed by the Ad-
ministrator as a cost-effective greenhouse gas reduc-
tion measure. The Administrator shall promulgate, 
and from time to time revise, a list of such classes 
or categories of such measures. Such list shall iden-
tify the most cost-effective measures. Such measures 
may include waste reduction measures, recycling, 
landfill gas recovery, waste recovery including energy 
generation, and any other measures deemed cost ef-
fective by the Administrator. 
‘‘(iii) In selecting projects to be funded under 
this paragraph, the unit of local government (or 
State, as the case may be) shall select those projects 
identified by the Administrator as the most cost-ef-
fective means to reduce greenhouse gases.’’. 
(b) FEDERAL
FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE.—Section 
4007(a) 
of 
the 
Solid 
Waste 
Disposal 
Act 
(42 
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U.S.C.6947(a)) is amended by striking out ‘‘and (5)’’ in 
each placed it appears and inserting ‘‘(5), and (7)’’. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL PLANS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUC-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Dis-
posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 and following) is amended by 
adding the following new section at the end thereof: 
‘‘SEC. 4011. FEDERAL PLANS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS RE-
DUCTION. 
‘‘(a) STATES NOT HAVING APPROVED PLANS.—In 
the case of any State for which plan provisions under sec-
tion 4003(a)(7) have not been approved within one year 
after the enactment of this section, or for which any such 
plan provisions are subsequently disapproved, the Admin-
istrator shall impose and collect, under rules promulgated 
by the Administrator, a fee of not more than $5 per ton 
on all solid waste collected by, or generated by, a munici-
pality (other than fly ash and bottom ash) received by each 
solid waste landfill subject to this subtitle in that State. 
Subject to annual appropriations, all revenues derived 
from such fee shall be used by the Administrator for 
greenhouse gas reduction measures described in section 
4003(a)(7)(B). 
‘‘(b) PENALTY.—Any person who fails or refuses to 
pay the full amount of any fee imposed under subsection 
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(a) shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty 
in the amount fo $25,000 for each such violation. Such 
civil penalty shall be assessed and collected in the same 
manner as in the case of a civil penalty under section 
3008(g).’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
such subtitle D is amended by adding the following at the 
end thereof: 
‘‘Sec. 4011. Federal plans for greenhouse gas reduction.’’. 
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