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title: "42 U.S.C. § 6941"
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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 6941 - Objectives of subchapter
## Text
The objectives of this subchapter are to assist in developing and encouraging methods for the disposal of solid waste which are environmentally sound and which maximize the utilization of valuable resources including energy and materials which are recoverable from solid waste and to encourage resource conservation. Such objectives are to be accomplished through Federal technical and financial assistance to States or regional authorities for comprehensive planning pursuant to Federal guidelines designed to foster cooperation among Federal, State, and local governments and private industry. In developing such comprehensive plans, it is the intention of this chapter that in determining the size of the waste-to-energy facility, adequate provision shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipated future needs, including those needs created by thorough implementation of section 6962(h) of this title, of the recycling and resource recovery interest within the area encompassed by the planning process.
(Pub. L. 89272, title II, § 4001, as added Pub. L. 94580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2813; amended Pub. L. 96482, § 32(b), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2353; Pub. L. 98616, title III, § 301(a), title V, § 501(f)(1), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3267, 3276.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 3254 of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act by Pub. L. 94580.
Amendments1984—Pub. L. 98616, § 501(f)(1), inserted “, including those needs created by thorough implementation of section 6962(h) of this title,”. Pub. L. 98616, § 301(a), inserted at end “In developing such comprehensive plans, it is the intention of this chapter that in determining the size of the waste-to-energy facility, adequate provision shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipated future needs of the recycling and resource recovery interest within the area encompassed by the planning process.” 1980—Pub. L. 96482 included as an objective in the disposal of solid waste the utilization of energy and materials recoverable from solid waste.