42 U.S.C. § 6944 — Criteria for sanitary landfills; sanitary landfills required for all disposal
submitted 50 years ago by Pub. L. 89-272 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 197 words · no verdicts yet
The Administrator must establish criteria distinguishing sanitary landfills from open dumps. State plans must prohibit open dumps and require compliant disposal after the specified effective date.
(a) Within 1 year after October 21, 1976, after consulting States and holding notice and hearings, the Administrator* must issue regulations identifying sanitary landfills and open dumps. At minimum, a facility is sanitary only if solid-waste disposal* there has no reasonable probability of harming health or the environment. The regulations may classify types of sanitary landfills. (b) To meet section 6943(2), every State* plan must prohibit new open dumps and require all in-State solid-waste disposal to comply with that section. (c) The prohibition begins 6 months after the Administrator issues the regulations under (a).
Not later than one year after October 21, 1976, after consultation with the States, and after notice and public hearings, the Administrator* shall promulgate regulations containing criteria for determining which facilities shall be classified as sanitary landfills and which shall be classified as open dumps within the meaning of this chapter. At a minimum, such criteria shall provide that a facility may be classified as a sanitary landfill* and not an open dump* only if there is no reasonable probability of adverse effects on health or the environment from disposal* of solid waste* at such facility. Such regulations may provide for the classification of the types of sanitary landfills.
For purposes of complying with section 6943(2) 1 of this title each State* plan shall prohibit the establishment of open dumps and contain a requirement that disposal of all solid waste within the State shall be in compliance with such section 6943(2) 1 of this title.
The prohibition contained in subsection (b) shall take effect on the date six months after the date of promulgation of regulations under subsection (a).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 4004, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2815; amended Pub. L. 98–616, title III, § 302(b), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3268.)
- 1976Enacted · Pub. L. 89-272 · 90 Stat. 2815
- 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-616 · 98 Stat. 3268
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-272 on 1976-10-21.
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