42 U.S.C. § 6907 : US Code - Section 6907: Solid waste management information and guidelines

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6907 : US Code - Section 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.