Sec. 504. Grants for food waste management infrastructure
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The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall establish a program under which the Secretary shall provide grants to reduce food waste in accordance with the Food Recovery Hierarchy of the Environmental Protection Agency (or a successor document), including for— the development and implementation of a State organic waste reduction plan; food waste prevention and food rescue infrastructure facilities, including storage, handling, and transportation facilities; or subject to paragraph (3), large-scale composting or anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy projects, excluding landfills.
In providing grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give preference to projects— for the purpose described in paragraph (1)(A); or that are consistent with a State organic waste reduction plan; and in the case of a project for the purpose described in paragraph (1)(C), that use food scraps as undigested biomass. To receive a grant under paragraph (1)(C), a large-scale composting or anaerobic digestion food waste-to-energy project shall have in effect a written end-product recycling plan that— provides for the use of the material resulting from the project, in accordance with guidelines that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall establish; and ensures that the use of the material resulting from the project does not create an environmental hazard.
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each fiscal year.