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Matched Legal Cases: ['§2', '§1251', '§1521', '§1521', '§1', '§101', '§1', '§1', '§1', '§1001', '§2', '§201', '§1004', '§2', '§7', '§3', '§2', '§3', '§103', '§1', '§2011', '§103', '§2', '§2', '§7', '§7', '§7', '§7', '§7', '§6911', '§2001', '§2', '§4', '§307', '§6901', '§6911', '§307', '§2', '§2601', '§6913', '§2003', '§2', '§7', '§6914', '§2004', '§2', '§6914', '§2005', '§4', '§6914', '§102', '§6914', '§103', '§6915', '§2006', '§2005', '§2', '§4', '§502', '§6916', '§2007', '§2006', '§2', '§4', '§6', '§2', '§2', '§2', '§31', '§6', '§6', '§6917', '§2008', '§103']

6901.Congressional findings.
6901a.Congressional findings: used oil recycling.
6902.Objectives and national policy.
6903.Definitions.
6904.Governmental cooperation.
6905.Application of chapter and integration with other Acts.
6906.Financial disclosure.
6907.Solid waste management information and guidelines.
6908.Small town environmental planning.
6908a.Agreements with Indian tribes.
6911.Office of Solid Waste and Interagency Coordinating Committee.
6911a.Assistant Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency; appointment, etc.
6912.Authorities of Administrator.
6913.Resource Recovery and Conservation Panels.
6914.Grants for discarded tire disposal.
6914a.Labeling of lubricating oil.
6914b.Degradable plastic ring carriers; definitions.
6914b–1.Regulation of plastic ring carriers.
6915.Annual report.
6916.General authorization.
6917.Office of Ombudsman.
6921.Identification and listing of hazardous waste.
6922.Standards applicable to generators of hazardous waste.
6923.Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste.
6924.Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
6925.Permits for treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste.
6926.Authorized State hazardous waste programs.
6927.Inspections.
6928.Federal enforcement.
6929.Retention of State authority.
6930.Effective date.
6931.Authorization of assistance to States.
6932.Transferred.
6933.Hazardous waste site inventory.
6934.Monitoring, analysis, and testing.
6935.Restrictions on recycled oil.
6936.Expansion during interim status.
6937.Inventory of Federal agency hazardous waste facilities.
6938.Export of hazardous wastes.
6939.Domestic sewage.
6939a.Exposure information and health assessments.
6939b.Interim control of hazardous waste injection.
6939c.Mixed waste inventory reports and plan.
6939d.Public vessels.
6939e.Federally owned treatment works.
6939f.Long-term storage.
6941.Objectives of subchapter.
6941a.Energy and materials conservation and recovery; Congressional findings.
6942.Federal guidelines for plans.
6943.Requirements for approval of plans.
6944.Criteria for sanitary landfills; sanitary landfills required for all disposal.
6945.Upgrading of open dumps.
6946.Procedure for development and implementation of State plan.
6947.Approval of State plan; Federal assistance.
6948.Federal assistance.
6949.Rural communities assistance.
6949a.Adequacy of certain guidelines and criteria.
6951.Functions.
6952.Development of specifications for secondary materials.
6953.Development of markets for recovered materials.
6954.Technology promotion.
6955.Marketing policies, establishment; nondiscrimination requirement.
6956.Authorization of appropriations.
6961.Application of Federal, State, and local law to Federal facilities.
6962.Federal procurement.
6963.Cooperation with Environmental Protection Agency.
6964.Applicability of solid waste disposal guidelines to Executive agencies.
6965.Chief Financial Officer report.
6966.Increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.
6966a.Increased use of recovered mineral component in federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.
6966b.Use of granular mine tailings.
6971.Employee protection.
6972.Citizen suits.
6973.Imminent hazard.
6974.Petition for regulations; public participation.
6975.Separability.
6976.Judicial review.
6977.Grants or contracts for training projects.
6978.Payments.
6979.Labor standards.
6979a.Transferred.
6979b.Law enforcement authority.
6981.Research, demonstration, training, and other activities.
6982.Special studies; plans for research, development, and demonstrations.
6983.Coordination, collection, and dissemination of information.
6984.Full-scale demonstration facilities.
6985.Special study and demonstration projects on recovery of useful energy and materials.
6986.Grants for resource recovery systems and improved solid waste disposal facilities.
6987.Authorization of appropriations.
6991.Definitions and exemptions.
6991a.Notification.
6991b.Release detection, prevention, and correction regulations.
6991c.Approval of State programs.
6991d.Inspections, monitoring, testing, and corrective action.
6991e.Federal enforcement.
6991f.Federal facilities.
6991g.State authority.
6991h.Study of underground storage tanks.
6991i.Operator training.
6991j.Use of funds for release prevention and compliance.
