"As a result of the State’s R&D efforts, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste Group awarded the State a Grant of $9 million for this project under Section 208 of P.L. 91-312. Although the Grant was awarded in 1972, because of various external factors, the project was not allowed to proceed with construction until 1978. The EPA Water Programs Group also awarded a $28 million Grant for the Sewage Sludge Processing Module portion of the project. In 1975. recognizing some of the legal issues involved in solid waste flow control, the Delaware General Assembly created the Delaware Solid Waste Authority, an independent Authority of the State, to plan and implement a long range program for solid waste disposal. The responsibility for developing the Delaware Reclamation Project was transferred from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to the Delaware Solid Waste Authority in 1975."