Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980
PL 96-482 (S.1156), enacted 10/21/1980

94 STAT. 2334 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
Public Law 96-482 
96th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 21, 1980 
[S. 1156] 
Solid Waste 
Disposal Act 
Amendments of 
1980. 
42 u s e 6901 
note. 
Definitions. 
42 u s e 6903. 
42 u s e 6944. 
42 u s e 6905. 
Regulation 
review. 
30 u s e 1201 
note. 
30 u s e 1201 
note. 
42 u s e 6921. 
Administrative 
responsibility. 
42 u s e 6921. 
30 u s e 1201 
note. 
Regulations. 
42 u s e 6911. 
To amend and reauthorize the Solid Waste Disposal Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. 
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "SoHd Wsiste Disposal Act 
Amendments of 1980". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 1004(14) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(14) The term 'open dump' means any facility or site where 
solid waste is disposed of which is not a sanitary landfill which 
meets the criteria promulgated under section 4004 and which is 
not a facility for disposal of hazardous waste." 
(b) Section 1004(19) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(19) The term 'recovered material' means waste material and 
byproducts which have been recovered or diverted from solid 
waste, but such term does not include those materials and 
byproducts generated from, and commonly reused within, an 
original manufacturing process.". 
SEC. 3. Section 1006 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(c) INTEGRATION WITH THE SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLA-
MATION ACT OF 1977.—(1) No later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980, the 
Administrator shall review any regulations applicable to the treat-
ment, storage, or disposal of any coal mining wastes or overburden 
promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior under the Surface 
Mining and Reclamation Act of 1977. If the Administrator deter-
mines that any requirement of final regulations promulgated under 
any section of subtitle C relating to mining wastes or overburden is 
not adequately addressed in such regulations promulgated by the 
Secretary, the Administrator shall promptly transmit such determi-
nation, together with suggested revisions and supporting documenta-
tion, to the Secretary. 
"(2) The Secretary of the Interior 
shall have 
exclusive 
responsibility for carrying out any requirement of subtitle C of this 
Act with respect to coal mining wastes or overburden for which a 
surface coal mining and reclamation permit is issued or approved 
under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. The 
Secretary shall, with the concurrence of the Administrator, promul-
gate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
of this subsection and shall integrate such regulations with regula-
tions promulgated under the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
tion Act of 1977.". 
SEC. 4. (a) The heading for section 2001 of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: "AND 
INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE". 
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94 STAT. 2335 
(b) The item in the table of contents relating to section 2001 of such 
Act is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: "and 
interagency coordinating committee". 
(c) Section 2001 of such Act is amended by inserting "(a) OFFICE OF 
SOLID WASTE.—" after "2001." and by inserting a new subsection (b) 
as follows at the end thereof: 
"(b) 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 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 implementa-
tion 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. 
"(2) The Interagency Coordinating Committee shall include over-
sight of the implementation of 
"(A) the May 1979 Memorandum of Understanding on Energy 
Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste between the Environmen-
tal 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; and 
"(C) any subsequent agreements between these agencies or 
other Federal agencies which address Federal resource recovery 
or conservation activities. 
"(3) The Interagency Coordinating Committee shall submit to the 
Congress by March 1, 1981, and on March 1 each year thereafter, a 
five-year action plan for Federal resource conservation or recovery 
activities which shall identify means and propose programs to 
encourage resource conservation or material and energy recovery 
and increase private and municipal investment in resource conserva-
tion or recovery systems, especially those which provide for material 
conservation or recovery as well as energy conservation or recovery. 
Such plan shall describe, at a minimum, a coordinated and nondupli-
catory plan for resource recovery and conservation activities for the 
Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, the 
Department of Commerce, and all other Federal agencies which 
conduct such activities.". 
SEC. 5. Section 2002(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 
as follows: 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking out "and" at the end thereof; 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period and inserting in lieu 
thereof "; and"; and 
Establishment. 
42 u s e 6911. 
"Resource 
conservation and 
recovery 
activities." 
Oversight 
functions. 
Five-year action 
plan, submittal 
to Congress. 
42 u s e 6912. 
79-194 
O—81—pt. 2 
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94 STAT. 2336 
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Authority 
delegation. 
42 u s e 6901 
note. 
49 u s e 1801 
note. 
42 u s e 6916. 
Post, p. 2352. 
42 u s e 6941, 
6948, 6949. 
42 u s e 6921. 
42 u s e 6921. 
Ante, p. 2334. 
Disposal site 
closings, 
program 
provisions. 
Post, p. 2349. 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
Post, p. 2349. 
(3) by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof: 
"(6) to delegate to the Secretary of Transportation the perform-
ance of any inspection or enforcement function under this Act 
relating to the transportation of hazardous waste where such 
delegation would avoid unnecessary duplication of activity and 
would carry out the objectives of this Act and of the Hazardous 
Materials Transportation Act.". 
SEC. 6. (a) Section 2006(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is 
amended by inserting after "subsection (a)" a comma and the phrase 
"or $5,000,000 per fiscal year, whichever is less,". 
03) Section 2006 of such Act is amended by adding the following new 
subsection at the end thereof: 
"(d) STATE AND LOCAL SUPPORT.—Not less than 25 per centum of the 
total amount appropriated under this title, up to the amount author-
ized in section 4008(aXl), shall be used only for purposes of support to 
State, regional, local, and interstate agencies in accordance with 
subtitle D of this Act other than section 4008(aX2) or 4009.". 
SEC. 7. Subsection (b) of section 3001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
is amended by inserting "(1)" after "Ot))" and by adding the following 
new paragraphs at the end of such subsection: 
"(2)(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associ-
ated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil or 
natural gas or geothermal energy shall be subject only to existing 
State or Federsd regulatory programs in lieu of subtitle C until at 
least 24 months after the date of enactment of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act Amendments of 1980 and after promulgation of the 
regulations in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this 
paragraph. It is the sense of the Congress that such State or Federal 
programs should include, for waste disposal sites which are to be 
closed, provisions requiring at least the following: 
"(i) The identification through surveying, platting, or other 
measures, together with recordation of such information on the 
public record, so as to assure that the location where such wastes 
are disposed of can be located in the future; except however, that 
no such survejdng, platting, or other measure identifying the 
location of a disposal site for drilling fluids and associated wastes 
shall be required if the distance from the disposal site to the 
surveyed or platted location to the associated well is less than 
two hundred lineal feet; and 
"(ii) A chemical and physical analysis of a produced water and 
a composition of a drilling fluid suspected to contain a hazardous 
material, with such information to be acquired prior to closure 
and to be placed on the public record. 
"(B) Not later than six months after completion and submission of 
the study required by section 8002(m) of this Act, the Administrator 
shall, after public hearings and opportunity for comment, determine 
either to promulgate regulations under this subtitle for drilling 
fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the explora-
tion, development, or production of crude oil or natural gas or 
geothermal energy or that such regulations are unwarranted. The 
Administrator shall publish his decision in the Federal Register 
accompanied by an explanation and justification of the reasons for it. 
In making the decision under this paragraph, the Administrator 
shall utilize the information developed or accumulated pursuant to 
the study required under section 8002(m). 
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94 STAT. 2337 
"(C) The Administrator shall transmit his decision, along with any 
regulations, if necessary, to both Houses of Congress. Such regula-
tions shall take effect only when authorized by Act of Congress. 
"(3)(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this 
subsection, each waste listed below shall, except as provided in 
subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, be subject only to regulation 
under other applicable provisions of Federal or State law in lieu of 
this subtitle until at least six months after the date of submission of 
the applicable study required to be conducted under subsection (f), (n), 
(o), or (p) of section 8002 of this Act and after promulgation of 
regulations in accordance with subparagraph (C) of this paragraph: 
"(i) Fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, slag waste, and flue gas 
emission control waste generated primarily from the combustion 
of coal or other fossil fuels. 
"(ii) Solid waste from the extraction, beneficiation, and proc-
essing of ores and minerals, including phosphate rock and 
overburden from the mining of uranium ore. 
"(iii) Cement kiln dust waste. 
"(B)(i) Owners and operators of disposal sites for wastes listed in 
subparagraph (A) may be required by the Administrator, through 
regulations prescribed under authority of section 2002 of this Act— 
"(I) as to disposal sites for such wastes which are to be closed, to 
identify the locations of such sites through surveying, platting, or 
other measures, together with recordation of such information 
on the public record, to assure that the locations where such 
wastes are disposed of are known and can be located in the 
future, and 
"(II) to provide chemical and physical analysis and composition 
of such wastes, based on available information, to be placed on 
the public record. 
