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[CITE: 42USC6925]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 6925. Permits for treatment, storage, or disposal of 
        hazardous waste
        

(a) Permit requirements

    Not later than eighteen months after October 21, 1976, the 
Administrator shall promulgate regulations requiring each person owning 
or operating an existing facility or planning to construct a new 
facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal of hazardous waste 
identified or listed under this subchapter to have a permit issued 
pursuant to this section. Such regulations shall take effect on the date 
provided in section 6930 of this title and upon and after such date the 
treatment, storage, or disposal of any such hazardous waste and the 
construction of any new facility for the treatment, storage, or disposal 
of any such hazardous waste is prohibited except in accordance with such 
a permit. No permit shall be required under this section in order to 
construct a facility if such facility is constructed pursuant to an 
approval issued by the Administrator under section 2605(e) of title 15 
for the incineration of polychlorinated biphenyls and any person owning 
or operating such a facility may, at any time after operation or 
construction of such facility has begun, file an application for a 
permit pursuant to this section authorizing such facility to incinerate 
hazardous waste identified or listed under this subchapter.

(b) Requirements of permit application

    Each application for a permit under this section shall contain such 
information as may be required under regulations promulgated by the 
Administrator, including information respecting--
        (1) estimates with respect to the composition, quantities, and 
    concentrations of any hazardous waste identified or listed under 
    this subchapter, or combinations of any such hazardous waste and any 
    other solid waste, proposed to be disposed of, treated, transported, 
    or stored, and the time, frequency, or rate of which such waste is 
    proposed to be disposed of, treated, transported, or stored; and
        (2) the site at which such hazardous waste or the products of 
    treatment of such hazardous waste will be disposed of, treated, 
    transported to, or stored.

(c) Permit issuance

    (1) Upon a determination by the Administrator (or a State, if 
applicable), of compliance by a facility for which a permit is applied 
for under this section with the requirements of this section and section 
6924 of this title, the Administrator (or the State) shall issue a 
permit for such facilities. In the event permit applicants propose 
modification of their facilities, or in the event the Administrator (or 
the State) determines that modifications are necessary to conform to the 
requirements under this section and section 6924 of this title, the 
permit shall specify the time allowed to complete the modifications.
    (2)(A)(i) Not later than the date four years after November 8, 1984, 
in the case of each application under this subsection for a permit for a 
land disposal facility which was submitted before such date, the 
Administrator shall issue a final permit pursuant to such application or 
issue a final denial of such application.
    (ii) Not later than the date five years after November 8, 1984, in 
the case of each application for a permit under this subsection for an 
incinerator facility which was submitted before such date, the 
Administrator shall issue a final permit pursuant to such application or 
issue a final denial of such application.
    (B) Not later than the date eight years after November 8, 1984, in 
the case of each application for a permit under this subsection for any 
facility (other than a facility referred to in subparagraph (A)) which 
was submitted before such date, the Administrator shall issue a final 
permit pursuant to such application or issue a final denial of such 
application.
    (C) The time periods specified in this paragraph shall also apply in 
the case of any State which is administering an authorized hazardous 
waste program under section 6926 of this title. Interim status under 
subsection (e) of this section shall terminate for each facility 
referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B) on the expiration of the 
five- or eight-year period referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B), 
whichever is applicable, unless the owner or operator of the facility 
applies for a final determination regarding the issuance of a permit 
under this subsection within--
        (i) two years after November 8, 1984 (in the case of a facility 
    referred to in subparagraph (A)(ii)), or
        (ii) four years after November 8, 1984 (in the case of a 
    facility referred to in subparagraph (B)).

    (3) Any permit under this section shall be for a fixed term, not to 
exceed 10 years in the case of any land disposal facility, storage 
facility, or incinerator or other treatment facility. Each permit for a 
land disposal facility shall be reviewed five years after date of 
issuance or reissuance and shall be modified as necessary to assure that 
the facility continues to comply with the currently applicable 
requirements of this section and section 6924 of this title. Nothing in 
this subsection shall preclude the Administrator from reviewing and 
modifying a permit at any time during its term. Review of any 
application for a permit renewal shall consider improvements in the 
state of control and measurement technology as well as changes in 
applicable regulations. Each permit issued under this section shall 
contain such terms and conditions as the Administrator (or the State) 
determines necessary to protect human health and the environment.

