§6984 Full-scale Demonstration Facilities

Summary

The Administrator may hire public agencies or private people, or give grants, to build and run full-scale demonstration facilities only if several things are true. The facility must show a new or much improved technology or prove an existing but untested one works and is cost effective, and it must not duplicate any federal, state, local, or commercial facility that already exists or has started being built when the Administrator acts. The project must meet the rules in section 6981 and other chapter rules, follow the guidelines in section 6907 and other health and environmental laws, and, for contracts, be something that state, local, or private groups are unlikely to build or run (or, for grants, unlikely to get enough money from other sources). Any federal interest or help must be ended or disposed of, with appropriate compensation, within the time needed to meet the chapter’s goals. No new promises of financial help may be made after ten years after October 21, 1976, and no money may be spent after fourteen years after October 21, 1976. Where possible, the Administrator must try to share costs with other governments or private parties. The Administrator should also arrange monitoring of full-scale solid waste facilities to learn how they perform. If the Administrator only provides monitoring equipment, staff, or funds for those and gives no other financial help, inventions from the project do not have to be owned or patented by the United States. After October 21, 1976, the Administrator may not build or operate any full-scale facility except by contract with public agencies or private parties.