6991k.Delivery prohibition.
6991l.Tanks on tribal lands.
6991m.Authorization of appropriations.
6992.Scope of demonstration program for medical waste.
6992a.Listing of medical wastes.
6992b.Tracking of medical waste.
6992c.Inspections.
6992d.Enforcement.
6992e.Federal facilities.
6992f.Relationship to State law.
6992g.Repealed.
6992h.Health impacts report.
6992i.General provisions.
6992j.Effective date.
6992k.Authorization of appropriations.
The Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, §2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified generally to chapter 26 (§1251 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of Title 33 and Tables.
1984—Subsec. (b)(5) to (8). Pub. L. 98–616 added pars. (5) to (7), struck out former par. (5) providing that “hazardous waste presents, in addition to the problems associated with non-hazardous solid waste, special dangers to health and requires a greater degree of regulation than does non-hazardous solid waste; and”, redesignated former par. (6) as (8), and substituted a period for the semicolon at end.
1978—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 95–609 substituted “solid waste” for “solid-waste”.
Pub. L. 109–58, title XV, §1521, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1092, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle B (§§1521–1533) of title XV of Pub. L. 109–58, enacting sections 6991j to 6991m of this title, amending sections 6991 to 6991f, 6991h, and 6991i of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 6991b of this title] may be cited as the ‘Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act’.”
Pub. L. 104–119, §1, Mar. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 830, provided that: “This Act [amending sections 6921, 6924, 6925, 6947, and 6949a of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 6949a of this title] may be cited as the ‘Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1996’.”
Pub. L. 102–386, title I, §101, Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1505, provided that: “This title [enacting sections 6908, 6939c to 6939e, and 6965 of this title, amending sections 6903, 6924, 6927, and 6961 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 6939c and 6961 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992’.”
Pub. L. 100–582, §1, Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2950, provided that: “This Act [enacting sections 6992 to 6992k of this title and section 3063 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and amending section 6903 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988’.”
Section 1 of Pub. L. 98–616 provided that: “This Act [enacting sections 6917, 6936 to 6939a, 6949a, 6979a, 6979b, and 6991 to 6991i of this title, amending this section and sections 6902, 6905, 6912, 6915, 6916, 6921 to 6933, 6935, 6941 to 6945, 6948, 6956, 6962, 6972, 6973, 6976, 6982 and 6984 of this title and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 6905, 6921 and 6926 of this title] may be cited as ‘The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984’.”
Pub. L. 96–482, §1, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2334, provided: “This Act [enacting sections 6933, 6934, 6941a, 6955, and 6956 of this title, amending sections 6903, 6905, 6911, 6912, 6916, 6921, 6922, 6924, 6925, 6927 to 6931, 6941 to 6943, 6945, 6946, 6948, 6949, 6952, 6953, 6962, 6963, 6964, 6971, 6973, 6974, 6976, 6979, and 6982 of this title; and enacting and repealing provisions set out as a note under section 6981 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980’.”
Pub. L. 96–463, §1, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2055, provided: “This Act [enacting sections 6901a, 6914a and 6932 of this title, amending sections 6903, 6943 and 6948 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 6363 and 6932 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Used Oil Recycling Act of 1980’.”
Section 1 of Pub. L. 94–580 provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and provisions set out as notes under this section and section 6981 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976’.”
Pub. L. 89–272, title II, §1001, as added by Pub. L. 94–580, §2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2795, provided that: “This title (hereinafter in this title referred to as ‘this Act’), together with the following table of contents, may be cited as the ‘Solid Waste Disposal Act’ ” [table of contents omitted].
Pub. L. 91–512, title II, §§201–206, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1234, known as the “National Materials Policy Act of 1970”, provided for the establishment of the National Commission on Materials Policy to make a full investigation and study for the purpose of developing a national materials policy to utilize present resources and technology more efficiently and to anticipate the future materials requirements of the Nation and the world, the Commission to submit to the President and Congress a report on its findings and recommendations no later than June 30, 1973, ninety days after the submission of which it should cease to exist.
(4) The term “Federal agency” means any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government, any independent agency or establishment of the Federal Government including any Government corporation, and the Government Printing Office.
(5) The term “hazardous waste” means a solid waste, or combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may—
(29) The term “solid waste management facility” includes—
(36) The term “used oil” means any oil which has been—
(40) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the term “medical waste” means any solid waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals. Such term does not include any hazardous waste identified or listed under subchapter III of this chapter or any household waste as defined in regulations under subchapter III of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, §1004, as added Pub. L. 94–580, §2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2798; amended Pub. L. 95–609, §7(b), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3081; Pub. L. 96–463, §3, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2055; Pub. L. 96–482, §2, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2334; Pub. L. 100–582, §3, Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2958; Pub. L. 102–386, title I, §§103, 105(b), Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1507, 1512.)
