Pollution Prevention Act of 1990

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish within EPA an office to promote pollution prevention through source reduction. Requires the Administrator to develop and implement a source reduction strategy which: (1) establishes standard methods for measuring source reduction; (2) coordinates and promotes source reduction activities and techniques in Federal agencies and businesses; (3) improves coordination of, streamlines, and assures public access to data collected under Federal environmental statutes; (4) establishes a training program on multimedia source reduction opportunities; (5) makes recommendations to the Congress to eliminate barriers to source reduction including the use of incentives; (6) develops and disseminates model source reduction auditing procedures designed to highlight source reduction opportunities; and (7) establishes an annual award program to recognize companies operating outstanding or innovative source reduction programs. Directs the Administrator to make matching grants to States for programs to promote source reduction by businesses. Sets forth criteria to be evaluated in the awa…