1999 US Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 82 - SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
SUBCHAPTER IV - STATE OR REGIONAL SOLID WASTE PLANS
Sec. 6949 - Rural communities assistance
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 82 - SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SUBCHAPTER IV - STATE OR REGIONAL SOLID WASTE PLANS Sec. 6949 - Rural communities assistance |
Contains | section 6949 |
Date | 1999 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 23, 2000 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 89-272, title II, §4009, as added Pub. L. 94-580, §2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2819; amended Pub. L. 96-482, §31(e), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2353. |
Statutes at Large References | 69 Stat. 322 86 Stat. 816 90 Stat. 2819 94 Stat. 2353 |
Public Law References | Public Law 89-272, Public Law 92-500, Public Law 94-580, Public Law 96-482 |
§6949. Rural communities assistance (a) In general
The Administrator shall make grants to States to provide assistance to municipalities with a population of five thousand or less, or counties with a population of ten thousand or less or less than twenty persons per square mile and not within a metropolitan area, for solid waste management facilities (including equipment) necessary to meet the requirements of section 6945 of this title or restrictions on open burning or other requirements arising under the Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.] or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.]. Such assistance shall only be available—
(1) to any municipality or county which could not feasibly be included in a solid waste management system or facility serving an urbanized, multijurisdictional area because of its distance from such systems;
(2) where existing or planned solid waste management services or facilities are unavailable or insufficient to comply with the requirements of section 6945 of this title; and
(3) for systems which are certified by the State to be consistent with any plans or programs established under any State or areawide planning process.
(b) AllotmentThe Administrator shall allot the sums appropriated to carry out this section in any fiscal year among the States in accordance with regulations promulgated by him on the basis of the average of the ratio which the population of rural areas of each State bears to the total population of rural areas of all the States, the ratio which the population of counties in each State having less than twenty persons per square mile bears to the total population of such counties in all the States, and the ratio which the population of such low-density counties in each State having 33 per centum or more of all families with incomes not in excess of 125 per centum of the poverty level bears to the total population of such counties in all the States.
(c) LimitThe amount of any grant under this section shall not exceed 75 per centum of the costs of the project. No assistance under this section shall be available for the acquisition of land or interests in land.
(d) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated ,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1978 and 1979 to carry out this section. There are authorized to be appropriated ,000,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and ,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1981 and 1982 to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, §4009, as added Pub. L. 94–580, §2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2819; amended Pub. L. 96–482, §31(e), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2353.)
References in TextThe Clean Air Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act July 14, 1955, ch. 360, 69 Stat. 322, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 85 (§7401 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7401 of this title and Tables.
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, §2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§1251 et seq.) of title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short title note set out under section 1251 of title 33 and Tables.
Amendments1980—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–482 authorized appropriation of ,000,000, ,000,000, and ,000,000 for fiscal years 1980, 1981, 1982, respectively.
Transfer of FunctionsFor transfer of certain enforcement functions of Administrator or other official of Environmental Protection Agency under this chapter to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of Energy, see note set out under section 6903 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 6916 of this title.
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