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[CITE: 42USC6907]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 6907. Solid waste management information and guidelines


(a) Guidelines

    Within one year of October 21, 1976, and from time to time 
thereafter, the Administrator shall, in cooperation with appropriate 
Federal, State, municipal, and intermunicipal agencies, and in 
consultation with other interested persons, and after public hearings, 
develop and publish suggested guidelines for solid waste management. 
Such suggested guidelines shall--
        (1) provide a technical and economic description of the level of 
    performance that can be attained by various available solid waste 
    management practices (including operating practices) which provide 
    for the protection of public health and the environment;
        (2) not later than two years after October 21, 1976, describe 
    levels of performance, including appropriate methods and degrees of 
    control, that provide at a minimum for (A) protection of public 
    health and welfare; (B) protection of the quality of ground waters 
    and surface waters from leachates; (C) protection of the quality of 
    surface waters from runoff through compliance with effluent 
    limitations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as 
    amended [33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.]; (D) protection of ambient air 
    quality through compliance with new source performance standards or 
    requirements of air quality implementation plans under the Clean Air 
    Act, as amended [42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.]; (E) disease and vector 
    control; (F) safety; and (G) esthetics; and
        (3) provide minimum criteria to be used by the States to define 
    those solid waste management practices which constitute the open 
    dumping of solid waste or hazardous waste and are to be prohibited 
    under subchapter IV of this chapter.

Where appropriate, such suggested guidelines also shall include minimum 
information for use in deciding the adequate location, design, and 
construction of facilities associated with solid waste management 
practices, including the consideration of regional, geographic, 
demographic, and climatic factors.

(b) Notice

    The Administrator shall notify the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives a reasonable time before publishing any 
suggested guidelines or proposed regulations under this chapter of the 
content of such proposed suggested guidelines or proposed regulations 
under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 1008, as added Pub. L. 94-580, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2803; amended Pub. L. 95-609, Sec. 7(c), (d), 
Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3081; Pub. L. 103-437, Sec. 15(r), Nov. 2, 1994, 
108 Stat. 4594.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(2), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 
92-500, Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, which is classified 
generally to chapter 26 (Sec. 1251 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and 
Navigable Waters. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, 
see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of Title 33 and Tables.
    The Clean Air Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is act 
July 14, 1955, ch. 360, 69 Stat. 322, as amended, which is classified 
generally to chapter 85 (Sec. 7401 et seq.) of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 7401 of this title and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 3254c of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Solid 
Waste Disposal Act by Pub. L. 94-580.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-437 substituted ``Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House'' for ``Committee on Public Works of the 
Senate and the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce of the 
House''.
    1978--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 95-609, Sec. 7(c), substituted 
``subchapter IV of this chapter'' for ``title IV of this Act''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-609, Sec. 7(d), struck out ``pursuant to 
this section'' after ``any suggested guidelines'' and inserted ``or 
proposed regulations under this chapter'' after ``suggested guidelines'' 
in two places.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by 
section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 
of Title 2, The Congress.

                          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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 5919, 5920, 6945, 6948, 
6949a, 6964, 6981, 6984, 6986 of this title.
