Part C—Miscellaneous Provisions
Codification
This part was, in the original, designated Part E and has been redesignated Part C for purposes of codification.
§6891. Exchange of energy information among the States
The Secretary of Energy shall (through conferences, publications, and other appropriate means) encourage and facilitate the exchange of information among the States with respect to energy conservation and increased use of nondepletable energy sources.
(Pub. L. 94–385, title IV, §461, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1168; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, §301(a), title VII, §703, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606.)
Transfer of Functions
"Secretary of Energy" substituted in text for "Administrator", meaning Administrator of Federal Energy Administration, pursuant to sections 301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95–91, which are classified to sections 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 of this title and which terminated Federal Energy Administration and transferred its functions and functions of Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.
§6892. Annual report to Congress by Comptroller General
(a) Requirements; access to information
For each fiscal year ending before October 1, 1979, the Comptroller General shall report to the Congress on the activities of the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary under this subchapter and any amendments to other statutes made by this subchapter. The provisions of section 771 of title 15 (relating to access by the Comptroller General to books, documents, papers, statistics, data, records, and information in the possession of the Secretary of Energy or of recipients of Federal funds) shall apply to data which relate to such activities.
(b) Contents of report
Each report submitted by the Comptroller General under subsection (a) of this section shall include—
(1) an accounting, by State, of expenditures of Federal funds under each program authorized by this subchapter or by amendments made by this subchapter;
(2) an estimate of the energy savings which have resulted thereby;
(3) a thorough evaluation of the effectiveness of the programs authorized by this subchapter or by amendments made by this title in achieving the energy conservation or renewable resource potential available in the sectors and regions affected by such programs;
(4) a review of the extent and effectiveness of compliance monitoring of programs established by this subchapter or by amendments made by this title and any evidence as to the occurrence of fraud with respect to such programs; and
(5) the recommendations of the Comptroller General with respect to (A) improvements in the administration of programs authorized by this subchapter or by amendments made by this subchapter, and (B) additional legislation, if any, which is needed to achieve the purposes of this subchapter.
(c) Definitions
As used in this part:
(1) Omitted
(2) The term "Comptroller General" means the Comptroller General of the United States.
(3) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
(Pub. L. 94–385, title IV, §462, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1168; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, §301(a), title VII, §§703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606, 607.)
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a), and (b)(1), (3), (4), (5), was in the original "this title", meaning title IV of Pub. L. 94–385 which enacted this subchapter, section 6327 of this title, and section 1701z–8 of Title 12, Banks and Banking, amended sections 6323, 6325, and 6326 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 6801 of this title.
Codification
Subsec. (c)(1) of this section which read "The term 'Administrator' means the Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration; except that after such Administration ceases to exist, such term means any officer of the United States designated by the President for purposes of this part" has been omitted in view of termination of Federal Energy Administration and transfer of its functions and functions of Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy pursuant to sections 301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95–91, which are classified to sections 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 of this title and the fact that the term "Secretary" is defined for the purposes of this subchapter by par. (3) of this section. In this part, "Secretary of Energy" has been substituted for "Administrator" wherever it appears.
Transfer of Functions
"Secretary of Energy" substituted for "Administrator", meaning Administrator of Federal Energy Administration, in subsec. (a) pursuant to sections 301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95–91, which are classified to sections 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 of this title and which terminated Federal Energy Administration and transferred its functions and functions of Administrator thereof (with certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.
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CHAPTER 82—SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
6901.
Congressional findings.
(b)
Environment and health.
6901a.
Congressional findings: used oil recycling.
6902.
Objectives and national policy.
6904.
Governmental cooperation.
(a)
Interstate cooperation.
(b)
Consent of Congress to compacts.
6905.
Application of chapter and integration with other Acts.
(a)
Application of chapter.
(b)
Integration with other Acts.
(c)
Integration with the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.
6906.
Financial disclosure.
(b)
Action by Administrator.
6907.
Solid waste management information and guidelines.
6908.
Small town environmental planning.
(b)
Small Town Environmental Planning Task Force.
(c)
Identification of environmental requirements.
SUBCHAPTER II—OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE; AUTHORITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
6911.
Office of Solid Waste and Interagency Coordinating Committee.
(a)
Office of Solid Waste.
(b)
Interagency Coordinating Committee.
6911a.
Assistant Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency; appointment, etc.
6912.
Authorities of Administrator.
(b)
Revision of regulations.
(c)
Criminal investigations.
6913.
Resource Recovery and Conservation Panels.
6914.
Grants for discarded tire disposal.
(b)
Authorization of appropriations.
6914a.
Labeling of lubricating oil.
6914b.
Degradable plastic ring carriers; definitions.
6914b–1.
Regulation of plastic ring carriers.
6916.
General authorization.
(a)
General administration.
(b)
Resource Recovery and Conservation Panels.
(d)
State and local support.
(e)
Criminal investigators.
(f)
Underground storage tanks.
6917.
Office of Ombudsman.
(a)
Establishment; functions.
(b)
Authority to render assistance.
(c)
Effect on procedures for grievances, appeals, or administrative matters.
