100 STAT. 1710
Science and technology.
PUBLIC LAW 99-499—OCT. 17, 1986
"(5) ADVISORY COUNCIL.—To assist in the implementation of this subsection and to aid in the coordination of research and .^'^ demonstration and training activities funded from the Fund •' under this section, the Secretary shall appoint an advisory council (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'Advisory Council') which shall consist of representatives of the following: "(A) The relevant Federal agencies. "(B) The chemical industry. "• "(C) The toxic waste management industry. "(D) Institutions of higher education. "(E) State and local health and environmental agencies. "(F) The general public. "(6) PLANNING.—Within nine months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, shall issue a plan for the implementation of paragraph (1). The plan shall include priorities for actions under paragraph (1) and include research and training relevant to sci* entific and technological issues resulting from site specific hazardous substance response experience. The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, take appropriate steps to coordinate program activities under this plan with the activities '^• of other Federal agencies in order to avoid duplication of effort. The plan shall be consistent with the need for the development " of new technologies for meeting the goals of response actions in
- '^ accordance with the provisions of this Act. The Advisory Council shall be provided an opportunity to review and comment on
'\ the plan and priorities and assist appropriate coordination among the relevant Federal agencies referred to in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5). "(b) ALTERNATIVE OR INNOVATIVE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—
Health and medical care.
26 USC 501.
42 USC 9604.
"(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator is authorized and directed to carry out a program of research, evaluation, testing, development, and demonstration of alternative or innovative treatment technologies (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 'program') which may be utilized in response actions to achieve more permanent protection of human health and wel'* fare and the environment. "(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The program shall be administered by the Administrator, acting through an office of technology demonstration and shall be coordinated with programs carried out by the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response and the Office of Research and Development. " ^ "(3) CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.—In carrying out the program, the Administrator is authorized to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, and make grants to, persons, public entities, and nonprofit private entities which are exempt - from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The Administrator shall, to the maximum extent possible, enter into appropriate cost sharing arrangements under this subsection. "(4) USE OF SITES.—In carrying out the program, the Administrator may arrange for the use of sites at which a response may - be undertaken under section 104 for the purposes of carrying out research, testing, evaluation, development, and demonstra-
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