Notwithstanding any of the above requirements, it is the intention of this chapter and the planning process developed pursuant to this chapter that in determining the size of the waste-to-energy facility, adequate provision shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipated future needs of the recycling and resource recovery interest within the area encompassed by the planning process.
42 U.S. Code § 6943 - Requirements for approval of plans
Another section 5(b) of Pub. L. 96–463 amended section 6948 of this title.
1984—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 98–616, § 502(h), redesignated the subsec. (b) entitled energy and materials conservation and recovery feasibility planning and assistance, as subsec. (c).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 98–616, § 301(b), added subsec. (d).
1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–463, § 5(b), and Pub. L. 96–482, § 32(d)(2), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a).
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 96–482, § 18(a), substituted reference to sections 6944(b) and 6945(a) of this title for reference to section 6945(c) of this title.
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 96–482, §§ 18(b), 32(d)(1), substituted “State or local government” for “local government” and required State plan recognition of right to enter into long-term contracts for operation of resource recovery facilities and to secure long-term markets for material and energy recovered from such facilities, and required State plan recognition of right to negotiate long-term contracts and to negotiate and enter into such contracts for conserving materials or energy by reducing the volume of waste.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–463, § 5(b), added subsec. (b) relating to discretionary plan provisions for recycled oil.
Pub. L. 96–482, § 32(d)(2), added subsec. (b) relating to energy and materials conservation and recovery feasibility planning and assistance.