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SHORT TITLE 



Section 1. This Act may be cited as the "Resource 

 Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976". 



AMENDMENT OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT 



Sec. 2. The Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 

 3251 and following) is amended to read as follows: 



"Title n — Solid Waste Disposal 

 "Subtitle A — General Provisions 



"SHORT title and TABLE OF CONTENTS 



"Sec 1001. This title (hereinafter in this tlOe 

 referred to as 'this Act') , together with the follow- 

 ing table of contents, may be cited as the 'Solid 

 Waste Disposal Act' : 



"Subtitle A — General Provisions 



"Sec. 1001. Short title and table of contents. 



"Sec. 1002. Congressional findings. 



"Sec. 1003. Objectives. 



"Sec. 1004. Definitions. 



"Sec. 1005. Governmental cooperation. 



"Sec. 1006. Application of Act and Integration with 



other acts. 

 "Sec. 1007. Financial disclosure. 

 "Sec. 1008. Solid waste management Information and 



guidelines. 



"Subtitle B — Office of Solid Waste; 

 Administrator 



Authorities of the 



"Sec. 2001. Office of Solid Waste. 



"Sec. 2002. Authorities of Administrator. 



"Sec. 2003. Resource recovery and conservation panels. 



"Sec. 2004. Grants for discarded tire disposal. 



"Sec. 2005. Annual report. 



"Sec. 2006. General authorization. 



"Subtitle C — Hazardous Waste Management 



"Sec. 3001. Identification and listing of hazardous waste. 



"Sec. 3002. Standards applicable to generators of haz- 

 ardous waste. 



"Sec. 3003. Standards applicable to transporters of haz- 

 ardous waste. 



"Sec. 3004. Standards applicable to owners and opera- 

 tors of hazardous waste treatment, stor- 

 age, and disposal facilities. 



"Sec. 3005. Permits for treatment, storage, or disposal 

 of hazardous waste. 



"Sec. 3006. Authorized State hazardous waste programs. 



"Sec. 3007. Inspections. 



"Subtitle C — Hazardous Waste Management — Continued 



"Sec. 3008. Federal enforcement. 



"Sec. 3009. Retention of State authority. 



"Sec. 3010. Effective date. 



"Sec. 3011. Authorization of assistance to States. 



"Subtitle D — State or Regional Solid Waste Plans 



"Sec. 4001. Objectives of subtitle. 



"Sec. 4002. Federal guidelines for plans. 



"Sec. 4003. Minimum requirements for approval of 

 plans. 



"Sec. 4004. Criteria for sanitary landfills; sanitary land- 

 fills required for all disposal. 



"Sec. 4005. Upgrading of open dumps. 



"Sec. 4006. Procedure for development and Implementa- 

 tion of State plan. 



"Sec. 4007. Approval of State plan; Federal assistance. 



"Sec. 4008. Federal assistance. 



"Sec. 4009. Rural communities assistance. 



"Subtitle E — Duties of the Secretary of Commerce In 

 Resoiuce and Recovery 



"Sec. 5001. FHinctlons. 



"Sec. 5002. Development of specifications for secondary 

 materials. 



"Sec. 5003. Development of markets for recovered ma- 

 terials. 



"Sec. 5004. Technology promotion. 



"Subtitle F — Federal Responsibilities 



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

 to Federal facilities. 



"Sec. 6002. Federal procurement. 



"Sec. 6003. Cooperation with Environmental Protection 

 Agency. 



"Sec. 6004. Applicability of solid waste disposal guide- 

 lines to executive agencies. 



"Subtitle O — Miscellaneous Provisions 



"Sec. 7001. Employee protection. 

 "Sec. 7002. Citizen suits. 

 "Sec. 7003. Imminent hazard. 



"Sec. 7004. Petition for regulations; public participa- 

 tion. 

 "Sec. 7005. Separability. 

 "Sec. 7006. Judicial review. 



"Sec. 7007. Grants or contracts for training projects. 

 "Sec. 7008. Payments. 

 "Sec. 7009. Labor standards. 



"Subtitle H — Research, Development, Demonstration, 

 and Information 



"Sec. 8001. Research, demonstrations, training, and 

 other activities. 



"Sec. 8002. Special studies; plans for research, develop- 

 ment, and demonstrations. 



"Sec. 8003. Coordination, collection, and dissemination 

 of Information. 



"Sec. 8004. Full-scale demonstration facilities. 



"Sec. 8005. Special study and demonstration projects 

 on recovery of useful energy and mate- 

 rials. 



"Sec. 8006. 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 prog- 

 ress and Improvement in methods of manufac- 

 ture, packaging, and marketing of consumer 

 products has resulted in an ever-moimtlng In- 

 crease, and In a change in the characeristlcs, 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 increased industrial production 

 to meet our needs, and have made necessary the 

 demolition of old buildings, the construction of 

 new buildings, and the provision of highways 

 and other avenues of transportation, which, to- 

 gether with related industrial, commercial, and 

 agricultural operations, have resulted in a rising 

 tide of scrap, discarded, and waste materials; 



"(3) that the continuing concentration of our 

 population in expanding metropolitan and other 

 urban areas has presented these communities 



