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42 U.S. Code § 6939c - Mixed waste inventory reports and plan
§ 6939c.
Mixed waste inventory reports and plan
(1) RequirementNot later than 180 days after October 6, 1992, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Administrator and to the Governor of each State in which the Department of Energy stores or generates mixed wastes the following reports:
(2) Inventory of wastesThe report required by paragraph (1)(A) shall include the following:
(3) Inventory of treatment capacities and technologiesThe report required by paragraph (1)(B) shall include the following:
A description, including the capacity, number and location, of any existing treatment unit that was not considered in calculating the estimate under subparagraph (A) but that could, alone or in conjunction with other treatment units, be used to treat any of the wastes described in the report required by paragraph (1)(A) to meet the requirements of regulations promulgated pursuant to section 6924(m) of this title.
For each facility at which the Department of Energy generates or stores mixed wastes, except any facility subject to a permit, agreement, or order described in clause (ii), the Secretary of Energy shall develop and submit, as provided in paragraph (2), a plan for developing treatment capacities and technologies to treat all of the facility’s mixed wastes, regardless of the time they were generated, to the standards promulgated pursuant to section 6924(m) of this title.
For each facility that is located in a State (i) with authority under State law to prohibit land disposal of mixed waste until the waste has been treated and (ii) with both authority under State law to regulate the hazardous components of mixed waste and authorization from the Environmental Protection Agency under section 6926 of this title to regulate the hazardous components of mixed waste, the Secretary of Energy shall submit the plan required under paragraph (1) to the appropriate State regulatory officials for their review and approval, modification, or disapproval. In reviewing the plan, the State shall consider the need for regional treatment facilities. The State shall consult with the Administrator and any other State in which a facility affected by the plan is located and consider public comments in making its determination on the plan. The State shall approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the plan within 6 months after receipt of the plan.
Upon the approval of a plan under this paragraph by the Administrator or a State, the Administrator shall issue an order under section 6928(a) of this title, or the State shall issue an order under appropriate State authority, requiring compliance with the approved plan.
A State may waive the requirement for the Secretary of Energy to develop and submit a plan under this subsection for a facility located in the State if the State (i) enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Energy that addresses compliance at that facility with section 6924(j) of this title with respect to mixed waste, and (ii) issues an order requiring compliance with such agreement and which is in effect.
Any violation of an agreement or order referred to in subparagraph (A) is subject to the waiver of sovereign immunity contained in section 6961(a) of this title.
Not later than 6 months after October 6, 1992, the Secretary of Energy shall publish in the Federal Register a schedule for submitting the plans required under subsection (b).
An identification, by facility, of the plans that have been submitted to States or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to subsection (b).
For the first 2 reports required under this paragraph, an identification of the plans required under such subsection (b) that the Secretary expects to submit in the 12-month period following submission of the report.
(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 3021, as added Pub. L. 102–386, title I, § 105(a)(1), Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1508.)
Pub. L. 102–386, title I, § 105(c), Oct. 6, 1992, 106 Stat. 1512, provided that:
Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 6, 1992], the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the Department of Energy’s progress in complying with section 3021(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act [42 U.S.C. 6939c(b)].
“(2)Matters to be included.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
The Department of Energy’s progress in submitting to the States or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency a plan for each facility for which a plan is required under section 3021(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act and the status of State or Environmental Protection Agency review and approval of each such plan.
The Department of Energy’s progress in entering into orders requiring compliance with any such plans that have been approved.
An evaluation of the completeness and adequacy of each such plan as of the date of submission of the report required under paragraph (1).
An identification of any recurring problems among the Department of Energy’s submitted plans.
A description of treatment technologies and capacity that have been developed by the Department of Energy since the date of the enactment of this Act and a list of the wastes that are expected to be treated by such technologies and the facilities at which the wastes are generated or stored.
The progress made by the Department of Energy in characterizing its mixed waste streams at each such facility by sampling and analysis.
complete submission of all plans required under such section 3021(b) for all such facilities;
obtain the adoption of orders requiring compliance with all such plans; and
develop mixed waste treatment capacity and technologies.”