highway litter study

highway litter study Sec. 155. (a) The Secretary is directed to undertake a study of litter accumulation within the rights-of-way of the Federal-aid highway systems and recommend improved procedures to be used by the several States to prevent and clean up such highway litter on a regular basis. The Secretary shall report his findings and recommendations to the Congress by June 30, 1974. (b) For the purposes of this section, the term “litter” means beverage and food containers, food wastes, paper products, smoking materials or packaging, and any other materials which the Secretary finds are commonly used and discarded by the traveling public and which, when discarded along highway rights-of-way, cause an unsightly appearance, a danger to public health or safety, or an unreasonable expenditure of public funds. (c) Funds authorized to carry out section 307 of title 23, United States Code, are authorized to be used to carry out the investigation and study required by this section.