grants for state and interstate planning

grants for state and interstate planning Sec. 206. (a) The Secretary may from time to time, upon such terms and conditions consistent with this section as he finds appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act, make grants to State and interstate agencies of not to exceed 50 per centum of the cost of making surveys of solid-waste disposal practices and problems within the jurisdictional 79 Stat. 1000areas of such States or agencies, and of developing solid-waste disposal plans for such areas. (b) In order to be eligible for a grant under this section the State, or the interstate agency, must submit an application therefor which— (1) designates or establishes a single State agency (which may be an interdepartmental agency) or, in the case of an interstate agency, such interstate agency, as the sole agency for carrying out the purposes of this section; (2) indicates the manner in which provision will be made to assure full consideration of all aspects of planning essential to statewide planning (or in the case of an interstate agency jurisdiction wide planning) for proper and effective solid-waste disposal consistent with the protection of the public health, including such factors as population growth, urban and metropolitan development, land use planning, water pollution control, air pollution control, and the feasibility of regional disposal programs; (3) sets forth its plans for expenditure of such grant, which plans provide reasonable assurance of carrying out the purposes of this section; (4) provides for submission of a final report of the activities of the State or interstate agency in carrying out the purposes of this section, and for the submission of such other reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary may from time to time find necessary for carrying out the purposes of this section and for keeping such records and affording such access thereto as he may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports: and (5) provides for such fiscal-control and fund-accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for funds paid to the State or interstate agency under this section. (c) The Secretary shall make a grant under this section only if he finds that there is satisfactory assurance that the planning of solid-waste disposal will be coordinated, so far as practicable, with other related State, interstate, regional, and local planning activities, including those financed in part with funds pursuant to section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954.