(d) Permit revocation

    Upon a determination by the Administrator (or by a State, in the 
case of a State having an authorized hazardous waste program under 
section 6926 of this title) of noncompliance by a facility having a 
permit under this chapter with the requirements of this section or 
section 6924 of this title, the Administrator (or State, in the case of 
a State having an authorized hazardous waste program under section 6926 
of this title) shall revoke such permit.

(e) Interim status

    (1) Any person who--
        (A) owns or operates a facility required to have a permit under 
    this section which facility--
            (i) was in existence on November 19, 1980, or
            (ii) is in existence on the effective date of statutory or 
        regulatory changes under this chapter that render the facility 
        subject to the requirement to have a permit under this section,

        (B) has complied with the requirements of section 6930(a) of 
    this title, and
        (C) has made an application for a permit under this section,

shall be treated as having been issued such permit until such time as 
final administrative disposition of such application is made, unless the 
Administrator or other plaintiff proves that final administrative 
disposition of such application has not been made because of the failure 
of the applicant to furnish information reasonably required or requested 
in order to process the application. This paragraph shall not apply to 
any facility which has been previously denied a permit under this 
section or if authority to operate the facility under this section has 
been previously terminated.
    (2) In the case of each land disposal facility which has been 
granted interim status under this subsection before November 8, 1984, 
interim status shall terminate on the date twelve months after November 
8, 1984, unless the owner or operator of such facility--
        (A) applies for a final determination regarding the issuance of 
    a permit under subsection (c) of this section for such facility 
    before the date twelve months after November 8, 1984; and
        (B) certifies that such facility is in compliance with all 
    applicable groundwater monitoring and financial responsibility 
    requirements.

    (3) In the case of each land disposal facility which is in existence 
on the effective date of statutory or regulatory changes under this 
chapter that render the facility subject to the requirement to have a 
permit under this section and which is granted interim status under this 
subsection, interim status shall terminate on the date twelve months 
after the date on which the facility first becomes subject to such 
permit requirement unless the owner or operator of such facility--
        (A) applies for a final determination regarding the issuance of 
    a permit under subsection (c) of this section for such facility 
    before the date twelve months after the date on which the facility 
    first becomes subject to such permit requirement; and
        (B) certifies that such facility is in compliance with all 
    applicable groundwater monitoring and financial responsibility 
    requirements.

(f) Coal mining wastes and reclamation permits

    Notwithstanding subsection (a) through (e) of this section, any 
surface coal mining and reclamation permit covering any coal mining 
wastes or overburden which has been issued or approved under the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 [30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.] 
shall be deemed to be a permit issued pursuant to this section with 
respect to the treatment, storage, or disposal of such wastes or 
overburden. Regulations promulgated by the Administrator under this 
subchapter shall not be applicable to treatment, storage, or disposal of 
coal mining wastes and overburden which are covered by such a permit.

(g) Research, development, and demonstration permits

    (1) The Administrator may issue a research, development, and 
demonstration permit for any hazardous waste treatment facility which 
proposes to utilize an innovative and experimental hazardous waste 
treatment technology or process for which permit standards for such 
experimental activity have not been promulgated under this subchapter. 
Any such permit shall include such terms and conditions as will assure 
protection of human health and the environment. Such permits--
        (A) shall provide for the construction of such facilities, as 
    necessary, and for operation of the facility for not longer than one 
    year (unless renewed as provided in paragraph (4)), and
        (B) shall provide for the receipt and treatment by the facility 
    of only those types and quantities of hazardous waste which the 
    Administrator deems necessary for purposes of determining the 
    efficacy and performance capabilities of the technology or process 
    and the effects of such technology or process on human health and 
    the environment, and
        (C) shall include such requirements as the Administrator deems 
    necessary to protect human health and the environment (including, 
    but not limited to, requirements regarding monitoring, operation, 
    insurance or bonding, financial reponsibility,\1\ closure, and 
    remedial action), and such requirements as the Administrator deems 
    necessary regarding testing and providing of information to the 
    Administrator with respect to the operation of the facility.
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The Administrator may apply the criteria set forth in this paragraph in 
establishing the conditions of each permit without separate 
establishment of regulations implementing such criteria.
    (2) For the purpose of expediting review and issuance of permits 
under this subsection, the Administrator may, consistent with the 
protection of human health and the environment, modify or waive permit 
application and permit issuance requirements established in the 
Administrator's general permit regulations except that there may be no 
modification or waiver of regulations regarding financial responsibility 
(including insurance) or of procedures established under section 
6974(b)(2) of this title regarding public participation.
    (3) The Administrator may order an immediate termination of all 
operations at the facility at any time he determines that termination is 
necessary to protect human health and the environment.
    (4) Any permit issued under this subsection may be renewed not more 
than three times. Each such renewal shall be for a period of not more 
than 1 year.

