42 U.S.C. § 6922 : US Code - Section 6922: Standards applicable to generators of hazardous waste

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6922 : US Code - Section 6922: Standards applicable to generators of hazardous waste

(a) In general
Not later than eighteen months after October 21, 1976, and after
notice and opportunity for public hearings and after consultation
with appropriate Federal and State agencies, the Administrator
shall promulgate regulations establishing such standards,
applicable to generators of hazardous waste identified or listed
under this subchapter, as may be necessary to protect human health
and the environment. Such standards shall establish requirements
respecting -
(1) recordkeeping practices that accurately identify the
quantities of such hazardous waste generated, the constituents
thereof which are significant in quantity or in potential harm to
human health or the environment, and the disposition of such
wastes;
(2) labeling practices for any containers used for the storage,
transport, or disposal of such hazardous waste such as will
identify accurately such waste;
(3) use of appropriate containers for such hazardous waste;
(4) furnishing of information on the general chemical
composition of such hazardous waste to persons transporting,
treating, storing, or disposing of such wastes;
(5) use of a manifest system and any other reasonable means
necessary to assure that all such hazardous waste generated is
designated for treatment, storage, or disposal in, and arrives
at, treatment, storage, or disposal facilities (other than
facilities on the premises where the waste is generated) for
which a permit has been issued as provided in this subchapter, or
pursuant to title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and
Sanctuaries Act (86 Stat. 1052) [33 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.]; and
(6) submission of reports to the Administrator (or the State
agency in any case in which such agency carries out a permit
program pursuant to this subchapter) at least once every two
years, setting out -
(A) the quantities and nature of hazardous waste identified
or listed under this subchapter that he has generated during
the year;
(B) the disposition of all hazardous waste reported under
subparagraph (A);
(C) the efforts undertaken during the year to reduce the
volume and toxicity of waste generated; and
(D) the changes in volume and toxicity of waste actually
achieved during the year in question in comparison with
previous years, to the extent such information is available for
years prior to November 8, 1984.
(b) Waste minimization
Effective September 1, 1985, the manifest required by subsection
(a)(5) of this section shall contain a certification by the
generator that -
(1) the generator of the hazardous waste has a program in place
to reduce the volume or quantity and toxicity of such waste to
the degree determined by the generator to be economically
practicable; and
(2) the proposed method of treatment, storage, or disposal is
that practicable method currently available to the generator
which minimizes the present and future threat to human health and
the environment.