The Solid Waste Disposal Act, Public Law 89-272, provides for grants to State and interstate agencies not to exceed fifty percent of the cost of making surveys of solid waste practices and developing solid waste disposal plans. Initial planning grant applications are considered for a maximum project period of three years.

To date, thirty-five States and Puerto Rico have received solid waste planning grants. The District of Columbia's planning grant and the Kansas-Missouri interstate planning grant have been approved but have not been funded. Consequently, the "Project Period" begin and end dates for these two grants are not shown on the listing.

Total Public Health Service funds awarded for solid waste planning grants during Fiscal Year 1966 amounted to $399,983. Total funds awarded during Fiscal Year 1967 were $997,305. Planning Grant funds are limited to $2,000,000 for Fiscal Year 1968.

The figure given in the "Total Recommended PHS Support" column represents the total amount of PHS funds initially approved for the grantee's entire project period. The grantee is required to provide at least an equivalent amount of matching support.

The Public Health Service official assigned to the planning project is
the Solid Wastes Program regional program chief for the PHS region in
which the grantee is located. A listing of regional program

chiefs is shown on the following page. The PHS region in which each project is located is specified on the listing.

STATES AND INTERSTATE AREAS WITH APPROVED SOLID WASTE PLANNING GRANTS