42 U.S.C. § 4366 — Identification and coordination of research, development, and demonstration activities
submitted 49 years ago by Pub. L. 95-155 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 452 words · no verdicts yet
The EPA Administrator must continually identify and coordinate environmental research to reduce unnecessary duplication. The Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Science and Technology Policy must conduct a joint study, followed by reports from the Council and President.
(a) With other federal agency heads, the Administrator* must continually take needed or appropriate action to (1) identify environmental research, development, and demonstration inside and outside government that needs better coordination to reduce unnecessary duplication of programs, projects, and facilities; (2) determine and promote steps available under existing law to achieve coordination; and (3) determine additional legislation needed for maximum coordination. Each annual five-year-plan revision must fully report the prior year's actions and determinations; the Administrator may submit interim reports when appropriate.
(b) The Administrator must coordinate EPA's environmental research, development, and demonstration programs with other federal agencies to reduce unnecessary duplication.
(c) (1) To improve coordination and the effectiveness of coordination methods, the Council on Environmental Quality, consulting the Office of Science and Technology Policy, must promptly conduct a joint study of all aspects of coordinating environmental research and development. The Council chair must send the President and Congress a report with appropriate recommendations, including legislative recommendations, by May 31, 1978. (2) By September 30, 1978, the President must report to Congress on steps taken to implement those recommendations, including any recommended legislation.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in consultation and cooperation with the heads of other Federal agencies, shall take such actions on a continuing basis as may be necessary or appropriate—
to identify environmental research, development, and demonstration activities, within and outside the Federal Government, which may need to be more effectively coordinated in order to minimize unnecessary duplication of programs, projects, and research facilities;
to determine the steps which might be taken under existing law, by him and by the heads of such other agencies, to accomplish or promote such coordination, and to provide for or encourage the taking of such steps; and
to determine the additional legislative actions which would be needed to assure such coordination to the maximum extent possible.
The Administrator shall include in each annual revision of the five-year plan provided for by section 4361 1 of this title a full and complete report on the actions taken and determinations made during the preceding year under this subsection, and may submit interim reports on such actions and determinations at such other times as he deems appropriate.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall coordinate environmental research, development, and demonstration programs of such Agency with the heads of other Federal agencies in order to minimize unnecessary duplication of programs, projects, and research facilities.
In order to promote the coordination of environmental research and development activities, and to assure that the action taken and methods used (under subsection (a) and otherwise) to bring about such coordination will be as effective as possible for that purpose, the Council on Environmental Quality in consultation with the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall promptly undertake and carry out a joint study of all aspects of the coordination of environmental research and development. The Chairman of the Council shall prepare a report on the results of such study, together with such recommendations (including legislative recommendations) as he deems appropriate, and shall submit such report to the President and the Congress not later than May 31, 1978.
Not later than September 30, 1978, the President shall report to the Congress on steps he has taken to implement the recommendations included in the report under paragraph (1), including any recommendations he may have for legislation.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 95–155, § 9, Nov. 8, 1977, 91 Stat. 1261.)
- 1977Enacted · Pub. L. 95-155 · 91 Stat. 1261
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