"(ii)(I) In conducting any study under subsection (f), (n), (o), or (p), of 
section 8002 of this Act, any officer, employee, or authorized repre-
sentative of the Environmental Protection Agency, duly designated 
by the Administrator, is authorized, at reasonable times and as 
reasonably necessary for the purposes of such study, to enter any 
establishment where any waste subject to such study is generated, 
stored, treated, disposed of, or transported from; to inspect, take 
samples, and conduct monitoring and testing; and to have access to 
and copy records relating to such waste. Each such inspection shall be 
commenced and completed with reasonable promptness. If the offi-
cer, employee, or authorized representative obtains any samples 
prior to leaving the premises, he shall give to the owner, operator, or 
agent in charge a receipt describing the sample obtained and if 
requested a portion of each such sample equal in volume or weight to 
the portion retained. If any analysis is made of such samples, or 
monitoring and testing performed, a copy of the results shall be 
furnished promptly to the owner, operator, or agent in charge. 
"(II) Any records, reports, or information obtained from any person 
under subclause (I) shall be available to the public, except that upon a 
showing satisfactory to the Administrator by any person that records, 
reports, or information, or particular part thereof, to which the 
Administrator has access under this subparagraph if made public, 
would divulge information entitled to protection under section 1905 
of title 18 of the United States Code, the Administrator shall consider 
such information or particular portion thereof confidential in accord-
ance with the purposes of that section, except that such record, 
report, document, or information may be disclosed to other officers, 
employees, or authorized representatives of the United States con-
Transmittal to 
Congress. 
Waste material 
regulation. 
Post, p. 2349. 
42 u s e 6912. 
Disposal site 
identification. 
Waste 
composition and 
analysis. 
EPA 
investigations. 
Post, p. 2349. 
Information, 
availability to 
public. 
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Disclosure 
penalty. 
Radiation 
exposure 
prevention. 
Violations. 
Regulation 
determination. 
Post, p. 2349. 
Publication in 
Federal 
Register. 
42 u s e 6922. 
42 u s e 6924. 
42 u s e 6925. 
30 u s e 1201 
note. 
cerned with carrying out this Act. Any person not subject to the 
provisions of section 1905 of title 18 of the United States Code who 
knowingly and willfully divulges or discloses any information enti-
tled to protection under this subparagraph shall, upon conviction, be 
subject to a fine of not more than $5,000 or to imprisonment not to 
exceed one year, or both. 
"(iii) The Administrator may prescribe regulations, under the 
authority of this Act, to prevent radiation exposure which presents 
an unreasonable risk to human health from the use in construction or 
land reclamation (with or without revegetation) of (I) solid waste from 
the extraction, beneficiation, and processing of phosphate rock or (II) 
overburden from the mining of uranium ore. 
"(iv) Whenever on the basis of any information the Administrator 
determines that any person is in violation of any requirement of this 
subparagraph, the Administrator shall give notice to the violator of 
his failure to comply with such requirement. If such violation extends 
beyond the thirtieth day after the Administrator's notification, the 
Administrator may issue an order requiring compliance within a 
specified time period or the Administrator may commence a civil 
action in the United States district court in the district in which the 
violation occurred for appropriate relief, including a temporary or 
permanent injunction. 
"(C) Not later than six months after the date of submission of the 
applicable study required to be conducted under subsection (f), (n), (o), 
or (p), of section 8002 of this Act, the Administrator shall, after public 
hearings and opportunity for comment, either determine to promul-
gate regulations under this subtitle for each waste listed in subpara-
graph (A) of this paragraph or determine that such regulations are 
unwarranted. The Administrator shall publish his determination, 
which shall be based on information developed or accumulated 
pursuant to such study, public hearings, and comment, in the Federal 
Register accompanied by an explanation and justification of the 
reasons for it.". 
SEC. 8. Section 3002(5) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 
by inserting "and any other reasonable means necessary" after "use 
of a manifest system", and by inserting ", and arrives at," after 
"disposal in". 
SEC. 9. Section 3004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
inserting after the first sentence thereof "In establishing such stand-
ards the Administrator shall, where appropriate, distinguish in such 
standards between requirements appropriate for new facilities and 
for facilities in existence on the date of promulgation of such 
regulations.". 
SEC. 10. Section 3005(e) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 
by striking "facility is in existence on the date of enactment of this 
Act," and inserting in lieu thereof "facility is in existence on 
November 19,1980,". 
SEC. 11. Section 3005 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(f) COAL MINING WASTES AND RECLAMATION PERMITS.—Notwith-
standing subsection (a) through (e) of this section, any surface coal 
mining and reclamation permit covering any coal mining wastes or 
overburden which has been issued or approved under the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 shall be deemed to be a 
permit issued pursuant to this section with respect to the treatment, 
storage, or disposal of such wastes or overburden. Regulations pro-
mulgated by the Administrator under this subtitle shall not be 
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94 STAT. 2339 
applicable to treatment, storage, or disposal of coal mining wastes 
and overburden which are covered by such a permit." 
SEC. 12. (a) Section 3007(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is 42 use 6927. 
amended as follows: 
(1) by striking "subtitle" and inserting in lieu thereof "title"; 
(2) by striking "maintained by any person" after "establish-
ment or other place"; 
(3) by inserting "or has handled" after "otherwise handles"; 
(4) by striking "any officer or employee" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "any officer, employee or representative"; 
(5) by striking "duly designated officer employee" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "duly designated officer, employee or 
representative"; 
(6) by striking "furnish or permit" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"furnish information relating to such wastes and permit"; 
(7) by striking out "such officers or employees" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "such officers, employees or representatives"; 
(8) by inserting "or have been" after "where hazardous wastes 
are"; and 
(9) by striking "officer or employee obtains" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "officer, employee or representative obtains". 
(b) Section 3007(b) of such Act is amended as follows: 
(1) by inserting "or any officer, employee or representative 
thereof' before "has access under this section"; 
(2) by striking "the Administrator (or the State, as the case 
may be) shall consider such information or portion thereof and 
inserting in lieu thereof "such information or particular portion 
thereof shall be considered"; 
(3) by inserting "(1)" before "Any records" and adding at the 
end thereof the following new paragraphs: 
"(2) Any person not subject to the provisions of section 1905 of title 
18 of the United States Code who knowingly and willfully divulges or 
discloses any information entitled to protection under this subsection 
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $5,000 or 
to imprisonment not to exceed one year, or both. 
"(3) In submitting data under this Act, a person required to provide 
such data may— 
"(A) designate the data which such person believes is entitled 
to protection under this subsection, and 
"(B) submit such designated data separately from other data 
submitted under this Act. 
A designation under this paragraph shall be made in writing and in 
such manner as the Administrator may prescribe. 
"(4) Notwithstanding any limitation contained in this section or 
any other provision of law, all information reported to, or otherwise 
obtained by, the Administrator (or any representative of the Admin-
istrator) under this Act shall be made available, upon written request 
of any duly authorized committee of the Congress, to such commit-
tee."; and 
(4) by inserting "(including records, reports, or information 
obtained by representatives of the Environmental Protection 
Agency)". 
SEC. 13. Section 3008 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended as 42 use 6928. 
follows: 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking "the Administrator shall 
give notice to the violator of his failure to comply with such 
requirement. If such violation extends beyond the thirtieth day 
Information 
disclosure, 
penalty. 
Data submittal. 
Availability to 
congressional 
committees. 
94 STAT. 2340 
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after the Administrator's notification," and by inserting "imme-
diately or" after "compliance"; 
(2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking "thirty days"; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking "or any suspension or revoca-
tion of a permit" and "or notice of the suspension or revocation"; 
(4) in subsection (c), by inserting "may include a suspension or 
revocation of a permit issued under this subtitle, and" after "Any 
order issued under this section"; and 
(5) by striking out subsection (d) and substituting: 
"(d) CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—Any person who— 
"(1) knowingly transports any hsizardous waste identified or 
listed under this subtitle to a facility which does not have a 
42 use 6925, 
permit under section 3005 (or 3006 in case of a State program), or 
^^26. 
pursuant to title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and 
33 use 1411. 