SUBCHAPTER III—HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
6921.
Identification and listing of hazardous waste.
(a)
Criteria for identification or listing.
(b)
Identification and listing.
(c)
Petition by State Governor.
(d)
Small quantity generator waste.
(h)
Additional characteristics.
(i)
Clarification of household waste exclusion.
6922.
Standards applicable to generators of hazardous waste.
6923.
Standards applicable to transporters of hazardous waste.
(b)
Coordination with regulations of Secretary of Transportation.
(c)
Fuel from hazardous waste.
6924.
Standards applicable to owners and operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
(b)
Salt dome formations, salt bed formations, underground mines and caves.
(d)
Prohibitions on land disposal of specified wastes.
(f)
Disposal into deep injection wells; specified subsection (d) wastes; solvents and dioxins.
(g)
Additional land disposal prohibition determinations.
(h)
Variance from land disposal prohibitions.
(i)
Publication of determination.
(j)
Storage of hazardous waste prohibited from land disposal.
(k)
"Land disposal" defined.
(l)
Ban on dust suppression.
(m)
Treatment standards for wastes subject to land disposal prohibition.
(o)
Minimum technological requirements.
(p)
Ground water monitoring.
(q)
Hazardous waste used as fuel.
(t)
Financial responsibility provisions.
(u)
Continuing releases at permitted facilities.
(v)
Corrective action beyond facility boundary.
(x)
Mining and other special wastes.
6925.
Permits for treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste.
(b)
Requirements of permit application.
(f)
Coal mining wastes and reclamation permits.
(g)
Research, development, and demonstration permits.
(i)
Interim status facilities receiving wastes after July 26, 1982.
(j)
Interim status surface impoundments.
6926.
Authorized State hazardous waste programs.
(b)
Authorization of State program.
(c)
Interim authorization.
(d)
Effect of State permit.
(e)
Withdrawal of authorization.
(f)
Availability of information.
(g)
Amendments made by 1984 act.
(h)
State programs for used oil.
(b)
Availability to public.
(c)
Federal facility inspections.
(d)
State-operated facilities.
(e)
Mandatory inspections.
6928.
Federal enforcement.
(c)
Violation of compliance orders.
(h)
Interim status corrective action orders.
6929.
Retention of State authority.
(a)
Preliminary notification.
(b)
Effective date of regulation.
6931.
Authorization of assistance to States.
(a)
Authorization of appropriations.
6933.
Hazardous waste site inventory.
(a)
State inventory programs.
(b)
Environmental Protection Agency program.
(d)
No impediment to immediate remedial action.
6934.
Monitoring, analysis, and testing.
(a)
Authority of Administrator.
(b)
Previous owners and operators.
(d)
Monitoring, etc., carried out by Administrator.
6935.
Restrictions on recycled oil.
(b)
Identification or listing of used oil as hazardous waste.
(c)
Used oil which is recycled.
6936.
Expansion during interim status.
(b)
Landfills and surface impoundments.
6937.
Inventory of Federal agency hazardous waste facilities.
(a)
Program requirement; submission; availability; contents.
(b)
Environmental Protection Agency program.
6938.
Export of hazardous wastes.
(d)
Procedures for requesting consent of receiving country.
(e)
Conveyance of written consent to exporter.
(f)
International agreements.
(b)
Revisions of regulations.
(c)
Report on wastewater lagoons.
(d)
Application of sections 6927 and 6930.
6939a.
Exposure information and health assessments.
(c)
Members of the public.
(f)
"Health assessments" defined.
6939b.
Interim control of hazardous waste injection.
(a)
Underground source of drinking water.
(b)
Actions under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.
6939c.
Mixed waste inventory reports and plan.
(a)
Mixed waste inventory reports.
(b)
Plan for development of treatment capacities and technologies.
(c)
Schedule and progress reports.
(a)
Waste generated on public vessels.
(b)
Computation of storage period.
(d)
Relationship to other law.
6939e.
Federally owned treatment works.
(d)
"Federally owned treatment works" defined.
SUBCHAPTER IV—STATE OR REGIONAL SOLID WASTE PLANS
6941.
Objectives of subchapter.
6941a.
Energy and materials conservation and recovery; Congressional findings.
6942.
Federal guidelines for plans.
(a)
Guidelines for identification of regions.
(b)
Guidelines for State plans.
(c)
Considerations for State plan guidelines.
6943.
Requirements for approval of plans.
(b)
Discretionary plan provisions relating to recycled oil.
(c)
Energy and materials conservation and recovery feasibility planning and assistance.
(d)
Size of waste-to-energy facilities.
6944.
Criteria for sanitary landfills; sanitary landfills required for all disposal.
(a)
Criteria for sanitary landfills.
(b)
Disposal required to be in sanitary landfills, etc.
6945.
Upgrading of open dumps.
(a)
Closing or upgrading of existing open dumps.
(c)
Control of hazardous disposal.
6946.
Procedure for development and implementation of State plan.
(a)
Identification of regions.
(b)
Identification of State and local agencies and responsibilities.
6947.
Approval of State plan; Federal assistance.