The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, referred to in pars. (27) and (41), is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, §1, 68 Stat. 921, and amended, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§2011 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2011 of this title and Tables.
1992—Par. (15). Pub. L. 102–386, §103, inserted before period at end “and shall include each department, agency, and instrumentality of the United States”.
1980—Par. (14). Pub. L. 96–482, §2(a), defined “open dump” to include a facility, substituted requirement that disposal facility or site not be a sanitary landfill meeting section 6944 of this title criteria for prior requirement that disposal site not be a sanitary landfill within meaning of section 6944 of this title, and required that the disposal facility or site not be a facility for disposal of hazardous waste.
Par. (19). Pub. L. 96–482, §2(b), defined “recovered material” to cover byproducts, substituted provision for recovery or diversion of waste material and byproducts from solid waste for prior provision for collection or recovery of material from solid waste, and excluded materials and byproducts generated from and commonly reused within an original manufacturing process.
1978—Par. (8). Pub. L. 95–609, §7(b)(1), struck out provision stating that employees’ salaries due pursuant to subchapter IV of this chapter would not be included after Dec. 31, 1979.
Par. (10). Pub. L. 95–609, §7(b)(2), substituted “management” for “disposal”.
Par. (29)(C). Pub. L. 95–609, §7(b)(3), substituted “the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment or disposal” for “the treatment”.
(A) to define the term “known financial interest” for purposes of subsection (a) of this section; and
1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted “Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House” for “Committee on Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the House”.
1978—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 95–609, §7(c), substituted “subchapter IV of this chapter” for “title IV of this Act”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–609, §7(d), struck out “pursuant to this section” after “any suggested guidelines” and inserted “or proposed regulations under this chapter” after “suggested guidelines” in two places.
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (hereafter referred to as the “Administrator”) shall establish a program to assist small communities in planning and financing environmental facilities. The program shall be known as the “Small Town Environmental Planning Program”.
(f) “Small town” defined
For purposes of this section, the term “small town” means an incorporated or unincorporated community (as defined by the Administrator) with a population of less than 2,500 individuals.
§6911. Office of Solid Waste and Interagency Coordinating Committee
(1) There is hereby established an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Activities which shall have the responsibility for coordinating all activities dealing with resource conservation and recovery from solid waste carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce, and all other Federal agencies which conduct such activities pursuant to this chapter or any other Act. For purposes of this subsection, the term “resource conservation and recovery activities” shall include, but not be limited to, all research, development and demonstration projects on resource conservation or energy, or material, recovery from solid waste, and all technical or financial assistance for State or local planning for, or implementation of, projects related to resource conservation or energy or material, recovery from solid waste. The Committee shall be chaired by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or such person as the Administrator may designate. Members of the Committee shall include representatives of the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce, the Department of the Treasury, and each other Federal agency which the Administrator determines to have programs or responsibilities affecting resource conservation or recovery.
(A) the May 1979 Memorandum of Understanding on Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy;
(B) the May 30, 1978, Interagency Agreement between the Department of Commerce and the Environmental Protection Agency on the Implementation of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.]; and
(C) any subsequent agreements between these agencies or other Federal agencies which address Federal resource recovery or conservation activities.
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, §2001, as added Pub. L. 94–580, §2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2804; amended Pub. L. 96–482, §4(c), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2335; Pub. L. 96–510, title III, §307(a), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2810.)
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B), is Pub. L. 94–580, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2796, which is classified generally to this chapter (§6901 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6901 of this title and Tables.
Section 307(c) of Pub. L. 96–510 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall become effective ninety days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 11, 1980].”
§6911a. Assistant Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency; appointment, etc.
(Pub. L. 96–510, title III, §307(b), Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2810; Pub. L. 98–80, §2(c)(2)(B), Aug. 23, 1983, 97 Stat. 485.)
The Toxic Substances Control Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 94–469, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2003, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 53 (§2601 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2601 of Title 15 and Tables.
1983—Pub. L. 98–80 struck out “, and shall be compensated at the rate provided for Level IV of the Executive Schedule pay rates under section 5315 of title 5” after “advice and consent of the Senate”.
§6913. Resource Recovery and Conservation Panels
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, §2003, as added Pub. L. 94–580, §2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2804; amended Pub. L. 95–609, §7(e), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3081.)
1978—Pub. L. 95–609 inserted “Federal agencies,” after “to provide”.
§6914. Grants for discarded tire disposal
The Administrator shall make available grants equal to 5 percent of the purchase price of tire shredders (including portable shredders attached to tire collection trucks) to those eligible applicants best meeting criteria promulgated under this section. An eligible applicant may be any private purchaser, public body, or public-private joint venture. Criteria for receiving grants shall be promulgated under this section and shall include the policy to offer any private purchaser the first option to receive a grant, the policy to develop widespread geographic distribution of tire shredding facilities, the need for such facilities within a geographic area, and the projected risk and viability of any such venture. In the case of an application under this section from a public body, the Administrator shall first make a determination that there are no private purchasers interested in making an application before approving a grant to a public body.
