United States Code
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§ 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)
(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.
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 2001, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976 , 90 Stat. 2804; amended Pub. L. 96–482, § 4(c), Oct. 21, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2335; Pub. L. 96–510, title III, § 307(a), Dec. 11, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2810.)
cite as: 42 USC 6911