(b)
Eligibility of States for Federal financial assistance.
(a)
Authorization of Federal financial assistance.
(c)
Distribution of Federal financial assistance within the State.
(f)
Assistance to States for discretionary program for recycled oil.
(g)
Assistance to municipalities for energy and materials conservation and recovery planning activities.
6949.
Rural communities assistance.
(d)
Authorization of appropriations.
6949a.
Adequacy of certain guidelines and criteria.
(c)
Revisions of guidelines and criteria.
SUBCHAPTER V—DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE IN RESOURCE AND RECOVERY
6952.
Development of specifications for secondary materials.
6953.
Development of markets for recovered materials.
6954.
Technology promotion.
6955.
Marketing policies, establishment; nondiscrimination requirement.
6956.
Authorization of appropriations.
SUBCHAPTER VI—FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES
6961.
Application of Federal, State, and local law to Federal facilities.
(b)
Administrative enforcement actions.
(c)
Limitation on State use of funds collected from Federal Government.
6962.
Federal procurement.
(a)
Application of section.
(b)
Procurement subject to other law.
(f)
Procurement of services.
(h)
"Recovered materials" defined.
6963.
Cooperation with Environmental Protection Agency.
(b)
Information relating to energy and materials conservation and recovery.
6964.
Applicability of solid waste disposal guidelines to Executive agencies.
6965.
Chief Financial Officer report.
SUBCHAPTER VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
6971.
Employee protection.
(e)
Employment shifts and loss.
(f)
Occupational safety and health.
(f)
Other rights preserved.
(a)
Authority of Administrator.
(d)
Public participation in settlements.
6974.
Petition for regulations; public participation.
(a)
Review of final regulations and certain petitions.
(b)
Review of certain actions under sections 6925 and 6926 of this title.
6977.
Grants or contracts for training projects.
6979b.
Law enforcement authority.
SUBCHAPTER VIII—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND INFORMATION
6981.
Research, demonstration, training, and other activities.
6982.
Special studies; plans for research, development, and demonstrations.
(b)
Composition of waste stream.
(d)
Small-scale and low technology study.
(e)
Front-end source separation.
(i)
Resource recovery facilities.
(j)
Resource Conservation Committee.
(l)
Completion of research and studies.
(m)
Drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil or natural gas or geothermal energy.
(n)
Materials generated from the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels.
(o)
Cement kiln dust waste.
(p)
Materials generated from extraction, beneficiation, and processing of ores and minerals, including phosphate rock and overburden from uranium mining.
(q)
Authorization of appropriations.
(r)
Minimization of hazardous waste.
(s)
Extending landfill life and reusing landfilled areas.
6983.
Coordination, collection, and dissemination of information.
(c)
Model accounting system.
6984.
Full-scale demonstration facilities.
6985.
Special study and demonstration projects on recovery of useful energy and materials.
(c)
Application of other sections.
6986.
Grants for resource recovery systems and improved solid waste disposal facilities.
(e)
Additional limitations.
6987.
Authorization of appropriations.
SUBCHAPTER IX—REGULATION OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS
6991.
Definitions and exemptions.
(a)
Underground storage tanks.
6991b.
Release detection, prevention, and correction regulations.
(b)
Distinctions in regulations.
(d)
Financial responsibility.
(e)
New tank performance standards.
(h)
EPA response program for petroleum.
6991c.
Approval of State programs.
(a)
Elements of State program.
(c)
Financial responsibility.
(e)
Withdrawal of authorization.
6991d.
Inspections, monitoring, testing, and corrective action.
(a)
Furnishing information.
6991e.
Federal enforcement.
6991f.
Federal facilities.
(a)
Application of subchapter.
(b)
Presidential exemption.
6991h.
Study of underground storage tanks.
(d)
Farm and heating oil tanks.
6991i.
Authorization of appropriations.
SUBCHAPTER X—DEMONSTRATION MEDICAL WASTE TRACKING PROGRAM
6992.
Scope of demonstration program for medical waste.
(d)
Expiration of demonstration program.
6992a.
Listing of medical wastes.
6992b.
Tracking of medical waste.
(a)
Demonstration program.
(d)
Type of medical waste and types of generators.
(a)
Requirements for access.
(c)
Availability to public.
6992e.
Federal facilities.
6992f.
Relationship to State law.
(a)
State inspections and enforcement.
(b)
Retention of State authority.
6992g.
Report to Congress.
6992h.
Health impacts report.
6992i.
General provisions.
(c)
Relationship to subchapter III.
6992k.
Authorization of appropriations.
Chapter Referred to in Other Sections
This chapter is referred to in sections 300h–6, 300h–7, 2022, 2114, 4365, 4368b, 5919, 7412, 7429, 8302, 9601, 9604, 9613, 9614, 9619, 6920, 9621, 9659, 9660 of this title; title 7 section 136q; title 10 sections 2708, 7311; title 18 section 1956; title 20 section 1132a; title 25 section 3908; title 26 section 468; title 30 section 1292; title 33 sections 1319, 2602, 2622, 2718; title 49 section 11901.