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[CITE: 42USC6929]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 6929. Retention of State authority

    Upon the effective date of regulations under this subchapter no 
State or political subdivision may impose any requirements less 
stringent than those authorized under this subchapter respecting the 
same matter as governed by such regulations, except that if application 
of a regulation with respect to any matter under this subchapter is 
postponed or enjoined by the action of any court, no State or political 
subdivision shall be prohibited from acting with respect to the same 
aspect of such matter until such time as such regulation takes effect. 
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any State or 
political subdivision thereof from imposing any requirements, including 
those for site selection, which are more stringent than those imposed by 
such regulations. Nothing in this chapter (or in any regulation adopted 
under this chapter) shall be construed to prohibit any State from 
requiring that the State be provided with a copy of each manifest used 
in connection with hazardous waste which is generated within that State 
or transported to a treatment, storage, or disposal facility within that 
State.

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 3009, as added Pub. L. 94-580, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2812; amended Pub. L. 96-482, Sec. 14, Oct. 21, 
1980, 94 Stat. 2342; Pub. L. 98-616, title II, Sec. 213(b), Nov. 8, 
1984, 98 Stat. 3242.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-616 inserted ``Nothing in this chapter (or in any 
regulation adopted under this chapter) shall be construed to prohibit 
any State from requiring that the State be provided with a copy of each 
manifest used in connection with hazardous waste which is generated 
within that State or transported to a treatment, storage, or disposal 
facility within that State.''
    1980--Pub. L. 96-482 prohibited construction of this chapter as 
barring a State from imposing more stringent requirements than provided 
in Federal regulations.
