The primary Treasury impact is for sewage at remote locations and for industrial discharges. If a facility is subject to this law, there are annual personnel training requirements that must be met. The law requires an affirmative procurement program addressing products with recovered material content. The law also regulates underground storage tanks. This amends the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to reaffirm that each department, agency, instrumentality, agent, employee and officer of the United States be subject to all of the provisions of Federal, state, interstate, and local solid waste and hazardous waste laws and regulations.
Agencies are liable for civil penalties, and individual employees are liable for criminal penalties.
The primary impact to Treasury facilities is to those that provide their own water supply to 25 or more people at least 60 days per year. This usually means hiring a certified professional rather than training bureau personnel so that they may obtain their certificates. This reduces risk of exposure to bureau personnel.