(h) Waste minimization

    Effective September 1, 1985, it shall be a condition of any permit 
issued under this section for the treatment, storage, or disposal of 
hazardous waste on the premises where such waste was generated that the 
permittee certify, no less often than annually, that--
        (1) the generator of the hazardous waste has a program in place 
    to reduce the volume or quantity and toxicity of such waste to the 
    degree determined by the generator to be economically practicable; 
    and
        (2) the proposed method of treatment, storage, or disposal is 
    that practicable method currently available to the generator which 
    minimizes the present and future threat to human health and the 
    environment.

(i) Interim status facilities receiving wastes after July 26, 1982

    The standards concerning ground water monitoring, unsaturated zone 
monitoring, and corrective action, which are applicable under section 
6924 of this title to new landfills, surface impoundments, land 
treatment units, and waste-pile units required to be permitted under 
subsection (c) of this section shall also apply to any landfill, surface 
impoundment, land treatment unit, or waste-pile unit qualifying for the 
authorization to operate under subsection (e) of this section which 
receives hazardous waste after July 26, 1982.

(j) Interim status surface impoundments

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), (3), or (4), each surface 
impoundment in existence on November 8, 1984, and qualifying for the 
authorization to operate under subsection (e) of this section shall not 
receive, store, or treat hazardous waste after the date four years after 
November 8, 1984, unless such surface impoundment is in compliance with 
the requirements of section 6924(o)(1)(A) of this title which would 
apply to such impoundment if it were new.
    (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to any surface 
impoundment which (A) has at least one liner, for which there is no 
evidence that such liner is leaking; (B) is located more than one-
quarter mile from an underground source of drinking water; and (C) is in 
compliance with generally applicable ground water monitoring 
requirements for facilities with permits under subsection (c) of this 
section.
    (3) Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to any surface 
impoundment which (A) contains treated waste water during the secondary 
or subsequent phases of an aggressive biological treatment facility 
subject to a permit issued under section 1342 of title 33 (or which 
holds such treated waste water after treatment and prior to discharge); 
(B) is in compliance with generally applicable ground water monitoring 
requirements for facilities with permits under subsection (c) of this 
section; and (C)(i) is part of a facility in compliance with section 
1311(b)(2) of title 33, or (ii) in the case of a facility for which no 
effluent guidelines required under section 1314(b)(2) of title 33 are in 
effect and no permit under section 1342(a)(1) of title 33 implementing 
section 1311(b)(2) of title 33 has been issued, is part of a facility in 
compliance with a permit under section 1342 of title 33, which is 
achieving significant degradation of toxic pollutants and hazardous 
constituents contained in the untreated waste stream and which has 
identified those toxic pollutants and hazardous constituents in the 
untreated waste stream to the appropriate permitting authority.
    (4) The Administrator (or the State, in the case of a State with an 
authorized program), after notice and opportunity for comment, may 
modify the requirements of paragraph (1) for any surface impoundment if 
the owner or operator demonstrates that such surface impoundment is 
located, designed and operated so as to assure that there will be no 
migration of any hazardous constitutent \2\ into ground water or surface 
water at any future time. The Administrator or the State shall take into 
account locational criteria established under section 6924(o)(7) of this 
title.
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    (5) The owner or operator of any surface impoundment potentially 
subject to paragraph (1) who has reason to believe that on the basis of 
paragraph (2), (3), or (4) such surface impoundment is not required to 
comply with the requirements of paragraph (1), shall apply to the 
Administrator (or the State, in the case of a State with an authorized 
program) not later than twenty-four months after November 8, 1984, for a 
determination of the applicability of paragraph (1) (in the case of 
paragraph (2) or (3)) or for a modification of the requirements of 
paragraph (1) (in the case of paragraph (4)), with respect to such 
surface impoundment. Such owner or operator shall provide, with such 
application, evidence pertinent to such decision, including:
        (A) an application for a final determination regarding the 
    issuance of a permit under subsection (c) of this section for such 
    facility, if not previously submitted;
        (B) evidence as to compliance with all applicable ground water 
    monitoring requirements and the information and analysis from such 
    monitoring;
        (C) all reasonably ascertainable evidence as to whether such 
    surface impoundment is leaking; and
        (D) in the case of applications under paragraph (2) or (3), a 
    certification by a registered professional engineer with academic 
    training and experience in ground water hydrology that--
            (i) under paragraph (2), the liner of such surface 
        impoundment is designed, constructed, and operated in accordance 
        with applicable requirements, such surface impoundment is more 
        than one-quarter mile from an underground source of drinking 
        water and there is no evidence such liner is leaking; or
            (ii) under paragraph (3), based on analysis of those toxic 
        pollutants and hazardous constituents that are likely to be 
        present in the untreated waste stream, such impoundment 
        satisfies the conditions of paragraph (3).

