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[CITE: 42USC6937]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 6937. Inventory of Federal agency hazardous waste 
        facilities
        

(a) Program requirement; submission; availability; contents

    Each Federal agency shall undertake a continuing program to compile, 
publish, and submit to the Administrator (and to the State in the case 
of sites in States having an authorized hazardous waste program) an 
inventory of each site which the Federal agency owns or operates or has 
owned or operated at which hazardous waste is stored, treated, or 
disposed of or has been disposed of at any time. The inventory shall be 
submitted every two years beginning January 31, 1986. Such inventory 
shall be available to the public as provided in section 6927(b) of this 
title. Information previously submitted by a Federal agency under 
section 9603 of this title, or under section 6925 or 6930 of this title, 
or under this section need not be resubmitted except that the agency 
shall update any previous submission to reflect the latest available 
data and information. The inventory shall include each of the following:
        (1) A description of the location of each site at which any such 
    treatment, storage, or disposal has taken place before the date on 
    which permits are required under section 6925 of this title for such 
    storage, treatment, or disposal, and where hazardous waste has been 
    disposed, a description of hydrogeology of the site and the location 
    of withdrawal wells and surface water within one mile of the site.
        (2) Such information relating to the amount, nature, and 
    toxicity of the hazardous waste in each site as may be necessary to 
    determine the extent of any health hazard which may be associated 
    with any site.
        (3) Information on the known nature and extent of environmental 
    contamination at each site, including a description of the 
    monitoring data obtained.
        (4) Information concerning the current status of the site, 
    including information respecting whether or not hazardous waste is 
    currently being treated, stored, or disposed of at such site (and if 
    not, the date on which such activity ceased) and information 
    respecting the nature of any other activity currently carried out at 
    such site.
        (5) A list of sites at which hazardous waste has been disposed 
    and environmental monitoring data has not been obtained, and the 
    reasons for the lack of monitoring data at each site.
        (6) A description of response actions undertaken or contemplated 
    at contaminated sites.
        (7) An identification of the types of techniques of waste 
    treatment, storage, or disposal which have been used at each site.
        (8) The name and address and responsible Federal agency for each 
    site, determined as of the date of preparation of the inventory.

(b) Environmental Protection Agency program

    If the Administrator determines that any Federal agency under 
subsection (a) of this section is not adequately providing information 
respecting the sites referred to in subsection (a) of this section, the 
Administrator shall notify the chief official of such agency. If within 
ninety days following such notification, the Federal agency has not 
undertaken a program to adequately provide such information, the 
Administrator shall carry out the inventory program for such agency.

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 3016, as added Pub. L. 98-616, title II, 
Sec. 244, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3261.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 9620 of this title.
