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42 USC § 6978 - Payments 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s6978"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 6978 - Payments"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6978"
section_name: "Payments"
chapter_number: 82
chapter_name: "SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7008, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2828.)"
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# § 6978. Payments

**(a)** **General rule** Payments of grants under this chapter may be made (after necessary adjustment on account of previously made underpayments or overpayments) in advance or by way of reimbursement, and in such installments and on such conditions as the Administrator may determine.

**(b)** **Prohibition** No grant may be made under this chapter to any private profitmaking organization.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 7008, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2828.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , prior to the general amendment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act by .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of certain enforcement functions of Administrator or other official of Environmental Protection Agency under this chapter to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of Energy, then to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, see note set out under .