42 U.S.C. § 6933 : US Code - Section 6933: Hazardous waste site inventory

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6933 : US Code - Section 6933: Hazardous waste site inventory

(a) State inventory programs
Each State shall, as expeditiously as practicable, undertake a
continuing program to compile, publish, and submit to the
Administrator an inventory describing the location of each site
within such State at which hazardous waste has at any time been
stored or disposed of. Such inventory shall contain -
(1) a description of the location of the sites at which any
such storage or disposal has taken place before the date on which
permits are required under section 6925 of this title for such
storage or disposal;
(2) such information relating to the amount, nature, and
toxicity of the hazardous waste at each such site as may be
practicable to obtain and as may be necessary to determine the
extent of any health hazard which may be associated with such
site;
(3) the name and address, or corporate headquarters of, the
owner of each such site, determined as of the date of preparation
of the inventory;
(4) an identification of the types or techniques of waste
treatment or disposal which have been used at each such site; and
(5) information concerning the current status of the site,
including information respecting whether or not hazardous waste
is currently being treated 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.
For purposes of assisting the States in compiling information under
this section, the Administrator shall make available to each State
undertaking a program under this section such information as is
available to him concerning the items specified in paragraphs (1)
through (5) with respect to the sites within such State, including
such information as the Administrator is able to obtain from other
agencies or departments of the United States and from surveys and
studies carried out by any committee or subcommittee of the
Congress. Any State may exercise the authority of section 6927 of
this title for purposes of this section in the same manner and to
the same extent as provided in such section in the case of States
having an authorized hazardous waste program, and any State may by
order require any person to submit such information as may be
necessary to compile the data referred to in paragraphs (1) through
(5).
(b) Environmental Protection Agency program
If the Administrator determines that any State program under
subsection (a) of this section is not adequately providing
information respecting the sites in such State referred to in
subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator shall notify the
State. If within ninety days following such notification, the State
program has not been revised or amended in such manner as will
adequately provide such information, the Administrator shall carry
out the inventory program in such State. In any such case -
(1) the Administrator shall have the authorities provided with
respect to State programs under subsection (a) of this section;
(2) the funds allocated under subsection (c) of this section
for grants to States under this section may be used by the
Administrator for carrying out such program in such State; and
(3) no further expenditure may be made for grants to such State
under this section until such time as the Administrator
determines that such State is carrying out, or will carry out, an
inventory program which meets the requirements of this section.
(c) Grants
(1) Upon receipt of an application submitted by any State to
carry out a program under this section, the Administrator may make
grants to the States for purposes of carrying out such a program.
Grants under this section shall be allocated among the several
States by the Administrator based upon such regulations as he
prescribes to carry out the purposes of this section. The
Administrator may make grants to any State which has conducted an
inventory program which effectively carried out the purposes of
this section before October 21, 1980, to reimburse such State for
all, or any portion of, the costs incurred by such State in
conducting such program.
(2) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1985 through 1988.
(d) No impediment to immediate remedial action
Nothing in this section shall be construed to provide that the
Administrator or any State should, pending completion of the
inventory required under this section, postpone undertaking any
enforcement or remedial action with respect to any site at which
hazardous waste has been treated, stored, or disposed of.