Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 82 — Solid Waste Disposal
§ 6952. Development of specifications for secondary materials
Statutory text
The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and in conjunction with national standards-setting organizations in resource recovery, shall, after public hearings, and not later than two years after , publish guidelines for the development of specifications for the classification of materials recovered from waste which were destined for disposal. The specifications shall pertain to the physical and chemical properties and characteristics of such materials with regard to their use in replacing virgin materials in various industrial, commercial, and governmental uses. In establishing such guidelines the Secretary shall also, to the extent feasible, provide such information as may be necessary to assist Federal agencies with procurement of items containing recovered materials. The Secretary shall continue to cooperate with national standards-setting organizations, as may be necessary, to encourage the publication, promulgation and updating of standards for recovered materials and for the use of recovered materials in various industrial, commercial, and governmental uses.
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.
Pub. L. 89–272 title II § 5002 · 79 Stat. 992
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 6952
Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 5002, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2820
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 5002, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2820Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980
Pub. L. 96–482 § 21(a) · 94 Stat. 2334
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 6952
Pub. L. 96–482 substituted “September 1, 1979” for “October 21, 1976”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 96–482 substituted “September 1, 1979” for “October 21, 1976”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Section 5002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by striking out “the date of the enactment of this Act” and inserting in lieu thereof “September 1, 1979”.Technology Competitiveness Act
Pub. L. 100–418 title V § 5115(c) · 102 Stat. 1107
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 6952
Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “National Bureau of Standards”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “National Bureau of Standards”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Amendments to Other Laws.— References in any other Federal 15 USC 271 note. law to the National Bureau of Standards shall be deemed to refer to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1980–1988 · 2 rounds
1988
Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “National Bureau of Standards”.
1980
Pub. L. 96–482 substituted “” for “”.
Credits
1976–1988 · 3 acts
- 1976Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 5002, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2820
- 1980amended Pub. L. 96–482, § 21(a), , 94 Stat. 2346
- 1988Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c), , 102 Stat. 1433.
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(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 5002, as added Pub. L. 94–580, § 2, , 90 Stat. 2820; amended Pub. L. 96–482, § 21(a), , 94 Stat. 2346; Pub. L. 100–418, title V, § 5115(c), , 102 Stat. 1433.)