42 U.S.C. § 6977 : US Code - Section 6977: Grants or contracts for training projects

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6977 : US Code - Section 6977: Grants or contracts for training projects

(a) General authority
The Administrator is authorized to make grants to, and contracts
with any eligible organization. For purposes of this section the
term "eligible organization" means a State or interstate agency, a
municipality, educational institution, and any other organization
which is capable of effectively carrying out a project which may be
funded by grant under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Purposes
(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), grants or
contracts may be made to pay all or a part of the costs, as may be
determined by the Administrator, of any project operated or to be
operated by an eligible organization, which is designed -
(A) to develop, expand, or carry out a program (which may
combine training, education, and employment) for training persons
for occupations involving the management, supervision, design,
operation, or maintenance of solid waste management and resource
recovery equipment and facilities; or
(B) to train instructors and supervisory personnel to train or
supervise persons in occupations involving the design, operation,
and maintenance of solid waste management and resource recovery
equipment and facilities.
(2) A grant or contract authorized by paragraph (1) of this
subsection may be made only upon application to the Administrator
at such time or times and containing such information as he may
prescribe, except that no such application shall be approved unless
it provides for the same procedures and reports (and access to such
reports and to other records) as required by section 3254a(b)(4)
and (5) (!1) of this title (as in effect before October 21, 1976)
with respect to applications made under such section (as in effect
before October 21, 1976).