54 U.S.C. § 100903 — Solid waste disposal operations

submitted 12 years ago by Pub. L. 113-287 to r/title-54-NATIONAL-PARK-SERVICE-AND-RELATED-PROGRAMS · 144 words · no verdicts yet

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To protect national park land, water, and resources, new solid waste dumps generally cannot open inside park boundaries. The only exceptions are dumps already operating as of September 1, 1984, or small dumps that only handle waste made within that same park unit and won't harm its resources. The Secretary must write regulations to enforce this and to reduce harm from the older, existing dump sites.

(a) In General. To protect the air, land, water, and natural and cultural values of the System, and the property of the United States within it, no solid waste disposal site — including any site for domestic or industrial solid waste — may operate within the boundary of a System unit. There are only two exceptions: (1) a site that was already operating as of September 1, 1984; or (2) a site used only to dispose of waste that was generated inside that same unit, as long as the site does not degrade any of the unit's natural or cultural resources. (b) Regulations. The Secretary must issue regulations to carry out this section. These regulations must include reasonable rules to lessen the harmful effects, on United States property, of solid waste disposal sites that were already operating as of September 1, 1984.

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(a)In General1 —

To protect the air, land, water, and natural and cultural values of the System and the property of the United States in the System, no solid waste disposal site (including any site for the disposal of domestic or industrial solid waste) may be operated within the boundary of any System unit, other than—

(1)

a site that was operating as of September 1, 1984; or

(2)

a site used only for disposal of waste generated within that System unit so long as the site will not degrade any of the natural or cultural resources of the System unit.

(b)Regulations.—

The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section, including reasonable regulations to mitigate the adverse effects of solid waste disposal sites in operation as of September 1, 1984, on property of the United States.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3115.)

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2014Enacted · Pub. L. 113-287 · 128 Stat. 3115

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