In the case of any surface impoundment for which the owner or operator 
fails to apply under this paragraph within the time provided by this 
paragraph or paragraph (6), such surface impoundment shall comply with 
paragraph (1) notwithstanding paragraph (2), (3), or (4). Within twelve 
months after receipt of such application and evidence and not later than 
thirty-six months after November 8, 1984, and after notice and 
opportunity to comment, the Administrator (or, if appropriate, the 
State) shall advise such owner or operator on the applicability of 
paragraph (1) to such surface impoundment or as to whether and how the 
requirements of paragraph (1) shall be modified and applied to such 
surface impoundment.
    (6)(A) In any case in which a surface impoundment becomes subject to 
paragraph (1) after November 8, 1984, due to the promulgation of 
additional listings or characteristics for the identification of 
hazardous waste under section 6921 of this title, the period for 
compliance in paragraph (1) shall be four years after the date of such 
promulgation, the period for demonstrations under paragraph (4) and for 
submission of evidence under paragraph (5) shall be not later than 
twenty-four months after the date of such promulgation, and the period 
for the Administrator (or if appropriate, the State) to advise such 
owners or operators under paragraph (5) shall be not later than thirty-
six months after the date of promulgation.
    (B) In any case in which a surface impoundment is initially 
determined to be excluded from the requirements of paragraph (1) but due 
to a change in condition (including the existence of a leak) no longer 
satisfies the provisions of paragraph (2), (3), or (4) and therefore 
becomes subject to paragraph (1), the period for compliance in paragraph 
(1) shall be two years after the date of discovery of such change of 
condition, or in the case of a surface impoundment excluded under 
paragraph (3) three years after such date of discovery.
    (7)(A) The Administrator shall study and report to the Congress on 
the number, range of size, construction, likelihood of hazardous 
constituents migrating into ground water, and potential threat to human 
health and the environment of existing surface impoundments excluded by 
paragraph (3) from the requirements of paragraph (1). Such report shall 
address the need, feasibility, and estimated costs of subjecting such 
existing surface impoundments to the requirements of paragraph (1).
    (B) In the case of any existing surface impoundment or class of 
surface impoundments from which the Administrator (or the State, in the 
case of a State with an authorized program) determines hazardous 
constituents are likely to migrate into ground water, the Administrator 
(or if appropriate, the State) is authorized to impose such requirements 
as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment, 
including the requirements of section 6924(o) of this title which would 
apply to such impoundments if they were new.
    (C) In the case of any surface impoundment excluded by paragraph (3) 
from the requirements of paragraph (1) which is subsequently determined 
to be leaking, the Administrator (or, if appropriate, the State) shall 
require compliance with paragraph (1), unless the Administrator (or, if 
appropriate, the State) determines that such compliance is not necessary 
to protect human health and the environment.
    (8) In the case of any surface impoundment in which the liners and 
leak detection system have been installed pursuant to the requirements 
of paragraph (1) and in good faith compliance with section 6924(o) of 
this title and the Administrator's regulations and guidance documents 
governing liners and leak detection systems, no liner or leak detection 
system which is different from that which was so installed pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall be required for such unit by the Administrator when 
issuing the first permit under this section to such facility. Nothing in 
this paragraph shall preclude the Administrator from requiring 
installation of a new liner when the Administrator has reason to believe 
that any liner installed pursuant to the requirements of this subsection 
is leaking.
    (9) In the case of any surface impoundment which has been excluded 
by paragraph (2) on the basis of a liner meeting the definition under 
paragraph (12)(A)(ii), at the closure of such impoundment the 
Administrator shall require the owner or operator of such impoundment to 
remove or decontaminate all waste residues, all contaminated liner 
material, and contaminated soil to the extent practicable. If all 
contaminated soil is not removed or decontaminated, the owner or 
operator of such impoundment shall be required to comply with 
appropriate post-closure requirements, including but not limited to 
ground water monitoring and corrective action.
    (10) Any incremental cost attributable to the requirements of this 
subsection or section 6924(o) of this title shall not be considered by 
the Administrator (or the State, in the case of a State with an 
authorized program under section 1342 of title 33)--
        (A) in establishing effluent limitations and standards under 
    section 1311, 1314, 1316, 1317, or 1342 of title 33 based on 
    effluent limitations guidelines and standards promulgated any time 
    before twelve months after November 8, 1984; or
        (B) in establishing any other effluent limitations to carry out 
    the provisions of section 1311, 1317, or 1342 of title 33 on or 
    before October 1, 1986.