Sanctuaries Act (86 Stat. 1052), 
"(2) knowingly treats, stores, or disposes of any hazardous 
waste identified or listed under this subtitle either— 
"(A) without having obtained a permit under section 3005 
(or 3006 in the case of a State program) or pursuant to title I 
of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (86 
Stat. 1052); or 
"(B) in knowing violation of any material condition or 
requirement of such permit; 
"(3) knowingly makes any false material statement or repre-
sentation in any application, label, manifest, record, report, 
permit or other document filed, maintained, or used for purposes 
of compliance with this subtitle; or 
"(4) knowingly generates, stores, treats, transports, disposes of, 
or otherwise handles any hazardous waste (whether such activity 
took place before or takes place after the date of the enactment of 
this paragraph) and who knowingly destroys, alters, or conceals 
any record required to be maintained under regulations promul-
gated by the Administrator under this subtitle 
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $25,000 
($50,000 in the case of a violation of paragraph (1) or (2)) for each day 
of violation, or to imprisonment not to exceed one year (two years in 
the case of a violation of paragraph (1) or (2)), or both. If the conviction 
is for a violation committed after a first conviction of such person 
under this paragraph, punishment shall be by a fine of not more than 
$50,000 per day of violation, or by imprisonment for not more than 
two years, or by both. 
"(e) KNOWING ENDANGERMENT.—Any person who knowingly trans-
ports, treats, stores, or disposes of any hazardous waste identified or 
listed under this subtitle— 
"(1)(A) in violation of paragraphs (1) or (2) of subsection (d) of 
this section, or 
"(B) having applied for a permit under section 3005 or 3006, 
and knowingly either— 
"(i) has failed to include in his application material infor-
mation required under regulations promulgated by the Ad-
ministrator, or 
"(ii) fails to comply with the applicable interim status 
regulations and standards promulgated pursuant to this 
subtitle, 
who knows at that time that he thereby places another person in 
imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, and 
"(2)(A) if his conduct in the circumstances manifests an un-
justified and inexcusable disregard for human life, or 
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94 STAT. 2341 
"(B) if his conduct in the circumstances manifests an extreme 
indifference for human life, 
shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine of not more than $250,000 Penalties. 
or imprisonment for not more than 2 years, or both, except that any 
person who violates subsection (e)(2)(B) shall, upon conviction, be 
subject to a fine of not more than $250,000 or imprisonment for not 
more than 5 years, or both. A defendant that is an organization shall, 
upon conviction of violating this subsection, be subject to a fine of not 
more than $1,000,000. 
"(f) SPECIAL RULES.—For the purposes of subsection (e)— 
"(1) A person's state of mind is knowing with respect to— 
"(A) his conduct, if he is aware of the nature of his conduct; 
"(B) an existing circumstance, if he is aware or believes 
that the circumstance exists; or 
"(C) a result of his conduct, if he is aware or believes that 
his conduct is substantially certain to cause danger of death 
or serious bodily injury. 
"(2) In determining whether a defendant who is a natural 
person knew that his conduct placed another person in imminent 
danger of death or serious bodily injury— 
"(A) the person is responsible only for actual awareness or 
actual belief that he possessed; and 
"(B) knowledge possessed by a person other than the 
defendant but not by the defendant himself may not be 
attributed to the defendant; 
Provided, That in proving the defendant's possession of actual 
knowledge, circumstantial evidence may be used, including evi-
dence that the defendant took affirmative steps to shield himself 
from relevant information. 
"(3) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution that the 
conduct charged was consented to by the person endangered and 
that the danger and conduct charged were reasonably foreseeable 
hazards o
f
— 
"(A) an occupation, a business, or a profession; or 
"(B) medical treatment or medical or scientific experimen-
tation conducted by professionally approved methods and 
such other person had been made aware of the risks involved 
prior to giving consent. 
The defendant may establish an affirmative defense under this 
subsection by a preponderance of the evidence. 
"(4) All general defenses, affirmative defenses, and bars to 
prosecution that may apply with respect to other Federal crimi-
nal offenses may apply under subsection (e) and shall be deter-
mined by the courts of the United States according to the 
principles of common law as they may be interpreted in the light 
of reason and experience. Concepts of justification and excuse 
applicable under this section may be developed in the light of 
reason and experience. 
"(5) The term 'organization' means a legal entity, other than a 
government, established or organized for any purpose, and such 
term includes a corporation, company, association, firm, partner-
ship, joint stock company, foundation, institution, trust, society, 
union, or any other association of persons. 
"(6) The term 'serious bodily injury' means— 
"(A) bodily injury which involves a substantial risk of 
death; 
"(B) unconsciousness; 
"(C) extreme physical pain; 
'Organization." 
"Serious bodily 
injury." 
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"(D) protracted and obvious disfigurement; or 
"(E) protracted loss or impairment of the function of a 
bodily member, organ, or mental faculty. 
"(g) CIVIL PENALTY.—Any person who violates any requirement of 
this subtitle shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty in 
an amount not to exceed $25,000 for each such violation. Each day of 
such violation shall, for purposes of this subsection, constitute a 
separate violation.". 
42 use 6929. 
SEC. 14. Section 3009 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Nothing in 
this title shall be construed to prohibit any State or political subdivi-
sion thereof from imposing any requirements, including those for site 
selection, which are more stringent than those imposed by such 
regulations.". 
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SEC. 15. Section 3010(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 
by striking out "or revision" and by inserting the following at the end 
of the first sentence thereof: "In revising any regulation under 
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section 3001 identifying additional characteristics of hazardous waste 
or listing any additional substance as hazardous waste subject to this 
subtitle, the Administrator may require any person referred to in the 
preceding sentence to file with the Administrator (or with States 
having authorized hazardous waste permit programs under section 
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3006) the notification described in the preceding sentence.". 
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SEC. 16. Section 3011 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(c) ACTIVITIES INCLUDED.—State hazardous waste programs for 
which grants may be made under subsection (a) may include (but 
shall not be limited to) planning for hazardous waste treatment, 
storage and disposal facilities, and the development and execution of 
programs to protect health and the environment from inactive 
facilities which may contain hazardous waste.". 
SEC. 17. (a) Subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
adding the following new sections at the end thereof: 
"HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE INVENTORY 
42 use 6933. 
"SEC. 3012. (a) STATE INVENTORY PROGRAMS.—Each State shall, as 
expeditiously as practicable, undertake a continuing program to 
compile, publish, and submit to the Administrator an inventory 
describing the location of each site within such State at which 
hazardous waste has at any time been stored or disposed of. Such 
inventory shall contain— 
"(1) a description of the location of the sites at which any such 
storage or disposal has taken place before the date on which 
42 use 6925. 
permits are required under section 3005 for such storage or 
disposal; 
"(2) such information relating to the amount, nature, and 
toxicity of the hazardous waste at each such site as may be 
practicable to obtain and as may be necessary to determine the 
extent of any health hazard which may be associated with such 
site; 
"(3) the name and address, or corporate headquarters of, the 
owner of each such site, determined as of the date of preparation 
of the inventory; 
"(4) an identification of the types or techniques of waste 
treatment or disposal which have been used at each such site; 
and 
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94 STAT. 2343 
Information 
compilation, 
assistance to 
States. 
42 use 6927. 
"(5) information concerning the current status of the site, 
including information respecting whether or not hazardous 
waste is currently being treated or disposed of at such site (and if 
not, the date on which such activity ceased) and information 
respecting the nature of any other activity currently carried out 
at such site. 
For purposes of assisting the States in compiling information under 
this section, the Administrator shall make available to each State 
undertaking a program under this section such information as is 
available to him concerning the items specified in paragraphs (1) 
through (5) with respect to the sites within such State, including such 
information as the Administrator is able to obtain from other 
agencies or departments of the United States and from surveys and 
studies carried out by any committee or subcommittee of the Con-
gress. Any State may exercise the authority of section 8007 for 
purposes of this section in the same manner and to the same extent as 
provided in such section in the case of States having an authorized 
hazardous waste program, and any State may by order require any 
person to submit such information as may be necessary to compile 
the data referred to in paragraphs (1) through (5). 
"(b) 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PROGRAM.—If 
the 
Administrator determines that any State program under subsection 
(a) is not adequately providing information respecting the sites in 
such State referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator shall notify 
the State. If within ninety days following such notification, the State 
program has not been revised or amended in such manner as will 
adequately provide such information, the Administrator shall carry 
out the inventory program in such State. In any such case— 
"(1) the Administrator shall have the authorities provided with 
respect to State programs under subsection (a); 
"(2) the funds allocated under subsection (c) for grants to States 
under this section may be used by the Administrator for carrying 
out such program in such State; and 
"(3) no further expenditure may be made for grants to such 
State under this section until such time as the Administrator 
determines that such State is carrying out, or will carry out, an 
inventory program which meets the requirements of this section. 
