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§ 4282. Grant programs
(a) Post-consumer materials management infrastructure grant program
(1) In generalThe EPA Administrator may provide grants to States to implement the strategy developed under section 4281(a) of this title and—
(A) to support improvements to local post-consumer materials management, including municipal recycling programs; and
(B) to assist local waste management authorities in making improvements to local waste management systems.
(2) Applications
(3) Contents of applicationsIn developing application requirements, the EPA Administrator shall consider requesting that a State applicant provide—
(A) a description of—
(i) the project or projects to be carried out using grant funds; and
(ii) how the project or projects would result in the generation of less plastic waste;
(B) a description of how the funds will support disadvantaged communities; and
(C) an explanation of any limitations, such as flow control measures, that restrict access to reusable or recyclable materials.
(4) Report to CongressNot later than January 1, 2023, the EPA Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report that includes—
(A) a description of the activities carried out under this subsection;
(B) estimates as to how much plastic waste was prevented from entering the oceans and other waterways as a result of activities funded pursuant to this subsection; and
(C) a recommendation on the utility of evolving the grant program into a new waste management State revolving fund.
(b) Drinking water infrastructure grants
(1) In general
(2) Applications
(c) Wastewater infrastructure grants
(1) In general
(2) Applications
(d) Trash-free waters grants
(1) In generalThe EPA Administrator may provide grants to units of local government, Indian Tribes, and nonprofit organizations—
(A) to support projects to reduce the quantity of solid waste in bodies of water by reducing the quantity of waste at the source, including through anti-litter initiatives;
(B) to enforce local post-consumer materials management ordinances;
(C) to implement State or local policies relating to solid waste;
(D) to capture post-consumer materials at stormwater inlets, at stormwater outfalls, or in bodies of water;
(E) to provide education and outreach about post-consumer materials movement and reduction; and
(F) to monitor or model flows of post-consumer materials, including monitoring or modeling a reduction in trash as a result of the implementation of best management practices for the reduction of plastic waste and other post-consumer materials in sources of drinking water.
(2) Applications
(e) Applicability of Federal law
(1) In general
(2) Authority
(3) Requirements
(f) Limitation on use of funds
(g) Authorization of appropriationsThere are authorized to be appropriated—
(1) for the program described 1
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by “in”.
subsection (a), $55,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025; and(2) for each of the programs described 1 subsections (b), (c), and (d), $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
(Pub. L. 116–224, title III, § 302, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1092.)