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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 82 — Solid Waste Disposal

§ 6941. Objectives of subchapter

Statutory text

The objectives of this subchapter are to assist in developing and encouraging methods for the disposal of solid waste which are environmentally sound and which maximize the utilization of valuable resources including energy and materials which are recoverable from solid waste and to encourage resource conservation. Such objectives are to be accomplished through Federal technical and financial assistance to States or regional authorities for comprehensive planning pursuant to Federal guidelines designed to foster cooperation among Federal, State, and local governments and private industry. In developing such comprehensive plans, it is the intention of this chapter that in determining the size of the waste-to-energy facility, adequate provision shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipated future needs, including those needs created by thorough implementation of section 6962(h) of this title, of the recycling and resource recovery interest within the area encompassed by the planning process.

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. Pub. L. 89–272 title II § 4001 · 79 Stat. 992

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6941

    Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 4001, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2813

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 4001, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2813

  2. Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–482 § 32(b) · 94 Stat. 2334

    Changed · 42 U.S.C. § 6941

    Pub. L. 96–482 included as an objective in the disposal of solid waste the utilization of energy and materials recoverable from solid waste

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–482 included as an objective in the disposal of solid waste the utilization of energy and materials recoverable from solid waste.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Section 4001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (relating to 42 USC 6941. objectives) is amended by inserting “including energy and materials which are recoverable from solid waste” after “valuable resources”.

  3. The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984

    Pub. L. 98–616 § 501(f)(1) · 98 Stat. 3221

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 6941

    Pub. L. 98–616, § 501(f)(1), inserted “, including those needs created by thorough implementation of section 6962(h) of this title,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–616, § 501(f)(1), inserted “, including those needs created by thorough implementation of section 6962(h) of this title,”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 4001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by section 301 of this Act, is further amended by inserting “, including Ante, p. 3274. those needs created by thorough implementation of section 6002(h),” after “adequate provision shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipated future needs”.

  4. The Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984

    Pub. L. 98–616 § 301(a) · 98 Stat. 3221

    Inserted · 42 U.S.C. § 6941

    Pub. L. 98–616, § 301(a), inserted at end “In developing such comprehensive plans, it is the intention of this chapter that in determining the size of the waste-to-energy facility, adequate provision shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipated future needs of the recycling and resource recovery interest within the area encompassed by the planning process.”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–616, § 301(a), inserted at end “In developing such comprehensive plans, it is the intention of this chapter that in determining the size of the waste-to-energy facility, adequate provision shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipated future needs of the recycling and resource recovery interest within the area encompassed by the planning process.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Section 4001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is Post, p. 3276. amended by adding the following at the end thereof: “In developing such comprehensive plans, it is the intention of this Act that in determining the size of the waste-to-energy facility, adequate provision shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipated future needs of the recycling and resource recovery interest within the area encompassed by the planning process.”.

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 3254 of this title, prior to the general amendment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act by Pub. L. 94–580.

Amendments1980–1984 · 2 rounds

1984

Pub. L. 98–616, § 501(f)(1), inserted “, including those needs created by thorough implementation of section 6962(h) of this title,”.

Pub. L. 98–616, § 301(a), inserted at end “In developing such comprehensive plans, it is the intention of this chapter that in determining the size of the waste-to-energy facility, adequate provision shall be given to the present and reasonably anticipated future needs of the recycling and resource recovery interest within the area encompassed by the planning process.”

1980

Pub. L. 96–482 included as an objective in the disposal of solid waste the utilization of energy and materials recoverable from solid waste.

Credits

1976–1984 · 3 acts
  1. 1976Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 4001, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2813
  2. 1980amended Pub. L. 96–482, § 32(b), , 94 Stat. 2353
  3. 1984Pub. L. 98–616, title III, § 301(a), title V, § 501(f)(1), , 98 Stat. 3267, 3276.
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(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 4001, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2813; amended Pub. L. 96–482, § 32(b), , 94 Stat. 2353; Pub. L. 98–616, title III, § 301(a), title V, § 501(f)(1), , 98 Stat. 3267, 3276.)

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