"(c) GRANTS.—(1) Upon receipt of an application submitted by any 
State to carry out a program under this section, the Administrator 
may make grants to the States for purposes of carrying out such a 
program. Grants under this section shall be allocated among the 
several States by the Administrator based upon such regulations as 
he prescribes to carry out the purposes of this section. The Adminis-
trator may make grants to any State which has conducted an 
inventory program which effectively carried out the purposes of this 
section before the date of the enactment of the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act Amendments of 1980 to reimburse such State for all, or any Ante, p. 2334. 
portion of, the costs incurred by such State in conducting such 
program. 
"(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
section $20,000,000. 
"(d) No IMPEDIMENT TO IMMEDIATE REMEDIAL ACTION.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to provide that the Administrator or 
any State should, pending completion of the inventory required 
under this section, postpone undertaking any enforcement or reme-
dial action with respect to any site at which hazardous waste has been 
treated, stored, or disposed of. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
94 STAT. 2344 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
"MONITORING, ANALYSIS, AND TESTING 
42 use 6934. 
"SEC. 3013. (a) AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR.—If the Administra-
tor determines, upon receipt of any information, that— 
"(1) the presence of any hazardous waste at a facility or site at 
which hazardous waste is, or has been, stored, treated, or dis-
posed of, or 
"(2) the release of any such waste from such facility or site 
may present a substantial hazard to human health or the environ-
ment, he may issue an order requiring the owner or operator of such 
facility or site to conduct such monitoring, testing, analysis, and 
reporting with respect to such facility or site as the Administrator 
deems reasonable to ascertain the nature and extent of such hazard. 
"(b) PREVIOUS OWNERS AND OPERATORS.—In the case of any facility 
or site not in operation at the time a determination is made under 
subsection (a) with respect to the facility or site, if the Administrator 
finds that the owner of such facility or site could not reasonably be 
expected to have actual knowledge of the presence of hazardous waste 
at such facility or site and of its potential for release, he may issue an 
order requiring the most recent previous owner or operator of such 
facility or site who could reasonably be expected to have such actual 
knowledge to carry out the actions referred to in subsection (a). 
"(c) PROPOSAL.—An order under subsection (a) or (b) shall require 
the person to whom such order is issued to submit to the Administra-
tor within 30 days from the issuance of such order a proposal for 
carrying out the required monitoring, testing, analysis, and report-
ing. The Administrator may, after providing such person with an 
opportunity to confer with the Administrator respecting such 
proposal, require such person to carry out such monitoring, testing, 
analysis, and reporting in accordance with such proposal, and such 
modifications in such proposal as the Administrator deems reason-
able to ascertain the nature and extent of the hazard. 
"(d) MONITORING, ETC., CARRIED OUT BY ADMINISTRATOR.—(1) If the 
Administrator determines that no owner or operator referred to in 
subsection (a) or (h) is able to conduct monitoring, testing, analysis, or 
reporting satisfactory to the Administrator, if the Administrator 
deems any such action carried out by an owner or operator to be 
unsatisfactory, or if the Administrator cannot initially determine 
that there is an owner or operator referred to in subsection (a) or (b) 
who is able to conduct such monitoring, testing, analysis, or report-
ing, he may— 
"(A) conduct monitoring, testing, or analysis (or any combina-
tion thereof) which he deems reasonable to ascertain the nature 
and extent of the hazard associated with the site concerned, or 
"(B) authorize a State or local authority or other person to 
carry out any such action, 
and require, by order, the owner or operator referred to in subsection 
(a) or (b) to reimburse the Administrator or other authority or person 
for the costs of such activity. 
"(2) No order may be issued under this subsection requiring 
reimbursement of the costs of any action carried out by the Adminis-
trator which confirms the results of an order issued under subsection 
(a)or(b). 
"(3) For purposes of carrying out this subsection, the Administrator 
or any authority or other person authorized under paragraph (1), may 
42 use 6927. 
exercise the authorities set forth in section 3007. 
"(e) ENFORCEMENT.—The Administrator may commence a civil 
action against any person who fails or refuses to comply with any 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
94 STAT. 2345 
order issued under this section. Such action shall be brought in the 
United States district court in which the defendant is located, resides, 
or is doing business. Such court shall have jurisdiction to require 
compliance with such order and to assess a civil penalty of not to 
exceed $5,000 for each day during which such failure or refusal 
occurs.". 
(b) The table of contents for such subtitle C is amended by inserting 
the following new items at the end thereof: 
"Sec. 3012. Hazardous waste site inventory. 
"Sec. 3013. Monitoring, analysis, and testing.". 
Ssc. 18. (a) Section 4003(2) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is 42 use 6943. 
amended by striking out "section 4005(c)" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "sections 4004(b) and 4005(a)". 
42 USC 6944, 
(b) Section 4003(5) of such Act is amended by inserting "State or" ^pf''"" 2„g„ 
after "The plan shall provide that no", and by striking the period 
°*' P-
after "resource recovery facilities", and substituting the following: ", 
from entering into long-term contracts for the operation of such 
facilities, or from securing long-term markets for material and 
energy recovered from such facilities.". 
SEC. 19. (a) Section 4005 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 42 use 6945. 
by deleting subsection (a) in its entirety and by redesignating subsec-
tion (c) as (a). 
Ot))(l) Section 4005(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as redesig-
nated by this section, is amended by striking "Any" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "Upon promulgation of criteria under section 1008(aX3), 42 USC 6907. 
any"; by inserting "and 4003(3)" after "4003(2)"; by striking "the 
inventory under subsection (b)" after "not to exceed 5 years from the 
date of publication o f and inserting in lieu thereof criteria under 
section 1008(a)(3)". 
(2) Section 4005(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 42 use 6945. 
striking "Not" and inserting in lieu thereof "To assist the States in 
complying with section 4003(3), not". 
42 USC 6943. 
(b) Section 4006(b)(1)(B) of such Act is amended by striking out 42 use 6946. 
"functions" wherever it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "man-
agement activities". 
SEC. 20. Section 4008(e) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 42 use 6948. 
by— 
(1) striking out "identify communities" in paragraph (1) 
thereof and substituting "identify local governments"; 
(2) striking out clause (A) thereof and redesignating clauses (B) 
and (C) as (A) and (B), respectively; 
(3) striking out "solid waste disposal facilities in which more 
than 75 per centum of the solid waste disposed of is from areas 
outside the jurisdiction of the communities" in paragraph (1) 
thereof and substituting "a solid waste disposal facility (i) which 
is owned by the unit of local government, (ii) for which an order 
has been issued by the State to cease receiving solid waste for 
treatment, storage, or disposal, and (iii) which is subject to a 
State-approved end-use recreation plan"; 
(4) striking out "which have" in clause (B) of paragraph (1), as 
redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section, and substituting 
the following "which are located over an aquifer which is the 
source of drinking water for any person or public water system 
and which has"; 
(5) inserting before the period at the end of paragraph (1): ", 
including possible methane migration"; 
94 STAT. 2346 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
(6) striking out "each of the fiscal years 1978 and 1979" in 
paragraph (2) and substituting "the fiscal year 1980 and 
$1,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1981 and 1982"; 
(7) striking out "the conversion, improvement" in the first 
sentence of paragraph (2) and all that follows down to the period 
at the end of such sentence and substituting "containment and 
stabilization of solid waste located at the disposal sites referred to 
in paragraph (1)"; 
(8) inserting the following new sentence at the end of para-
graph (2): "No unit of local government shall be eligible for 
grants under this paragraph with respect to any site which 
exceeds 65 acres in size."; and 
(9) striking out paragraph (3) thereof. 
42 use 6952. 
SEC. 21. (a) Section 5002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 
by striking out "the date of the enactment of this Act" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "September 1,1979". 
42 use 6953. 
(b) Section 5003 of such Act is amended by striking out "the 
enactment of this Act" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 1, 
1979,". 
(c)(1) Subtitle E of such Act is amended by inserting the following 
new section after section 5004: 
"NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENT 
Marketing 
"SEC. 5005. In establishing any policies which may affect the 
^°t br^'h 
t 
development of new markets for recovered materials and in making 
42 use 6
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9
5
5
. 
