Public Law 94-580

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Public Law 94-580 is the 1976 U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which established a comprehensive framework for managing solid and hazardous waste.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
waste management law ⓘ
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
amends Solid Waste Disposal Act ⓘ
authorizes EPA to establish standards for hazardous waste generators ⓘ
EPA to establish standards for hazardous waste transporters ⓘ
EPA to establish standards for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
covers hazardous waste management ⓘ
solid waste management ⓘ
creates Subtitle C hazardous waste management program ⓘ
Subtitle D solid waste (nonhazardous) management program ⓘ
dateEnacted October 21, 1976 ⓘ
enactedBy 94th United States Congress ⓘ
encourages recycling of solid waste ⓘ
reduction of waste generation ⓘ
resource recovery ⓘ
era 1970s United States environmental legislation ⓘ
establishes cradle-to-grave system for hazardous waste management ⓘ
federal and state partnership for waste management ⓘ
grantsAuthorityTo United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
officialName Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
policyArea environmental protection ⓘ
public health ⓘ
waste management ⓘ
primaryCodification 42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq. ⓘ
publicLawNumber 94-580 ⓘ
purpose to conserve energy and natural resources through waste management and resource recovery ⓘ
to ensure environmentally sound management of waste ⓘ
to protect human health and the environment from the potential hazards of waste disposal ⓘ
to provide a comprehensive framework for the management of solid and hazardous waste in the United States ⓘ
to reduce or eliminate the generation of hazardous waste ⓘ
regulates disposal of hazardous waste ⓘ
generation of hazardous waste ⓘ
storage of hazardous waste ⓘ
transportation of hazardous waste ⓘ
treatment of hazardous waste ⓘ
relatedTo Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
Toxic Substances Control Act ⓘ
requires EPA to develop and implement a national hazardous waste management program ⓘ
development of state solid waste management plans ⓘ
shortName RCRA ⓘ
signedBy Gerald Ford ⓘ
signingPresident Gerald Ford ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 90 Stat. 2795 ⓘ
subtitle Subtitle C—Hazardous Waste Management ⓘ
Subtitle D—State or Regional Solid Waste Plans ⓘ
yearEnacted 1976 ⓘ

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Subtitle C → enactedUnder → Public Law 94-580 ⓘ
94-580 → publicLawNumber → Pub.L. 94-580 ⓘ
linked to: Public Law 94-580