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§ 6892. Annual report to Congress by Comptroller General

(a) Requirements; access to information

For each fiscal year ending before October 1, 1979, the Comptroller General shall report to the Congress on the activities of the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary under this subchapter and any amendments to other statutes made by this subchapter. The provisions of section 771 of title 15 (relating to access by the Comptroller General to books, documents, papers, statistics, data, records, and information in the possession of the Secretary of Energy or of recipients of Federal funds) shall apply to data which relate to such activities.

(b) Contents of report

Each report submitted by the Comptroller General under subsection (a) shall include—

(1) an accounting, by State, of expenditures of Federal funds under each program authorized by this subchapter or by amendments made by this subchapter;

(2) an estimate of the energy savings which have resulted thereby;

(3) a thorough evaluation of the effectiveness of the programs authorized by this subchapter or by amendments made by this subchapter in achieving the energy conservation or renewable resource potential available in the sectors and regions affected by such programs;

(4) a review of the extent and effectiveness of compliance monitoring of programs established by this subchapter or by amendments made by this subchapter and any evidence as to the occurrence of fraud with respect to such programs; and

(5) the recommendations of the Comptroller General with respect to (A) improvements in the administration of programs authorized by this subchapter or by amendments made by this subchapter, and (B) additional legislation, if any, which is needed to achieve the purposes of this subchapter.

(c) Definitions

As used in this part:

(1) Omitted

(2) The term "Comptroller General" means the Comptroller General of the United States.

(3) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

(Pub. L. 94–385, title IV, §462, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1168; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, §301(a), title VII, §§703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606, 607.)


Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a), and (b)(1), (3), (4), (5), was in the original "this title", meaning title IV of Pub. L. 94–385 which enacted this subchapter, section 6327 of this title, and section 1701z–8 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, amended sections 6323, 6325, and 6326 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 6801 of this title.

Codification

Subsec. (c)(1) of this section which read "The term 'Administrator' means the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration; except that after such Administration ceases to exist, such term means any officer of the United States designated by the President for purposes of this part" has been omitted in view of termination of Federal Energy Administration and transfer of its functions and functions of Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy pursuant to sections 301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95–91, which are classified to sections 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 of this title and the fact that the term "Secretary" is defined for the purposes of this subchapter by par. (3) of this section. In this part, "Secretary of Energy" has been substituted for "Administrator" wherever it appears.


Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

"Secretary of Energy" substituted for "Administrator", meaning Administrator of Federal Energy Administration, in subsec. (a) pursuant to sections 301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95–91, which are classified to sections 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 of this title and which terminated Federal Energy Administration and transferred its functions and functions of Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.

 

CHAPTER 82—SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL

SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec.
6901.
Congressional findings.
6901a.
Congressional findings: used oil recycling.
6902.
Objectives and national policy.
6903.
Definitions.
6904.
Governmental cooperation.
6905.
Application of chapter and integration with other Acts.
6906.
Financial disclosure.
6907.
Solid waste management information and guidelines.
6908.
Small town environmental planning.
6908a.
Agreements with Indian tribes.

        

SUBCHAPTER II—OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE; AUTHORITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR

6911.
Office of Solid Waste and Interagency Coordinating Committee.
6911a.
Assistant Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency; appointment, etc.
6912.
Authorities of Administrator.
6913.
Resource Recovery and Conservation Panels.
6914.
Grants for discarded tire disposal.
6914a.
Labeling of lubricating oil.
6914b.
Degradable plastic ring carriers; definitions.
6914b–1.
Regulation of plastic ring carriers.
6915.
Annual report.
6916.
General authorization.
6917.
Office of Ombudsman.