^'^y determination concerning whether or not to impose monitoring 
or other controls on any marketing or transfer of recovered materi-
als, the Secretary of Commerce may consider whether to establish the 
same or similar policies or impose the same or similar monitoring or 
other controls on virgin materials.". 
(2) The table of contents for such Act is amended by inserting the 
following new item after the item relating to section 5004: 
"Sec. 5005. Nondiscrimination requirement.". 
42 use 6962. 
SEC. 22. Section 6002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended as 
follows: 
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by deleting the first sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "After the date specified 
in applicable guidelines prepared pursuant to subsection (e) of 
this section, each procuring agency which procures any items 
designated in such guidelines shall procure such items composed 
of the highest percentage of recovered materials practicable, 
consistent with maintaining a satisfactory level of competition, 
considering such guidelines. ; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(C), by striking "clause (ii)" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "subparagraph (B)"; 
(3) in subsection (c)(2), by deleting "recovered material and 
recovered-material-derived fuel" and inserting in lieu thereof 
the following: "energy or fuels derived from solid waste"; 
(4) in subsection (c)(3), by deleting everj^hing after "vendors" 
and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following: 
"(A) certify that the percentage of recovered materials to 
be used in the performance of the contract will be at least the 
amount required by applicable specifications or other con-
tractual requirements and 
"(B) estimate the percentage of the total material utilized 
for the performance of the contract which is recovered 
materials."; 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
94 STAT. 2347 
(5) by amending subsection (d), to read as follows: 
Federal 
"(d) SPECIFICATIONS.—All Federal agencies that have the responsi- procurement 
bility for drafting or reviewing specifications for procurement items "
®
™
^
-
procured by Federal agencies shall— 
"(1) as expeditiously as possible but in any event no later than 
five years after the date of enactment of this Act, eliminate from 
such specifications— 
"(A) any exclusion of recovered materials and 
"(B) any requirement that items be manufactured from 
virgin materials; and 
"(2) within one year after the date of publication of applicable 
guidelines under subsection (e), or as otherwise specified in such 
guidelines, assure that such specifications require the use of 
recovered materials to the maximum extent possible without 
jeopardizing the intended end use of the item.". 
(6) in subsection (e), by deleting the second sentence and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Such guidelines shall— 
"(1) designate those items which are or can be produced with 
recovered materials and whose procurement by procuring agen-
cies will carry out the objectives of this section; and 
"(2) set forth recommended practices with respect to the 
procurement of recovered materials and items containing such 
materials and with respect to certification by vendors of the 
percentage of recovered materials used, 
and shall provide information as to the availability, relative price, 
and performance of such materials and items and where appropriate 
shall recommend the level of recovered material to be contained in 
the procured product. The Administrator shall prepare final guide-
lines for at least three product categories, including paper, by May 1, 
1981, and for two additional product categories, including construc-
tion materials, by September 30, 1982. In making the designation 
under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall consider, but is not 
limited in his considerations, to— 
"(A) the availability of such items; 
"(B) the impact of the procurement of such items by procuring 
agencies on the volume of solid waste which must be treated, 
stored or disposed of; 
"(C) the economic and technological feasibility of producing 
and using such items; and 
" (D) other uses for such recovered materials.". 
SEC. 23. Section 6004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 42 use 6964 
by— 
(1) inserting immediately after "an executive agency (as 
defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code)" in subsec-
tion (a)(1), "or any unit of the legislative branch of the Federal 
Government"; 
(2) inserting after "Each Executive agency" in subsection (a)(2), 
"or any unit of the legislative branch of the Federal Govern-
ment"; and 
(3) inserting after "The President" in subsection (a)(4) "or the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate with regard to any unit of the legislative branch of the 
Federal Government". 
SEC. 24. Section 7001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: 
"(f) OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH.—In order to assist the 
Secretary of Labor and the Director of the National Institute for 
Product 
categories, 
guidelines. 
42 use 6971. 
94 STAT. 2348 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
Occupational Safety and Health in carrying out their duties under 
29 use 651 note, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the Administrator 
shall— 
"(1) provide the following information, as such information 
becomes available, to the Secretary and the Director: 
"(A) the identity of any hazardous waste generation, 
treatment, storage, disposal facility or site where cleanup is 
planned or underway; 
"(B) information identifying the hazards to which persons 
working at a hazardous waste generation, treatment, stor-
age, disposal facility or site or otherwise handling hazardous 
waste may be exposed, the nature and extent of the expo-
sure, and methods to protect workers from such hazards; and 
"(C) incidents of worker injury or harm at a hazardous 
waste generation, treatment, storage or disposal facility or 
site; and 
"(2) notify the Secretary and the Director of the Administra-
42 use 6930. 
tor's receipt of notifications under section 3010 or reports under 
42 use 
sections 3002, 3003, and 3004 of this title and make such notifica-
6922-6924. 
tions and reports available to the Secretary and the Director.". 
42 use 6973. 
SEC. 25. Section 7003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 
b y -
(1) inserting "(a) AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR.—" after 
"7003"; 
(2) striking out "is presenting" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"may present"; 
(3) striking out "the alleged disposal" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "such handling, storage, treatment, transportation or 
disposal"; and 
(4) adding the following at the end thereof: "The Administrator 
may also, after notice to the affected State, take other action 
under this section including, but not limited to, issuing such 
orders as may be necessary to protect public health and the 
environment. 
"(b) VIOLATIONS.—Any person who willfully violates, or fails or 
refuses to comply with, any order of the Administrator under 
subsection (a) may, in an action brought in the appropriate United 
States district court to enforce such order, be fined not more than 
$5,000 for each day in which such violation occurs or such failure to 
comply continues.'. 
Facility permit 
SEC. 26. Section 7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 
^^t^f^'^t' 
^^ inserting "(1)" after "PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—" and by inserting 
42 use 6974 
*^® following new paragraph at the end thereof: 
"(2) Before the issuing of a permit to any person with any respect to 
any facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous 
42 use 6925. 
wastes under section 3005, the Administrator shall— 
"(A) cause to be published in major local newspapers of general 
circulation and broadcast over local radio stations notice of the 
agency's intention to issue such permit, and 
"(B) transmit in writing notice of the agency's intention to 
issue such permit to each unit of local government having 
jurisdiction over the area in which such facility is proposed to be 
located and to each State agency having any authority under 
State law with respect to the construction or operation of such 
facility. 
Hearing. 
If within 45 days the Administrator receives written notice of 
opposition to the agency's intention to issue such permit and a 
request for a hearing, or if the Administrator determines on his own 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
94 STAT. 2349 
initiative, he shall hold an informal public hearing (including an 
opportunity for presentation of written and oral views) on whether he 
should issue a permit for the proposed facility. Whenever possible the 
Administrator shall schedule such hearing at a location convenient 
to the nearest population center to such proposed facility and give 
notice in the aforementioned manner of the date, time, and subject 
matter of such hearing. No State program which provides for the 
issuance of permits referred to in this paragraph may be authorized 
by the Administrator under section 3006 unless such program pro-
vides for the notice and hearing required by the paragraph.". 
SEC. 27. (a) Section 7006 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 
as follows: 
(1) by inserting "(a) 
REVIEW OF FINAL REGULATIONS AND 
CERTAIN PETITIONS.—" laefore "Any"; 
(2) by adding after "pursuant to this Act" the following: "and 
the Administrator's denial of any petition for the promulgation, 
amendment, or repeal of any regulation under this Act"; 
(3) by adding after "or requirement under this Act" the 
following: "or denying any petition for the promulgation, amend-
ment or repeal of any regulation under this Act"; 
(4) by striking out "Columbia. Any" and substituting "Colum-
bia, and"; 
(5) by inserting "or denial" after "date of such promulgation"; 
(6) by inserting "for review" after "date of such petition"; 
(7) by striking out ". Action" in paragraph (1) thereof and 
substituting "; action"; and 
(8) by striking out "proper. The" in paragraph (2) thereof and 
substituting "proper; the'. 
