SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT

SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT

TITLE II-SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL

Subtitle A-General Provisions

SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS

SEC. 1001. This title (hereinafter in this table referred 42 U.S.C. 6901 to as "this Act"), together with the following table of contents, may be cited as the "Solid Waste Disposal Act":

Sec. 1005.

Sec. 1006.

Sec. 1007.

Governmental cooperation.

Application of Act and integration with other Acts.
Financial disclosure.

Sec. 1008. Solid waste management information and guidelines.

Subtitle B-Office of Solid Waste; Authorities of the
Administrator

Sec. 2001. Office of Solid Waste.

Authorities of Administrator.

Resource recovery and conservation panels.
Grants for discarded tire disposal.

Sec. 2002.

Sec. 2003.

Sec. 2004.

Sec. 2005.

Annual report.

Sec. 2006.

Sec. 3001.
Sec. 3002.

Sec. 3003.

General authorization.

Subtitle C-Hazardous Waste Management

Identification and listing of hazardous waste.

Standards applicable to generators of hazardous
waste.

Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous
waste.

Sec. 3004. Standards applicable to owners and operators of haz-
ardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facili-
ties.

Sec. 3005. Permits for treatment, storage, or disposal of haz

Sec. 3006.

ardous waste.

Authorized State hazardous waste programs.
Inspections.

Sec. 3007.

Sec. 3008.

Federal enforcement.

Minimum requirements for approval of plans.
Criteria for sanitary landfills; sanitary landfills re-
quired for all disposal.

42 U.S.C. 6901

Sec. 4005.
Sec. 4006.

Sec. 4007.
Sec. 4008.

Sec. 4009.

Upgrading of open dumps.

Procedure for development and implementation of
State plan.

Approval of State plan; Federal assistance.

Federal assistance.

Rural communities assistance.

Subtitle E-Duties of the Secretary of Commerce in Resource

Sec. 5001.

Sec. 5002.
Sec. 5003.

Sec. 5004.

Functions.

and Recovery

Development of specifications for secondary materials.
Development of market for recovered materials.
Technology promotion.

Subtitle F-Federal Responsibilities

Sec. 6001. Application of Federal, State, and local law to Federal

Sec. 6003.

Sec. 6004.

Sec. 7001.

Cooperation with Environmental Protection Agency. Applicability of solid waste disposal guidelines to executive agencies.

Subtitle G-Miscellaneous Provisions

Employee protection.

Sec. 7002. Citizen suits.

Grants or contracts for training projects.
Payments.

Sec. 7009. Labor standards.

Subtitle H-Research, Development, Demonstration, and

Information

Sec. 8001. Research, demonstrations, training, and other activi

ties.

Sec. 8002. Special studies; plans for research, development, and
demonstrations.

Sec. 8003. Coordination, collection, and dissemination of infor

Sec. 8004.

Sec. 8005.

Sec. 8006.

mation.

Full-scale demonstration facilities.

Special study and demonstration projects on recovery
of useful energy and materials.

Grants for resource recovery systems and improved
solid waste disposal facilities.

Sec. 8007. Authorization of appropriations.

CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS

SEC. 1002. (a) SOLID WASTE.-The Congress finds with respect to solid waste

(1) that the continuing technological progress and improvement in methods of manufacture, packageing, and marketing of consumer products has resulted in an ever-mounting increase, and in a change in the characteristics, of the mass material discarded by the purchaser of such products;

(2) that the economic and population growth of our Nation, and the improvements in the standard of living enjoyed by our population, have required

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