    (11)(A) If the Administrator allows a hazardous waste which is 
prohibited from one or more methods of land disposal under subsection 
(d), (e), or (g) of section 6924 of this title (or under regulations 
promulgated by the Administrator under such subsections) to be placed in 
a surface impoundment (which is operating pursuant to interim status) 
for storage or treatment, such impoundment shall meet the requirements 
that are applicable to new surface impoundments under section 6924(o)(1) 
of this title, unless such impoundment meets the requirements of 
paragraph (2) or (4).
    (B) In the case of any hazardous waste which is prohibited from one 
or more methods of land disposal under subsection (d), (e), or (g) of 
section 6924 of this title (or under regulations promulgated by the 
Administrator under such subsection) the placement or maintenance of 
such hazardous waste in a surface impoundment for treatment is 
prohibited as of the effective date of such prohibition unless the 
treatment residues which are hazardous are, at a minimum, removed for 
subsequent management within one year of the entry of the waste into the 
surface impoundment.
    (12)(A) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(A) of this subsection, the 
term ``liner'' means--
        (i) a liner designed, constructed, installed, and operated to 
    prevent hazardous waste from passing into the liner at any time 
    during the active life of the facility; or
        (ii) a liner designed, constructed, installed, and operated to 
    prevent hazardous waste from migrating beyond the liner to adjacent 
    subsurface soil, ground water, or surface water at any time during 
    the active life of the facility.

    (B) For the purposes of this subsection, the term ``aggressive 
biological treatment facility'' means a system of surface impoundments 
in which the initial impoundment of the secondary treatment segment of 
the facility utilizes intense mechanical aeration to enhance biological 
activity to degrade waste water pollutants and
        (i) the hydraulic retention time in such initial impoundment is 
    no longer than 5 days under normal operating conditions, on an 
    annual average basis;
        (ii) the hydraulic retention time in such initial impoundment is 
    no longer than thirty days under normal operating conditions, on an 
    annual average basis: Provided, That the sludge in such impoundment 
    does not constitute a hazardous waste as identified by the 
    extraction procedure toxicity characteristic in effect on November 
    8, 1984; or
        (iii) such system utilizes activated sludge treatment in the 
    first portion of secondary treatment.