(b) Such section 7006 is further amended by adding the following 
new subsection 0^) at the end thereof: 
"(b) REVIEW OF CERTAIN ACTIONS UNDER SECTIONS 3005 AND 3006.— 
Review of the Administrator's action (1) in issuing, denying, modify-
ing, or revoking any permit under section 3005, or (2) in granting, 
denying, or withdrawing authorization or interim authorization 
under section 3006, may be had by any interested person in the 
Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States for the Federal judicial 
district in which such person resides or transacts such business upon 
application by such person. Any such application shall be made 
within ninety days from the date of such issuance, denial, modifica-
tion, revocation, grant, or withdrawal, or after such date only if such 
application is based solely on grounds which arose after such nineti-
eth day. Such review shall be in accordance with sections 701 through 
706 of title 5 of the United States Code.". 
SEC. 28. Section 7009 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
striking out "unless the Secretary" and substituting "unless the 
Administrator''. 
SEC. 29. Section 8002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 
by— 
(1) by striking out the last sentence of subsection (f) of such 
section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Not later 
than thirty-six months after the date of the enactment of the 
Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980 the Administra-
tor shall publish a report of such study and shall include 
appropriate findings and recommendations for Federal and non-
Federal actions concerning such effects. Such report shall be 
submitted to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interstate and 
42 u s e 6926. 
42 u s e 6976. 
42 u s e 6925, 
6926. 
Application. 
42 u s e 6979. 
Study. 
42 u s e 6982. 
Ante, p. 2334. 
Report to 
congressional 
committees. 
94 STAT. 2350 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
Study. 
Review. 
Report. 
Submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
Ante, p. 2334. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Study. 
Foreign Commerce of the United States House of Representa-
tives. ; and 
(2) by inserting the following new subsections after subsection 
(1) and by redesignating subsection (m) as (q): 
"(m) DRILLING FLUIDS, PRODUCED WATERS, AND OTHER WASTES 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, OR PRODUCTION 
OF CRUDE OIL OR NATURAL GAS OR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY.—(1) The 
Administrator shall conduct a detailed and comprehensive study and 
submit a report on the adverse effects, if any, of drilling fluids, 
produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, 
development, or production of crude oil or natural gas or geothermal 
energy on human health and the environment, including, but not 
limited to, the effects of such wastes on humans, water, air, health, 
welfare, and natural resources and on the adequacy of means and 
measures currently employed by the oil and gas and geothermal 
drilling and production industry. Government agencies, and others to 
dispose of and utilize such wastes and to prevent or substantially 
mitigate such adverse effects. Such study shall include an analysis 
of— 
"(A) the sources and volume of discarded material generated 
per year from such wastes; 
"(B) present disposal practices; 
"(C) potential danger to human health and the environment 
from the surface runoff or leachate; 
"(D) documented cases which prove or have caused danger to 
human health and the environment from surface runoff or 
leachate; 
"(E) alternatives to current disposal methods; 
"(F) the cost of such alternatives; and 
"(G) the impact of those alternatives on the exploration for, 
and development and production of, crude oil and natural gas or 
geothermal energy. 
In furtherance of this study, the Administrator shall, as he deems 
appropriate, review studies and other actions of other Federal agen-
cies concerning such wastes with a view toward avoiding duplication 
of effort and the need to expedite such study. The Administrator shall 
publish a report of such study and shall include appropriate findings 
and recommendations for Federal and non-Federal actions concern-
ing such effects. 
X2) The Administrator shall complete the research and study and 
submit the report required under paragraph (1) not later than 
twenty-four months from the date of enactment of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act Amendments of 1980. Upon completion of the study, the 
Administrator shall prepare a summary of the findings of the study, a 
plan for research, development, and demonstration respecting the 
findings of the study, and shall submit the findings and the study, 
along with any recommendations resulting from such study, to the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the United States 
Senate and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of 
the United States House of Representatives. 
"(3) There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this subsection. 
"(n) MATERIALS GENERATED FROM THE COMBUSTION OF COAL AND 
OTHER FOSSIL FUELS.—The Administrator shall conduct a detailed 
and comprehensive study and submit a report on the adverse effects 
on human health and the environment, if any, of the disposal and 
utilization of fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, slag waste, flue gas 
emission control waste, and other byproduct materials generated 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
94 STAT. 2351 
primarily from the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels. Such study 
shall include an analysis of— 
"(1) the source and volumes of such material generated per 
year; 
"(2) present disposal and utilization practices; 
"(3) potential danger, if any, to human health and the environ-
ment from the disposal and reuse of such materials; 
"(4) documented cases in which danger to human health or the 
environment from surface runoff or leachate has been proved; 
"(5) alternatives to current disposal methods; 
"(6) the costs of such alternatives; 
"(7) the impact of those alternatives on the use of coal and 
other natural resources; and 
"(8) the current and potential utilization of such materials. 
In furtherance of this study, the Administrator shall, as he deems 
appropriate, review studies and other actions of other Federal and 
State agencies concerning such material and invite participation by 
other concerned parties, including industry and other Federal and 
State agencies, with a view toward avoiding duplication of effort. 
The Administrator shall publish a report on such study, which shall 
include appropriate findings, not later than twenty-four months after 
the enactment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980. 
Such study and findings shall be submitted to the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate and the 
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the United States 
House of Representatives. 
"(o) CEMENT KILN DUST WASTE.—The Administrator shall conduct 
a detailed and comprehensive study of the adverse effects on human 
health and the environment, if any, of the disposal of cement kiln 
dust waste. Such study shall include an analysis of— 
"(1) the source and volumes of such materials generated per 
year; 
"(2) present disposal practices; 
"(3) potential danger, if any, to human health and the environ-
ment from the disposal of such materials; 
"(4) documented cases in which danger to human health or the 
environment has been proved; 
"(5) alternatives to current disposal methods; 
"(6) the costs of such alternatives; 
"(7) the impact of those alternatives on the use of natural 
resources; and 
"(8) the current and potential utilization of such materials. 
In furtherance of this study, the Administrator shall, as he deems 
appropriate, review studies and other actions of other Federal and 
State agencies concerning such waste or materials and invite partici-
pation by other concerned parties, including industry and other 
Federal and State agencies, with a view toward avoiding duplication 
of effort. The Administrator shall publish a report of such study, 
which shall include appropriate findings, not later than thirty-six 
months after the date of enactment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
Amendments of 1980. Such report shall be submitted to the Commit-
tee on Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate 
and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the 
United States House of Representatives. 
"(p) MATERIALS GENERATED FROM THE EXTRACTION, BENEFICIATION, 
AND PROCESSING OF ORES AND MINERALS, INCLUDING PHOSPHATE ROCK 
AND OVERBURDEN FROM URANIUM MINING.—The Administrator 
shall conduct a detailed and comprehensive study on the adverse 
Review. 
Report. 
Ante, p. 2334. 
Submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
Study. 
Review. 
Report. 
Ante, p. 2334. 
Submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
Study. 
79-194 O—81—pt. 2 
68 : QL3 
94 STAT. 2352 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
Review. 
Report. 
Submittal to 
congressional 
committees. 
Repeal. 
42 u s e 6981 
note. 
42 u s e 6916. 
42 u s e 6931. 
Appropriation, 
authorization. 
42 u s e 6948. 
Post, p. 2353. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
effects on human health and the environment, if any, of the disposal 
and utilization of solid waste from the extraction, beneficiation, and 
processing of ores and minerals, including phosphate rock and 
overburden from uranium mining. Such study shall be conducted in 
conjunction with the study of mining wastes required by subsection 
(f) of this section and shall include an analysis of— 
"(1) the source and volumes of such materials generated per 
year; 
"(2) present disposal and utilization practices; 
"(3) potential danger, if any, to human health and the environ-
ment from the disposal and reuse of such materials; 
"(4) documented cases in which danger to human health or the 
environment has been proved; 
"(5) alternatives to current disposal methods; 
"(6) the costs of such alternatives; 
"(7) the impact of those alternatives on the use of phosphate 
rock and uranium ore, and other natural resources; and 
"(8) the current and potential utilization of such materials. 
In furtherance of this study, the Administrator shall, as he deems 
appropriate, review studies and other actions of other Federal and 
State agencies concerning such waste or materials and invite partici-
pation by other concerned parties, including industry and other 
Federal and State agencies, with a view toward avoiding duplication 
of effort. The Administrator shall publish a report of such study, 
which shall include appropriate findings, in conjunction with the 
publication of the report of the study of mining wastes required to be 
conducted under subsection (f) of this section. Such report and 
findings shall be submitted to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the United States Senate and the Committee on 
Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the United States House of 
Representatives.". 
