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EPA - History of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

Washington, D.C. Webpage accessed March 21, 2021 Attachments: EPS 2020 History of RCRA.pdf

History of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) l Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Laws and Regulations l US EPA An official website of the United States government.

United States Environmental Protection Search EPA.gov Agency Environmental Topics Laws & Regulations About EPA Related Topics: Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Laws and Regulations CONTACT US SHARE History of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

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The Evolution Legislative History RI6LJQL¿FDQW RCRA Links to the Statutes Legislation Related Information Solid Waste Disposal Act of Legislative History 1965 The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is our nations primary law governing the disposal of solid and hazardous waste. RCRA was signed into law on October 21, 1976 to address the increasing problems the nation Resource faced from our growing volume of municipal and industrial waste. RCRA was Conservation and an amendment to the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, which was the first Recovery Act of statute that specifcally focused on improving solid waste disposal methods. 1976 Since 1976, RCRA has been amended and strengthened by Congress including in November 1984 with the passage of the federal Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA). Among other mandates, these Hazardous and amendments to RCRA required phasing out land disposal of hazardous waste, Solid Waste corrective action for releases and waste minimization. Waste minimization Amendments of refers to the use of source reduction and/or environmentally sound recycling 1984 methods prior to treating or disposing of hazardous wastes.

RCRA has been amended on two occasions since HSWA:

Federal Facilities

1. Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992 - strengthened enforcement of Compliance Act of RCRA at federal facilities.

1992

2. Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1996 - provided regulatory flexibility for land disposal of certain wastes.

Top of Page Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1996 Statutes Links to the federal solid waste statutes are below:

Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 (PDF) (10 pp, 1.86 MB) United States Code Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (PDF) (47 pp, 7.72 MB)

Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (PDF) (73 pp, 12.4 MB)

The United States Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992 (PDF) (14 pp, 2.31 MB) Code (U.S.C.) is the Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 1996 (PDF) (5 pp, 120 K) codification by subject matter of the general and You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See permanent laws of EPAs About PDF page to learn more the United States.

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History of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) l Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Laws and Regulations l US EPA federal solid waste statutes and Related Information amendments The RCRA cleanup program oversees thousands of cleanups across the in one place (2017 version) country, including many with risks comparable to sites managed under (PDF) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability (120 pp, 668 K, About PDF)

Act (CERCLA) - commonly known as Superfund. .

Pollution Prevention is any practice that reduces, eliminates or prevents To access pollution at its source, also known as "source reduction." Learn about the subsequent Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. versions of the U.S.C., visit Sustainable Materials Management is a systemic approach to using and the reusing materials more productively over their entire life cycles.

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RCRA 40th Anniversary Learn how EPA marked 40 years of RCRA Contact Us to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.

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