Oversight-Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Commerce of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session ... April 26, May 18 and 19, 1977U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 236 pages |
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Page 216 - ... (A) cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness: or (B) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Page 216 - disposal' means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such solid waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters. "(4) The term 'Federal agency...
Page 216 - Treatment means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste so as to neutralize such waste, or so as to...
Page 218 - ... (2) labeling practices for any containers used for the storage, transport, or disposal of such hazardous waste such as will identify accurately such waste...
Page 216 - Identifying by its characteristics or listing any substance as hazardous waste subject to this subtitle, any person generating or transporting such substance or owning or operating a facility for treatment, storage, or disposal of such substance shall file with the Administrator (or with States having authorized hazardous waste permit programs under section 3006) a notification stating the location and general description of such activity and the identified or listed hazardous wastes handled by such...
Page 42 - ... (3) The plan shall provide for the closing or upgrading of all existing open dumps within the State pursuant to the requirements of section 4005. (4) The plan shall provide for the establishment of such State regulatory powers as may be necessary to implement the plan. (5) The plan shall provide that no...
Page 130 - Budget, which shall conduct a full and complete investigation and study of all aspects of the economic, social, and environmental consequences of resource conservation...
Page 186 - NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN: CONSERVATION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY The cornerstone of the National Energy Plan is conservation, the cleanest and cheapest source of new energy supply. Wasted energy — in cars, homes, commercial buildings and factories — is greater than the total amount of oil imports. By reducing the need for additional oil imports, conservation and improved efficiency in the use of energy can contribute to national security and international stability. By reducing the need for additional...
Page 236 - State plans under this subtitle. "(2) (A) The Administrator is authorized to provide financial assistance to States, counties, municipalities, and intermunicipal agencies and State and local public solid waste management authorities for implementation of programs to provide solid waste management, resource recovery, and resource conservation services and hazardous waste management.
Page 182 - Analysis of Tars, Chars, Gases and Water Found in Effluents from the SYNTHANE Process, US Bureau of Mines, TPR 76, (January, 1974).