S 761 · 94th Congress · Environmental Protection
Environmental Centers Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
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House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.(1975-02-19)
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Environmental Centers Act - Allows the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide financial assistance to enable any State, if such State does not participate in a regional environmental center assisted under this Act, to establish and operate one State environmental Center. Establishes prerequisites for the designation of such State environmental centers. Allows the Administrator to provide financial assistance to enable two or more States, if none of such States has a State environmental center, to establish and operate a regional environmental center. Establishes prequisites for the designation of such regional centers. Establishes eligibility requirements for environmental centers. Declares that the functions of each State and regional environmental center shall include: (1) the planning and implementing of research, relating to resolution of environmental pollution, natural resource management, and other local, State, and regional environmental problems and opportunities; and (2) the training of environmental professionals through such research, investigations, and experiments. Authorizes $7,000,000 for the first fiscal year, $10,000,000 for the second fis…
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