§ 6929. Retention of State authority

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1976

   Pub. L. 89–272 title II § 3009 · 79 Stat. 992

   Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6929

   Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 3009, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2812

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 3009, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2812

2. 1980

   Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980

   Pub. L. 96–482 § 14 · 94 Stat. 2334

   Changed · 42 U.S.C. § 6929

   Pub. L. 96–482 prohibited construction of this chapter as barring a State from imposing more stringent requirements than provided in Federal regulations

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 96–482 prohibited construction of this chapter as barring a State from imposing more stringent requirements than provided in Federal regulations.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 14. Section 3009 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “Nothing in this title shall be construed to prohibit any State or political subdivision thereof from imposing any requirements, including those for site selection, which are more stringent than those imposed by such regulations.”.

3. 1984

   The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984

   Pub. L. 98–616 title II § 213(b) · 98 Stat. 3221

   Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 6929

   Pub. L. 98–616 inserted “Nothing in this chapter (or in any regulation adopted under this chapter) shall be construed to prohibit any State from requiring that the State be provided with a copy of each manifest used in connection with hazardous waste which is generated within that State or transported to a treatment, storage, or disposal facility within that State.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 98–616 inserted “Nothing in this chapter (or in any regulation adopted under this chapter) shall be construed to prohibit any State from requiring that the State be provided with a copy of each manifest used in connection with hazardous waste which is generated within that State or transported to a treatment, storage, or disposal facility within that State.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Section 3009 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: “Nothing in this title (or in any regulation adopted under this title) shall be construed to prohibit any State from requiring that the State be provided with a copy of each manifest used in connection with hazardous waste which is generated within that State or transported to a treatment, storage, or disposal facility within that State.”

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