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42 U.S.C. 6921: Identification and listing of hazardous waste

Created in 1976 by Public Law 89-272. Changed by 4 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

29 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 8681, 33 U.S.C. 1319, 33 U.S.C. 1345, 33 U.S.C. 2601, 42 U.S.C. 2022.

5 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Environmental Protection Agency (5).

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

2006USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005

1996Pub. L. 104-119

1984Pub. L. 98-616

1980Pub. L. 96-482

1976Pub. L. 89-272added it

42 U.S.C. 6921Identification and listing of hazardous waste

(a)Criteria for identification or listing

(b)Identification and listing

(c)Petition by State Governor

(d)Small quantity generator waste

(e)Specified wastes

(f)Delisting procedures

(g)EP toxicity

(h)Additional characteristics

(i)Clarification of household waste exclusion

(j)Methamphetamine production

This CongressBills that change it or would

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past change
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This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

2006

Pub. L. 109–177 added subsec. (j). (USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005) Law text · (j)

1996

Pub. L. 104–119 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to this section. Law text · (d)

1984

Pub. L. 98–616, §222(b), inserted at end "The Administrator, in cooperation with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the National Toxicology Program, shall also identify or list those hazardous wastes which shall be subject to the provisions of this subchapter s… · (b)
Pub. L. 98–616, §221(a), added subsec. (d). · (d)
Pub. L. 98–616, §222(a), added subsecs. (e) to (h). · (e), (f), (g), (h)
Pub. L. 98–616, §223(a), added subsec. (i). · (i)

1980

Pub. L. 96–482 designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added pars. (2) and (3). · (b)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.