        

SUBCHAPTER III—HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

6921.
Identification and listing of hazardous waste.
6922.
Standards applicable to generators of hazardous waste.
6923.
Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste.
6924.
Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
6925.
Permits for treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste.
6926.
Authorized State hazardous waste programs.
6927.
Inspections.
6928.
Federal enforcement.
6929.
Retention of State authority.
6930.
Effective date.
6931.
Authorization of assistance to States.
6932.
Transferred.
6933.
Hazardous waste site inventory.
6934.
Monitoring, analysis, and testing.
6935.
Restrictions on recycled oil.
6936.
Expansion during interim status.
6937.
Inventory of Federal agency hazardous waste facilities.
6938.
Export of hazardous wastes.
6939.
Domestic sewage.
6939a.
Exposure information and health assessments.
6939b.
Interim control of hazardous waste injection.
6939c.
Mixed waste inventory reports and plan.
6939d.
Public vessels.
6939e.
Federally owned treatment works.
6939f.
Long-term storage.
6939g.
Hazardous waste electronic manifest system.

        

SUBCHAPTER IV—STATE OR REGIONAL SOLID WASTE PLANS

6941.
Objectives of subchapter.
6941a.
Energy and materials conservation and recovery; Congressional findings.
6942.
Federal guidelines for plans.
6943.
Requirements for approval of plans.
6944.
Criteria for sanitary landfills; sanitary landfills required for all disposal.
6945.
Upgrading of open dumps.
6946.
Procedure for development and implementation of State plan.
6947.
Approval of State plan; Federal assistance.
6948.
Federal assistance.
6949.
Rural communities assistance.
6949a.
Adequacy of certain guidelines and criteria.

        

SUBCHAPTER V—DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE IN RESOURCE AND RECOVERY

6951.
Functions.
6952.
Development of specifications for secondary materials.
6953.
Development of markets for recovered materials.
6954.
Technology promotion.
6955.
Marketing policies, establishment; nondiscrimination requirement.
6956.
Authorization of appropriations.

        

SUBCHAPTER VI—FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

6961.
Application of Federal, State, and local law to Federal facilities.
6962.
Federal procurement.
6963.
Cooperation with Environmental Protection Agency.
6964.
Applicability of solid waste disposal guidelines to Executive agencies.
6965.
Chief Financial Officer report.
6966.
Increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.
6966a.
Increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.
6966b.
Use of granular mine tailings.
6966c.
Best practices for battery recycling and labeling guidelines.
6966d.
Consumer recycling education and outreach grant program; Federal procurement.

        

SUBCHAPTER VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

6971.
Employee protection.
6972.
Citizen suits.
6973.
Imminent hazard.
6974.
Petition for regulations; public participation.
6975.
Separability.
6976.
Judicial review.
6977.
Grants or contracts for training projects.
6978.
Payments.
6979.
Labor standards.
6979a.
Transferred.
6979b.
Law enforcement authority.

        

SUBCHAPTER VIII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND INFORMATION

6981.
Research, demonstration, training, and other activities.
6982.
Special studies; plans for research, development, and demonstrations.
6983.
Coordination, collection, and dissemination of information.
6984.
Full-scale demonstration facilities.
6985.
Special study and demonstration projects on recovery of useful energy and materials.
6986.
Grants for resource recovery systems and improved solid waste disposal facilities.
6987.
Authorization of appropriations.

        

SUBCHAPTER IX—REGULATION OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS

6991.
Definitions and exemptions.
6991a.
Notification.
6991b.
Release detection, prevention, and correction regulations.
6991c.
Approval of State programs.
6991d.
Inspections, monitoring, testing, and corrective action.
6991e.
Federal enforcement.
6991f.
Federal facilities.
6991g.
State authority.
6991h.
Study of underground storage tanks.
6991i.
Operator training.
6991j.
Use of funds for release prevention and compliance.
6991k.
Delivery prohibition.
6991l.
Tanks on tribal lands.
6991m.
Authorization of appropriations.

        

SUBCHAPTER X—DEMONSTRATION MEDICAL WASTE TRACKING PROGRAM

6992.
Scope of demonstration program for medical waste.
6992a.
Listing of medical wastes.
6992b.
Tracking of medical waste.
6992c.
Inspections.
6992d.
Enforcement.
6992e.
Federal facilities.
6992f.
Relationship to State law.
6992g.
Repealed.
6992h.
Health impacts report.
6992i.
General provisions.
6992j.
Effective date.
6992k.
Authorization of appropriations.

        

SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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