    (C) For the purposes of this subsection, the term ``underground 
source or \3\ drinking water'' has the same meaning as provided in 
regulations under the Safe Drinking Water Act (title XIV of the Public 
Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.]).
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    (13) The Administrator may modify the requirements of paragraph (1) 
in the case of a surface impoundment for which the owner or operator, 
prior to October 1, 1984, has entered into, and is in compliance with, a 
consent order, decree, or agreement with the Administrator or a State 
with an authorized program mandating corrective action with respect to 
such surface impoundment that provides a degree of protection of human 
health and the environment which is at a minimum equivalent to that 
provided by paragraph (1).

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 3005, as added Pub. L. 94-580, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2808; amended Pub. L. 95-609, Sec. 7(h), Nov. 8, 
1978, 92 Stat. 3082; Pub. L. 96-482, Secs. 10, 11, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 
Stat. 2338; Pub. L. 98-616, title II, Secs. 211-213(a), (c), 214(a), 
215, 224(b), 243(c), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3240-3243, 3253, 3261; Pub. 
L. 104-119, Sec. 4(6), (7), Mar. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 833.)

                       References in Text

    The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, referred to 
in subsec. (f), is Pub. L. 95-87, Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 445, as 
amended, which is classified generally to chapter 25 (Sec. 1201 et seq.) 
of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1201 of 
Title 30 and Tables.
    The Safe Drinking Water Act, referred to in subsec. (j)(12)(C), is 
title XIV of act July 1, 1944, as added Dec. 16, 1974, Pub. L. 93-523, 
Sec. 2(a), 88 Stat. 1660, as amended, which is classified generally to 
subchapter XII (Sec. 300f et seq.) of chapter 6A of this title. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code see Short Title note set 
out under section 201 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-119, Sec. 4(6), substituted 
``polychlorinated'' for ``polycholorinated''.
    Subsec. (e)(1)(C). Pub. L. 104-119, Sec. 4(7), inserted comma at end 
of subpar. (C).
    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-616, Sec. 211, substituted ``an 
existing facility or planning to construct a new'' for ``a'', inserted 
``and the construction of any new facility for the treatment, storage, 
or disposal of any such hazardous waste'', and inserted at end ``No 
permit shall be required under this section in order to construct a 
facility if such facility is constructed pursuant to an approval issued 
by the Administrator under section 2605(e) of title 15 for the 
incineration of polycholorinated [sic] biphenyls and any person owning 
or operating such a facility may, at any time after operation or 
construction of such facility has begun, file an application for a 
permit pursuant to this section authorizing such facility to incinerate 
hazardous waste identified or listed under this subchapter.''
    Subsec. (c)(1), (2). Pub. L. 98-616, Sec. 213(c), designated 
existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
    Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 98-616, Sec. 212, added par. (3).
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 98-616, Sec. 213(a), designated existing 
provisions as par. (1), redesignated former pars. (1), (2), and (3) 
thereof as subpars. (A), (B), and (C), respectively, designated existing 
provisions of previously redesignated subpar. (A) as cl. (i) and added 
cl. (ii), inserted ``This paragraph shall not apply to any facility 
which has been previously denied a permit under this section or if 
authority to operate the facility under this section has been previously 
terminated.'' to closing provisions of par. (1), and added pars. (2) and 
(3).
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 98-616, Sec. 214(a), added subsec. (g).
    Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 98-616, Sec. 224(b), added subsec. (h).
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 98-616, Sec. 243(c), added subsec. (i).
    Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 98-616, Sec. 215, added subsec. (j).
    1980--Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 96-482, Sec. 10, substituted 
``November 19, 1980'' for ``October 21, 1976''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 96-482, Sec. 11, added subsec. (f).
    1978--Subsec (a). Pub. L. 95-609 inserted ``treatment, storage, or'' 
after ``and after such date the''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of certain enforcement functions of Administrator or 
other official of Environmental Protection Agency under this chapter to 
Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural 
Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of 
Energy, see note set out under section 6903 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 6921, 6924, 6926, 6927, 
6928, 6933, 6935, 6936, 6937, 6939a, 6945, 6974, 6976, 7429, 9601, 9607, 
9620, 9621, 9622 of this title; title 10 section 2702; title 26 sections 
4662, 9507.