SEC. 30. Section 3 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 
1976 is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 31. (a) Section 2006(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is 
amended by striking "and" and inserting before the period 
"$70,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, 
$80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and 
$80,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30,1982". 
(b) Section 3011(a) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
inserting after "1979" the following: "$20,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, 
$35,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1982". 
(c) Section 4008(a)(1) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(1) There are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1978, $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1979, $20,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1980, $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, and $20,000,000 
for fiscal year 1982 for purposes of financial assistance to States 
and local, regional, and interstate authorities for the develop-
ment and implementation of plans approved by the Administra-
tor under this subtitle (other than the provisions of such plans 
referred to in section 4003(b), relating to feasibility planning for 
municipal waste energy and materials conservation 
and 
recovery).". 
(d) Section 4008(a)(2)(C) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended 
by adding at the end thereof: "There are authorized to be appropri-
ated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1981, 
and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1982 for purposes of this paragraph.". 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
94 STAT. 2353 
(e) Section 4009(d) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
adding at the end thereof: "There are authorized to be appropriated 
$10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and $15,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 1981 and 1982 to carry out this section.". 
(f)(1) Subtitle E of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
adding the following new section: 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
42 u s e 6949. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
"SEC. 5006. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secre- 42 use 6956. 
tary of Commerce $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1980, 1981, and 
1982 to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.". 
(2) The table of contents for such subtitle E is amended by adding 
the following new item at the end thereof: 
"Sec. 5006. Authorization of appropriations.". 
ENERGY AND MATERIALS CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY 
SEC. 32. (a) The Congress finds that— 
42 use 694ia. 
(1) significant savings could be realized by conserving materi-
als in order to reduce the volume or quantity of material which 
ultimately becomes waste; 
(2) solid waste contains valuable energy and material resources 
which can be recovered and used thereby conserving increasingly 
scarce and expensive fossil fuels and virgin materials; 
(3) the recovery of energy and materials from municipal waste, 
and the conservation of energy and materials contributing to 
such waste streams, can have the effect of reducing the volume of 
the municipal waste stream and the burden of disposing of 
increasing volumes of solid waste; 
(4) the technology to conserve resources exists and is commer-
cially feasible to apply; 
(5) the technology to recover energy and materials from solid 
waste is of demonstrated commercial feasibility; and 
(6) various communities throughout the nation have different 
needs and different potentials for conserving resources and for 
utilizing techniques for the recovery of energy and materials 
from waste, and Federal assistance in planning and implement-
ing such energy and materials conservation and recovery 
programs should be available to all such communities on an 
equitable basis in relation to their needs and potential. 
(b) Section 4001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (relating to 42 use 6941. 
objectives) is amended by inserting "including energy and materials 
which are recoverable from solid waste" after "valuable resources". 
(c) Section 4002(c) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (relating to 42 use 6942. 
guidelines for State plans) is amended in paragraph (11) by inserting 
after "recovered material" the following: "and energy and energy 
resources recovered from solid waste as well as methods for conserv-
ing such materials and energy". 
(d)(1) Section 4003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
inserting "negotiating and" after "from" in paragraph (5) thereof and 
by adding the following before the period at the end thereof: "or for 
conserving materials or energy by reducing the volume of waste". 
(2) Section 4003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (relating to 
minimum requirements for State plans) is amended by inserting "(a) 
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—" after "4003" and by adding the follow-
ing new subsection at the end thereof: 
42 u s e 6943. 
Ante, p. 2345. 
94 STAT. 2354 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
Infra. 
Analysis. 
42 u s e 6948. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Ante, p. 2353. 
"(b) ENERGY AND MATERIALS CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY FEASI-
BILITY PLANNING AND ASSISTANCE.—(1) A State which has a plan 
approved under this subtitle or which has submitted a plan for such 
approval shall be eligible for assistance under section 4008(a)(3) if the 
Administrator determines that under such plan the State will— 
"(A) analyze and determine the economic and technical feasi-
bility of facilities and programs to conserve resources which 
contribute to the waste stream or to recover energy and 
materials from municipal waste; 
"(B) analyze the legal, institutional, and economic impedi-
ments to the development of systems and facilities for conserva-
tion of energy or materials which contribute to the waste stream 
or for the recovery of energy and materials from municipal waste 
and make recommendations to appropriate governmental 
authorities for overcoming such impediments; 
"(C) assist municipalities within the State in developing plans, 
programs, and projects to conserve resources or recover energy 
and materials from municipal waste; and 
"(D) coordinate the resource conservation and recovery plan-
ning under subparagraph (C). 
"(2) The analysis referred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall include— 
"(A) the evaluation of, and establishment of priorities among, 
market opportunities for industrial and commercial users of all 
types (including public utilities and industrial parks) to utilize 
energy and materials recovered from municipal waste; 
"(B) comparisons of the relative costs of energy recovered from 
municipal waste in relation to the costs of energy derived from 
fossil fuels and other sources; 
"(C) studies of the transportation and storage problems and 
other problems associated with the development of energy 
and materials recovery technology, including curbside source 
separation; 
"(D) the evaluation and establishment of priorities among 
ways of conserving energy or materials which contribute to the 
waste stream; 
"(E) comparison of the relative total costs between conserving 
resources and disposing of or recovering such waste; and 
"(F) studies of impediments to resource conservation or recov-
ery, including business practices, transportation requirements, 
or storage difficulties. 
Such studies and analyses shall also include studies of other sources 
of solid waste from which energy and materials may be recovered or 
minimized.". 
(e)(1) Section 4008(a)(2)(B) of such Act is amended by adding the 
following at the end thereof: "Applicants for technical and financial 
assistance under this section shall not preclude or foreclose consider-
ation of programs for the recovery of recyclable materials through 
source separation or other resource recovery techniques.". 
(2) Section 4008(a) of such Act is amended by adding the following 
new paragraph at the end thereof: 
"(3)(A) There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
beginning October 1, 1981, and for each fiscal year thereafter before 
October 1, 1986, $4,000,000 for purposes of making grants to States to 
carry out section 4003(b). No amount may be appropriated for such 
purposes for the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 1986, or for any 
fiscal year thereafter. 
"(B) Assistance provided by the Administrator under this para-
graph shall be used only for the purposes specified in section 4003(b), 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
94 STAT. 2355 
Such assistance may not be used for purposes of land acquisition, 
final facility design, equipment purchase, construction, startup or 
operation activities. 
"(C) Where appropriate, any State receiving assistance under this 
paragraph may make all or any part of such assistance available to 
municipalities within the State to carry out the activities specified in 
section 4003(b)(1) (A) and (B).". 
(3) Section 4008 of such Act is amended by adding the following new 
sulDsection at the end thereof: 
"(f) ASSISTANCE TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR ENERGY AND MATERIALS 
CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY PLANNING ACTIVITIES.—(1) The 
Ad-
ministrator is authorized to make grants to municipalities, regional 
authorities, and intermunicipal agencies to carry out activities de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 4003(b)(1). Such grants 
may be made only pursuant to an application submitted to the 
Administrator by the municipality which application has been ap-
proved by the State and determined by the State to be consistent with 
any State plan approved or submitted under this subtitle or any other 
appropriate planning carried out by the State. 
"(2) There is authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 
beginning October 1, 1981, and for each fiscal year thereafter before 
October 1, 1986, $8,000,000 for purposes of making grants to munici-
palities under this subsection. No amount may be appropriated for 
such purposes for the fiscal year beginning on October 1,1986, or for 
any fiscal year thereafter.". 
"(3) Assistance provided by the Administrator under this subsec-
tion shall be used only for the purposes specified in paragraph (1). 
Such assistance may not be used for purposes of land acquisition, 
final facility design, equipment purchase, construction, startup or 
operation activities.". 
(f) Section 4008(d) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
inserting "(1)" after "TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—" and by adding the 
following new paragraph at the end thereof: 
"(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Administrator is author-
ized to provide technical assistance to States, municipalities, regional 
authorities, and intermunicipal agencies upon request, to assist in 
the removal or modification of legal, institutional, and economic 
impediments which have the effect of impeding the development of 
systems and facilities to recover energy and materials from munici-
pal waste or to conserve energy or materials which contribute to the 
waste stream. Such impediments may include— 
"(A) laws, regulations, and policies, including State and local 
procurement policies, which are not favorable to resource conser-
vation and recovery policies, systems, and facilities; 
"(B) impediments to the financing of facilities to conserve or 
recover energy and materials from municipal waste through the 
exercise of State and local authority to issue revenue bonds and 
the use of State and local credit assistance; and 
"(C) impediments to institutional arrangements necessary to 
undertake projects for the conservation or recovery of energy 
and materials from municipal waste, including the creation of 
special districts, authorities, or corporations where necessary 
having the power to secure the supply of waste of a project, to 
conserve resources, to implement the project, and to undertake 
related activities.". 
