Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§13105 Source Reduction Clearinghouse
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 133— - POLLUTION PREVENTION › § 13105
Summary
The Administrator must create a Source Reduction Clearinghouse and a computer database to gather information on ways to reduce pollution and waste. It must share technologies, support state outreach and education, and collect reports from states that get grants under section 13104 about how their source reduction programs worked. The database must be public and let anyone enter and retrieve information.
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Title 42, §13105
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(a)The Administrator shall establish a Source Reduction Clearinghouse to compile information including a computer data base which contains information on management, technical, and operational approaches to source reduction. The Administrator shall use the clearinghouse to—
(1)serve as a center for source reduction technology transfer;
(2)mount active outreach and education programs by the States to further the adoption of source reduction technologies; and
(3)collect and compile information reported by States receiving grants under section 13104 of this title on the operation and success of State source reduction programs.
(b)The Administrator shall make available to the public such information on source reduction as is gathered pursuant to this chapter and such other pertinent information and analysis regarding source reduction as may be available to the Administrator. The data base shall permit entry and retrieval of information to any person.
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42 U.S.C. § 13105
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73