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ending September 30, 1977, $38,000,000 for the fis- 

 cal year ending September 30, 1978, and $42,000,000 

 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979. 



"(b) Resource Recovery and Conservation 

 Panels. — Not less than 20 percent of the amount 

 appropriated under subsection (a) shall be used 

 only for purposes of Resource Recovery and Con- 

 servation Panels established under section 2003 

 (Including travel expenses incurred by such panels 

 in carrying out their functions under this Act). 



"(c) Hazardous Waste. — Not less than 30 per- 

 cent of the amount appropriated under subsection 

 (a) shall be used only for purposes of carrjdng out 

 subtitle C of this Act (relating to hazardus waste) 

 other than section 3011. 



"Subtitle C — Hazardous Waste Management 

 "identification and listing of hazardous waste 



"Sec 3001. (a) Criteria for Identification or 

 Listing. — Not later than eighteen months after 

 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Admin- 

 istrator shall, after notice and opportunity for pub- 

 lic hearing, and after consultation with appropriate 

 Federal and State agencies, develop and promul- 

 gate criteria for identifying the characteristics of 

 hazardous waste, and for listing hazardous waste, 

 which should be subject to the provisions of this 

 subtitle, taking into account toxicity, persistence, 

 and degradability in nature, potential for accumu- 

 lation in tissue, and other related factors such as 

 fiammability, corrosiveness, and other hazardous 

 characteristics. Such criteria shall be revised from 

 time to time as may be appropriate. 



"(b) Identification and Listing. — Not later than 

 eighteen months after the date of enactment of this 

 section, and after notice and opportunity for pub- 

 lic hearing, the Administrator shall promulgate 

 regulations identifying the characteristics of haz- 

 ardous waste, and listing particular hazardous 

 wastes (within the meaning of section 1004(5)), 

 which shall be subject to the provisions of this 

 subtitle. Such regulations shall be based on the 

 criteria promulgated under subsection (a) and 

 shall be revised from time to time thereafter as 

 may be appropriate. 



"(c) Petition by State Governor. — At any time 

 after the date eighteen months after the enactment 

 of this title, the Governor of any State may peti- 

 tion the Administrator to identify or list a material 

 as a hazardous waste. The Administrator shall act 

 upon such petition within ninety days following 

 his receipt thereof and shall notify the Governor of 

 such action. If the Administrator denies such 

 petition because of financial considerations, in pro- 

 viding such notice to the Governor he shall include 

 a statement concerning such considerations. 



"standards applicable to generators op hazardous 



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"Sec. 3002. Not later than eighteen months after 

 the date of the enactment of this section, and after 

 notice and opportunity for public hearings and 



after consultation with appropriate Federal and 

 State agencies, the Administrator shall promul- 

 gate regalations establishing such standards, appli- 

 cable to generators of hazardous waste identified 

 or listed under this subtitle, as may be necessary 

 to protect human health and the environment. 

 Such standards shall establish requirements 

 respecting — 



"(1) recordkeeping practices that accurately 

 identify the quantities of such hazardous waste 

 generated, the constituents thereof which are 

 significant in quantity or in potential harm to 

 human health or the environment, and the dis- 

 position of such wastes; 



" ( 2 ) labeling practices for any containers used 

 for the storage, transport, or disposal of such 

 hazardous waste such as will identify accurately 

 such waste; 



"(3) use of appropriate containers for such 

 hazardous waste; 



"(4) furnishing of Information on the general 

 chemical composition of such hazardous waste 

 to persons transporting, treating, storing, or dis- 

 posing of such wastes; 



"(5) use of a manifest system to assure that 

 all such hazardous waste generated is designated 

 for treatment, storage, or disposal in treatment, 

 storage, or disposal facilities (other than facili- 

 ties on the premises where the waste is gener- 

 ated) for which a permit has been issued as pro- 

 vided in this subtitle ; and 



"(6) submission of reports to the Administra- 

 tor (or the State agency in any case in which 

 such agency carries out an authorized permit 

 program pursuant to this subtitle at such times 

 as the Administrator (or the State agency if ap- 

 propriate) deems necessary, setting out — 



" (A) the quantities of hazardous waste iden- 

 tified or listed imder this subtitle that he has 

 generated during a particular time period; and 

 "(B) the disposition of all hazardous waste 

 reported under subparagraph (A) . 



"STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO TRANSPORTERS OF 

 HAZARDOUS WASTE 



"Sec. 3003. (a) Standards. — Not later than eight- 

 een months after the date of enactment of this 

 section, and after opportunity for public hearings, 

 the Administrator, after consultation with the Sec- 

 retary of Transportation and the States, shall 

 promulgate regulations establishing such stand- 

 ards, applicable to transporters of hazardous waste 

 identified or listed under this subtitle, as may be 

 necessary to protect human health and the envi- 

 ronment. Such standards shall include but need 

 not be limited to requirements respecting — 



"(1) recordkeeping concerning such hazard- 

 ous waste transported, and their source and de- 

 livery points ; 



"(2) transportation of such waste only if prop- 

 erly labeled; 



"(3) compliance with the manifest system re- 

 ferred to in section 3002(5) ; and 