(g) Section 6003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended to read 
as follows: 
Ante, p. 2353. 
Grants. 
42 u s e 6948. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
94 STAT. 2356 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
COOPERATION WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
42 use 6963. 
"SEC. 6003. (a) GENERAL RULE.—All Federal agencies shall assist 
the Administrator in carrying out his functions under this Act and 
shall promptly make available all requested information concerning 
past or present Agency waste management practices and past or 
present Agency owned, leased, or operated solid or hazardous waste 
facilities. This information shall be provided in such format as may 
be determined by the Administrator. 
"(b) INFORMATION RELATING TO ENERGY AND MATERIALS CONSERVA-
TION AND RECOVERY.—The Administrator shall collect, maintain, and 
disseminate information concerning the market potential of energy 
and materials recovered from solid waste, including materials ob-
tained through source separation, and information concerning the 
savings potential of conserving resources contributing to the waste 
stream. The Administrator shall identify the regions in which the 
increased substitution of such energy for energy derived from fossil 
fuels and other sources is most likely to be feasible, and provide 
information on the technical and economic aspects of developing 
integrated resource conservation or recovery systems which provide 
for the recovery of source-separated materials to be recycled or the 
conservation of resources. The Administrator shall utilize the au-
thorities of subsection (a) in carrying out this subsection.". 
Establishment. 
42 u s e 6981 
note. 
Report to 
President and 
Congress. 
Interim reports. 
42 u s e 6901 
note. 
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND 
RECOVERY 
SEC. 33. (a)(1) There is hereby established in the executive branch of 
the United States the National Advisory Commission on Resource 
Conservation and Recovery, hereinafter in this section referred to as 
the "Commission". 
(2) The Commission shall be composed of nine members to be 
appointed by the President. Such members shall be qualified by 
reason of their education, training, or experience to represent the 
view of consumer groups, industry associations, and environmental 
and other groups concerned with resource conservation and recovery 
and at least two shall be elected or appointed State or local officials. 
Members shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. 
(3) A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in 
which the original appointment was made. 
(4) Five members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for 
transacting business of the Commission except that a lesser number 
may hold hearings and conduct information-gathering meetings. 
(5) The Chairperson of the Commission shall be designated by the 
President from among the members. 
(6) Upon the expiration of the two-year period beginning on (A) 
the date when all initial members of the Commission have been 
appointed or when (B) the date when initial funds become available to 
carry out this section, whichever is later, the Commission shall 
transmit to the President, and to each House of the Congress, a final 
report containing a detailed statement of the findings and conclu-
sions of the Commission, together with such recommendations as it 
deems advisable. 
(7) The Commission shall submit an interim report on Febru-
ary 15,1982, and the Commission may also submit, for legislative and 
administrative actions relating to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, other 
interim reports prior to the submission of its final report. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
94 STAT. 2357 
(8) The Commission shall cease to exist 30 days after submission of 
its final report. 
Ot)) The Commission shall— 
(1) after consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies, 
review budgetary priorities relating to resource conservation and 
recovery, determine to what extent program goals relating to 
resource conservation and recovery are being realized, and make 
recommendations concerning the appropriate program balance 
and priorities; 
(2) review any existing or proposed resource conservation and 
recovery guidelines or regulations; 
(3) determine the economic development or savings potential of 
resource conservation and recovery, including the availability of 
markets for recovered energy and materials, for economic mate-
rials savings through conservation, and make recommendations 
concerning the utilization of such potential; 
(4) identify, and make recommendations addressing, institu-
tional obstacles impeding the development of resource conserva-
tion and resource recovery; and 
(5) evaluate the status of resource conservation and recovery 
technology and systems including both materials and energy 
recovery technologies, recycling methods, and other innovative 
methods for both conserving energy and materials extractable 
from solid waste. 
The review referred to in paragraph (1) should include but not be 
limited to an assessment of the effectiveness of the technical assist-
ance panels, the public participation program and other program 
activities under the Solid Waste Disposal Act. 
(c)(1) Members of the Commission while serving on business of the 
Commission, shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate 
specified at the time of such service for grade OS-16 of the General 
Schedule for each day they are engaged in the actual performance of 
Commission duties, including travel time; and while so serving away 
from their homes or regular places of business, all members of the 
Commission may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, 
United States Code, for persons in Government service employed 
intermittently. 
(2) Subject to such rules as may be adopted by the Commission, the 
Chairperson, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, governing appointments in the competitive service and without 
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 
of such title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, 
shall have the power to— 
(A) appoint a Director, who shall be paid at a rate not to exceed 
the rate of basic pay for level I, GS-16 of the General Schedule; 
and 
(B) appoint and fix the compensation of not more than 5 
additional staff personnel. 
(3) This Commission is authorized to procure temporary and 
intermittent services of experts and consultants as are necessary to 
the extent authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
but at rates not to exceed the rate specified at the time of such service 
for grade GS-16 in section 5332 of such title. Experts and consultants 
may be employed without compensation if they agree to do so in 
advance. 
(4) Upon request of the Commission, the head of any Federal 
agency is authorized to detail on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable 
Termination. 
Functions. 
42 u s e 6901 
note. 
Personnel, 
compensation. 
5 u s e 5332 note. 
5 u s e 5101 et 
seq., 5331. 
5 u s e 5332 note. 
94 STAT. 2358 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
basis any of the personnel of such agency to the Commission to assist 
the Commission in carrying out its duties under this section. 
(5) The Commission is exempt from the requirements of sections 
4301 through 4308 of title 5, United States Code. 
Contracts. 
(6) The Commission is authorized to enter into contracts with 
Federal and State agencies, private firms, institutions, and individ-
uals for the conduct of research or surveys, the preparation of 
reports, and other activities necessary to the discharge of its duties 
and responsibilities. 
(7) In order to expedite matters pertaining to the planning for, and 
work of, the Commission, the Commission is authorized to make 
purchases and contracts without regard to section 252 of title 41 of 
the United States Code, pertaining to advertising and competitive 
bidding, and may arrange for the printing of any material pertaining 
to the work of the Commission without regard to the Government 
Printing and Binding Regulations and any related laws or 
regulations. 
(8) The Commission may use the United States mail in the same 
manner and under the same conditions as other departments and 
agencies of the United States. 
(9) The Commission may secure directly from any department or 
agency of the United States information necessary to enable it to 
carry out its duties and functions. Upon request of the Chairperson, 
the head of any such Federal agency shall furnish such information 
to the Commission subject to applicable law. 
(10) Financial and administrative services (including those related 
to budget and accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and pro-
curement) shall be provided to the Commission by the General 
Services Administration for which payment shall be made in 
advance, or by reimbursement, from funds of the Commission, in such 
amounts as may be agreed upon by the Chairperson of the Commis-
sion and the Administrator of General Services. 
Hearings. 
(d) In carrying out its duties under this section the Commission, or 
any duly authorized committee thereof, is authorized to hold such 
hearings and take testimony, with respect to matters to which it has a 
responsibility under this section as the Commission may deem 
advisable. The Chairperson of the Commission or any member 
authorized by him may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses 
appearing before the Commission or before any committee thereof. 
GSA-provided 
services. 
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980 
94 STAT. 2359 
(e) From the amounts authorized to be appropriated under the Appropriation 
Solid Waste Disposal Act for the fiscal years 1981 and 1982, not more authorization. 
than $1,000,000 may be used to carry out the provisions of this 
section. 
Approved October 21, 1980. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-191 accompanying H.R. 3994 (Comm. on Interstate and 
Foreign Commerce) and No. 96-1444 (Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 96-172 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works) and No. 
96-1010 (Comm. of Conference). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 125 (1979): June 4, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 126 (1980): Feb. 20, H.R. 3994 considered and passed House; passage 
vacated and S. 1156, amended, passed in lieu. 
Oct. 1, Senate agreed to conference report. 
Oct. 2, House agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS: 
Vol. 16, No. 43 (1980): Oct. 21, Presidential statement.