42 U.S.C. § 6923 — Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste
submitted 50 years ago by Pub. L. 89-272 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 357 words · no verdicts yet
This section addresses standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste. It assigns the stated duties, powers, requirements, limits, procedures, or funding rules to the actors and situations described in the section.
(a) Standards by eighteen months after October 21, 1976, and after opportunity for public hearings, the Administrator*, after consultation with the Secretary* of Transportation and the States, must issue regulations establishing such standards, applicable to transporters of hazardous waste* identified or listed under this subchapter, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. Such standards must include but need not be limited to requirements respecting—
(1) recordkeeping concerning such hazardous waste transported, and their source and delivery points;
(2) transportation of such waste only if properly labeled;
(3) compliance with the manifest* system referred to in section 6922(5) 1 of this title; and
(4) transportation of all such hazardous waste only to the hazardous waste treatment*, storage, or disposal* facilities which the shipper designates on the manifest form to be a facility holding a permit issued under this subchapter, or under title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act ( 86 Stat. 1052) [ 33 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.].
(b) Coordination with regulations of Secretary of Transportation In case of any hazardous waste identified or listed under this subchapter which is subject to chapter 51 of title 49, the regulations issued by the Administrator under this section must be consistent with the requirements of such Act and the regulations under it. The Administrator is authorized to make recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation respecting the regulations of such hazardous waste under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and for addition of materials to be covered by such Act.
(c) Fuel from hazardous waste by two years after November 8, 1984, and after opportunity for public hearing, the Administrator must issue regulations establishing standards, applicable to transporters of fuel produced
(1) from any hazardous waste identified or listed under section 6921 of this title, or
(2) from any hazardous waste identified or listed under section 6921 of this title and any other material, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. Such standards may include any of the requirements set forth in paragraphs
(1) through
(4) of subsection
(a) as may be appropriate.
Not later than eighteen months after October 21, 1976, and after opportunity for public hearings, the Administrator*, after consultation with the Secretary* of Transportation and the States, shall promulgate regulations establishing such standards, applicable to transporters of hazardous waste* identified or listed under this subchapter, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. Such standards shall include but need not be limited to requirements respecting—
recordkeeping concerning such hazardous waste transported, and their source and delivery points;
transportation of such waste only if properly labeled;
compliance with the manifest* system referred to in section 6922(5) 1 of this title; and
transportation of all such hazardous waste only to the hazardous waste treatment*, storage, or disposal* facilities which the shipper designates on the manifest form to be a facility holding a permit issued under this subchapter, or pursuant to title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (86 Stat. 1052) [33 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.].
In case of any hazardous waste identified or listed under this subchapter which is subject to chapter 51 of title 49, the regulations promulgated by the Administrator under this section shall be consistent with the requirements of such Act and the regulations thereunder. The Administrator is authorized to make recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation respecting the regulations of such hazardous waste under the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act and for addition of materials to be covered by such Act.
Not later than two years after November 8, 1984, and after opportunity for public hearing, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations establishing standards, applicable to transporters of fuel produced (1) from any hazardous waste identified or listed under section 6921 of this title, or (2) from any hazardous waste identified or listed under section 6921 of this title and any other material, as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. Such standards may include any of the requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) as may be appropriate.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 3003, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2807; amended Pub. L. 95–609, § 7(g), Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3082; Pub. L. 98–616, title II, § 204(b)(2), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3238.)
- 1976Enacted · Pub. L. 89-272 · 90 Stat. 2807
- 1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-609 · 92 Stat. 3082
- 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-616 · 98 Stat. 3238
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