(a) [1] In general The Secretary is authorized to establish a partnership of Department of Energy laboratories, academic institutions, and private sector industries to conduct environmentally-related education programs, including programs involving environmentally conscious manufacturing and waste management activities that have undergraduate and graduate educational training as a component. ( Pub. L. 103–382, title V, § 517 , Oct. 20, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4044 .)