15 U.S.C. § 2627: State programs

Summary

The Administrator can give money to States to set up and run programs that stop or remove unreasonable risks to health or the environment from a chemical or mix of chemicals when the Administrator cannot or is unlikely to act under this chapter. The grants are meant to help, not replace, the Administrator’s work. No grant can cover more than 75 percent of the program’s start‑up and running costs for the grant period. A State must apply and get approval to get a grant. The application must explain why the money is needed, name the State agency that will run the program, describe the actions to be taken, promise to coordinate with other health and environment programs, agree to reporting and evaluations, and give any other information the Administrator asks for. The Administrator will approve only if the State shows a priority need under rules that look at how serious the health effects are (for example, cancer, birth defects, gene mutations), how much people and the environment are exposed, and how much the chemicals are made, used, or disposed of in the State.

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(a)In general

For the purpose of complementing (but not reducing) the authority of, or actions taken by, the Administrator under this chapter, the Administrator may make grants to States for the establishment and operation of programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks within the States to health or the environment which are associated with a chemical substance or mixture and with respect to which the Administrator is unable or is not likely to take action under this chapter for their prevention or elimination. The amount of a grant under this subsection shall be determined by the Administrator, except that no grant for any State program may exceed 75 per centum of the establishment and operation costs (as determined by the Administrator) of such program during the period for which the grant is made.

(b)Approval by Administrator

(1)No grant may be made under subsection (a) unless an application therefor is submitted to and approved by the Administrator. Such an application shall be submitted in such form and manner as the Administrator may require and shall—

(A)set forth the need of the applicant for a grant under subsection (a),

(B)identify the agency or agencies of the State which shall establish or operate, or both, the program for which the application is submitted,

(C)describe the actions proposed to be taken under such program,

(D)contain or be supported by assurances satisfactory to the Administrator that such program shall, to the extent feasible, be integrated with other programs of the applicant for environmental and public health protection,

(E)provide for the making of such reports and evaluations as the Administrator may require, and

(F)contain such other information as the Administrator may prescribe.

(2)The Administrator may approve an application submitted in accordance with paragraph (1) only if the applicant has established to the satisfaction of the Administrator a priority need, as determined under rules of the Administrator, for the grant for which the application has been submitted. Such rules shall take into consideration the seriousness of the health effects in a State which are associated with chemical substances or mixtures, including cancer, birth defects, and gene mutations, the extent of the exposure in a State of human beings and the environment to chemical substances and mixtures, and the extent to which chemical substances and mixtures are manufactured, processed, used, and disposed of in a State.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2016—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 114–182 struck out subsecs. (c) and (d). Text read as follows: “(c) Not later than six months after the end of each of the fiscal years 1979, 1980, and 1981, the Administrator shall submit to the Congress a report respecting the programs assisted by grants under subsection (a) in the preceding fiscal year and the extent to which the Administrator has disseminated information respecting such programs. “(d) For the purpose of making grants under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1982 and 1983. Sums appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended.” 1981—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97–129 substituted provisions relating to authorization of appropriations of $1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for provisions relating to such authorization for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1977, Sept. 30, 1978, and Sept. 30, 1979.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 1977, see section 31 of Pub. L. 94–469, set out as a note under section 2601 of this title.

§2627 State Programs