Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

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United States federal statute environmental law

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
RCRA 4
Solid Waste Disposal Act 2
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (state hazardous waste program) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
acronym Resource Conservation and Recovery Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: RCRA
administeredBy United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
state environmental agencies ⓘ
amended Resource Conservation and Recovery Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Solid Waste Disposal Act
authorizes EPA to set standards for hazardous waste generators ⓘ
EPA to set standards for hazardous waste transporters ⓘ
EPA to set standards for hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 42 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creates hazardous waste permitting system ⓘ
dateEnacted 1976-10-21 ⓘ
defines hazardous waste ⓘ
solid waste ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
encourages waste minimization and recycling ⓘ
enforcementMechanism administrative orders ⓘ
civil penalties ⓘ
criminal penalties ⓘ
establishes cradle-to-grave hazardous waste management system ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
policyArea pollution control ⓘ
resource conservation ⓘ
waste management ⓘ
primaryUSCodeCitation 42 U.S.C. §6901 et seq. ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 94-580 ⓘ
purpose to conserve energy and natural resources ⓘ
to ensure that wastes are managed in an environmentally sound manner ⓘ
to protect human health and the environment from the potential hazards of waste disposal ⓘ
to reduce the amount of waste generated ⓘ
regulates disposal of hazardous waste ⓘ
hazardous waste management ⓘ
solid waste management ⓘ
storage of hazardous waste ⓘ
treatment of hazardous waste ⓘ
relatedTo Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ⓘ
requires corrective action for releases from solid waste management units at permitted facilities ⓘ
tracking of hazardous waste from generation to disposal ⓘ
section Subtitle C ⓘ
Subtitle D ⓘ
Subtitle I ⓘ
shortName Resource Conservation and Recovery Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: RCRA
signedIntoLawBy Gerald Ford ⓘ
subtitleCFunction regulation of hazardous waste ⓘ
subtitleDFunction non-hazardous solid waste management and planning ⓘ
subtitleIFunction regulation of underground storage tanks ⓘ
title An Act to provide technical and financial assistance for the development of management plans and facilities for the recovery of energy and other resources from discarded materials and for the safe disposal of discarded materials, and to regulate the management of hazardous waste ⓘ
typeOfLaw command-and-control regulation ⓘ
yearEnacted 1976 ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act → acronym → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act → amended → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solid Waste Disposal Act
Public Law 94-580 → amends → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Solid Waste Disposal Act
Environment and Natural Resources Division → appliesLaw → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
ENRD → enforces → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance → enforces → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
United States Environmental Protection Agency → enforces → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
Washington State Department of Ecology → implements → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (state hazardous waste program)
Office of Underground Storage Tanks → legalBasis → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subtitle I of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Tri-Party Agreement → legalBasis → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
Tri-Party Agreement → legalBasis → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: RCRA
Public Law 94-580 → officialName → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
Subtitle C → partOf → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
94th United States Congress → passed → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
Office of Land and Emergency Management → regulatesUnderStatute → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order → regulatoryContext → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
Subtitle C → relatedTo → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subtitle D of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Public Law 94-580 → shortName → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act → shortName → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: RCRA
Subtitle C → shortNameOf → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office → usesProgram → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery → worksOn → Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act programs