94-580
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94-580 is the public law number for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, a major U.S. environmental law governing the management and disposal of solid and hazardous waste.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 94-580 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1460799 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 94-580 Context triple: [Public Law 94-580, publicLawNumber, 94-580]
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A.
79-585
79-585 is the numerical designation of a specific Act of the 79th United States Congress, formally identified as Public Law 79-585.
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B.
93-438
93-438 is the public law number for the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, a U.S. federal statute that restructured federal oversight of nuclear energy and created the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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C.
96-480
96-480 is the public law number for the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, a U.S. federal law that promotes the transfer of technology from federal laboratories to the private sector.
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D.
N84
N84 is a regional road that serves as a key junction route connecting to the town of Bastogne in Belgium.
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E.
84-851
84-851 is a United States federal statute enacted by the 84th Congress, identified by its public law number in the body of U.S. public laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 94-580 Target entity description: 94-580 is the public law number for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, a major U.S. environmental law governing the management and disposal of solid and hazardous waste.
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A.
79-585
79-585 is the numerical designation of a specific Act of the 79th United States Congress, formally identified as Public Law 79-585.
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B.
93-438
93-438 is the public law number for the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, a U.S. federal statute that restructured federal oversight of nuclear energy and created the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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C.
96-480
96-480 is the public law number for the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980, a U.S. federal law that promotes the transfer of technology from federal laboratories to the private sector.
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D.
N84
N84 is a regional road that serves as a key junction route connecting to the town of Bastogne in Belgium.
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E.
84-851
84-851 is a United States federal statute enacted by the 84th Congress, identified by its public law number in the body of U.S. public laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States public law
ⓘ
federal statute ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
RCRA
ⓘ
linked to:
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
|
| administeredBy | United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ |
| amends |
Solid Waste Disposal Act
ⓘ
linked to:
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
|
| appliesTo | states and territories of the United States ⓘ |
| authorizes | EPA to set standards for hazardous waste management ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| contains |
Subtitle C – Hazardous Waste Management
ⓘ
Subtitle D – Nonhazardous Solid Waste ⓘ Subtitle I – Regulation of Underground Storage Tanks ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | October 21, 1976 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | 94th United States Congress ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism |
civil penalties
ⓘ
criminal penalties ⓘ |
| establishes | cradle-to-grave management system for hazardous waste ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
hazardous waste
ⓘ
solid waste ⓘ underground storage tanks ⓘ |
| hasTitle |
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
ⓘ
linked to:
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
|
| jurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| primaryCitation | 42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq. ⓘ |
| publicLawNumber |
Pub.L. 94-580
ⓘ
linked to:
Public Law 94-580
|
| purpose |
to conserve energy and natural resources
ⓘ
to ensure environmentally sound waste management practices ⓘ to protect human health and the environment from potential hazards of waste disposal ⓘ to reduce the amount of waste generated ⓘ |
| regulates |
disposal of hazardous waste
ⓘ
generation of hazardous waste ⓘ storage of hazardous waste ⓘ transportation of hazardous waste ⓘ treatment of hazardous waste ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Clean Air Act
ⓘ
Clean Water Act ⓘ Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ |
| requires |
permits for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities
ⓘ
tracking of hazardous waste from generation to disposal ⓘ |
| shortName |
RCRA
ⓘ
linked to:
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
|
| signedBy | Gerald Ford ⓘ |
| signingPresident |
Gerald R. Ford
ⓘ
linked to:
Gerald Ford
|
| subjectMatter |
hazardous waste management
ⓘ
resource conservation ⓘ solid waste management ⓘ waste disposal ⓘ |
| typeOfLaw |
environmental law
ⓘ
waste management law ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1976 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 94-580 Description of subject: 94-580 is the public law number for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, a major U.S. environmental law governing the management and disposal of solid and hazardous waste.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.