Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S. Code 9601, et seq. (F) The Attorney General or the department shall take all reasonable actions to recover costs for expenditures made from the Solid Waste Emergency Fund. The department may seek cost recovery from persons whose willful disregard of this statute or regulations promulgated pursuant to this statute resulted in the need for emergency action. Funds recovered must be deposited into the Solid Waste Emergency Fund. (G) An authorized representative or employee of the department may enter at all times onto any site, facility, property, and surrounding areas for the purpose of investigating or addressing emergency situations. Notice to the owner or occupant is not required if immediate action is necessary and the delay required to provide this notice may present an imminent and substantial hazard to human health, safety or to the environment.” SECTION 2. Section 4496120(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: There is established a Solid Waste Management Trust Fund “(A) to be administered by the Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling to fund: (1) activities of the department to implement the provisions of this chapter; (2) research by statesupported educational institutions or by private entities under contract with statesupported educational institutions on solid waste management technologies; (3) activities of the Recycling Market Development Advisory Council including its staff in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars from the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund for fiscal year 199495; (4) demonstration projects or pilot programs to be conducted by local governments within their jurisdictions, including local governments which contract with private entities to assist in conducting the demonstration projects or pilot programs; (5) grants to local governments to carry out their responsibilities under this article, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4496130, including local governments which contract with private entities to assist in carrying out their responsibilities under this article; (6) grants to school districts and public and private schools to establish waste reduction and recycling education programs; and
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S. Code 9601, et seq. (F) The Attorney General or the department shall take all reasonable actions to recover costs for expenditures made from the Solid Waste Emergency Fund. The department may seek cost recovery from persons whose willful disregard of this statute or regulations promulgated pursuant to this statute resulted in the need for emergency action. Funds recovered must be deposited into the Solid Waste Emergency Fund. (G) An authorized representative or employee of the department may enter at all times onto any site, facility, property, and surrounding areas for the purpose of investigating or addressing emergency situations. Notice to the owner or occupant is not required if immediate action is necessary and the delay required to provide this notice may present an imminent and substantial hazard to human health, safety or to the environment.” SECTION 2. Section 4496120(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “(A) There is established a Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to be administered by the Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling to fund: (1) activities of the department to implement the provisions of this chapter; (2) research by statesupported educational institutions or by private entities under contract with statesupported educational institutions on solid waste management technologies; (3) activities of the Recycling Market Development Advisory Council including its staff in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars from the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund for fiscal year 199495; (4) demonstration projects or pilot programs to be conducted by local governments within their jurisdictions, including local governments which contract with private entities to assist in conducting the demonstration projects or pilot programs; (5) grants to local governments to carry out their responsibilities under this article, pursuant to the provisions of Section 4496130, including local governments which contract with private entities to assist in carrying out their responsibilities under this article; (6) grants to school districts and public and private schools to establish waste reduction and recycling education programs; and
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