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[CITE: 42USC6904]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 6904. Governmental cooperation


(a) Interstate cooperation

    The provisions of this chapter to be carried out by States may be 
carried out by interstate agencies and provisions applicable to States 
may apply to interstate regions where such agencies and regions have 
been established by the respective States and approved by the 
Administrator. In any such case, action required to be taken by the 
Governor of a State, respecting regional designation shall be required 
to be taken by the Governor of each of the respective States with 
respect to so much of the interstate region as is within the 
jurisdiction of that State.

(b) Consent of Congress to compacts

    The consent of the Congress is hereby given to two or more States to 
negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with 
any law or treaty of the United States, for--
        (1) cooperative effort and mutual assistance for the management 
    of solid waste or hazardous waste (or both) and the enforcement of 
    their respective laws relating thereto, and
        (2) the establishment of such agencies, joint or otherwise, as 
    they may deem desirable for making effective such agreements or 
    compacts.

No such agreement or compact shall be binding or obligatory upon any 
State a party thereto unless it is agreed upon by all parties to the 
agreement and until it has been approved by the Administrator and the 
Congress.

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 1005, as added Pub. L. 94-580, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2801.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of certain enforcement functions of Administrator or 
other official of Environmental Protection Agency under this chapter to 
Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural 
Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of 
Energy, see note set out under section 6903 of this title.