There is authorized to be appropriated $750,000 for each of the fiscal years 1978 and 1979 to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, §2004, as added Pub. L. 94–580, §2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2805.)
§6914a. Labeling of lubricating oil
For purposes of any provision of law which requires the labeling of commodities, lubricating oil shall be treated as lawfully labeled only if it bears the following statement, prominently displayed:
“DON'T POLLUTE—CONSERVE RESOURCES; RETURN USED OIL TO COLLECTION CENTERS”.
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, §2005, as added Pub. L. 96–463, §4(a), Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2056.)
A prior section 2005 of Pub. L. 89–272 was renumbered section 2006 and is classified to section 6915 of this title.
§6914b. Degradable plastic ring carriers; definitions
(1) the term “regulated item” means any plastic ring carrier device that contains at least one hole greater than 1¾ inches in diameter which is made, used, or designed for the purpose of packaging, transporting, or carrying multipackaged cans or bottles, and which is of a size, shape, design, or type capable, when discarded, of becoming entangled with fish or wildlife; and
(2) the term “naturally degradable material” means a material which, when discarded, will be reduced to environmentally benign subunits under the action of normal environmental forces, such as, among others, biological decomposition, photodegradation, or hydrolysis.
(Pub. L. 100–556, title I, §102, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2779.)
Section 101 of Pub. L. 100–556 provided that: “The Congress finds that—
§6914b–1. Regulation of plastic ring carriers
(Pub. L. 100–556, title I, §103, Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2779.)
§6915. Annual report
(1) a statement of specific and detailed objectives for the activities and programs conducted and assisted under this chapter;
(2) statements of the Administrator's conclusions as to the effectiveness of such activities and programs in meeting the stated objectives and the purposes of this chapter, measured through the end of such fiscal year;
(3) a summary of outstanding solid waste problems confronting the Administrator, in order of priority;
(4) recommendations with respect to such legislation which the Administrator deems necessary or desirable to assist in solving problems respecting solid waste;
(5) all other information required to be submitted to the Congress pursuant to any other provision of this chapter; and
(6) the Administrator's plans for activities and programs respecting solid waste during the next fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, §2006, formerly §2005, as added Pub. L. 94–580, §2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2805, and renumbered Pub. L. 96–463, §4(a), Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2056; amended Pub. L. 98–616, title V, §502(b), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3276.)
§6916. General authorization
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator $3,246,000 for the fiscal year 1985, $2,408,300 for the fiscal year 1986, $2,529,000 for the fiscal year 1987, and $2,529,000 for the fiscal year 1988 to be used—
(1) for additional officers or employees of the Environmental Protection Agency authorized by the Administrator to conduct criminal investigations (to investigate, or supervise the investigation of, any activity for which a criminal penalty is provided) under this chapter; and
(2) for support costs for such additional officers or employees.
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, §2007, formerly §2006, as added Pub. L. 94–580, §2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2805, renumbered Pub. L. 96–463, §4(a), Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2055; amended Pub. L. 96–482, §§6, 31(a), Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2336, 2352; Pub. L. 98–616, §2(a), (i), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3222, 3223.)
1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–616, §2(a), substituted “$80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, $70,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1986, $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1987, and $80,000,000 for the fiscal year 1988” for “and $80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982”.
Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 98–616, §2(i), added subsecs. (e) and (f).
1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–482, §31(a), authorized appropriation of $70,000,000, $80,000,000, and $80,000,000 for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1980, through 1982, respectively.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–482, §6(a), inserted “, or $5,000,000 per fiscal year, whichever is less,” after “subsection (a) of this section”.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–482, §6(b), added subsec. (d).
§6917. Office of Ombudsman
The Administrator shall establish an Office of Ombudsman, to be directed by an Ombudsman. It shall be the function of the Office of Ombudsman to receive individual complaints, grievances, requests for information submitted by any person with respect to any program or requirement under this chapter.
(b) Authority to render assistance
The Ombudsman shall render assistance with respect to the complaints, grievances, and requests submitted to the Office of Ombudsman, and shall make appropriate recommendations to the Administrator.
(c) Effect on procedures for grievances, appeals, or administrative matters
The establishment of the Office of Ombudsman shall not affect any procedures for grievances, appeals, or administrative matters in any other provision of this chapter, any other provision of law, or any Federal regulation.
The Office of the Ombudsman shall cease to exist 4 years after November 8, 1984.
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, §2008, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title I, §103(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3225.)
(A) the quantities and nature of hazardous waste id