94 STAT. 2334
PUBLIC LAW 96-482—OCT. 21, 1980
Public Law 96-482 96th Congress
An Act Oct. 21, 1980 [S. 1156] Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980. 42 USC 6901 note. Definitions. 42 USC 6903. 42 USC 6944.
42 USC 6905. Regulation review. 30 USC 1201 note.
30 USC 1201 note. 42 USC 6921.
Administrative responsibility. 42 USC 6921. 30 USC 1201 note. Regulations.
42 USC 6911.
To amend and reauthorize the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "SoHd Wsiste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980". SEC. 2. (a) Section 1004(14) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended to read as follows: "(14) The term 'open dump' means any facility or site where solid waste is disposed of which is not a sanitary landfill which meets the criteria promulgated under section 4004 and which is not a facility for disposal of hazardous waste." (b) Section 1004(19) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "(19) The term 'recovered material' means waste material and byproducts which have been recovered or diverted from solid waste, but such term does not include those materials and byproducts generated from, and commonly reused within, an original manufacturing process.". SEC. 3. Section 1006 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(c) INTEGRATION WITH THE SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 1977.—(1) No later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of the Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980, the Administrator shall review any regulations applicable to the treatment, storage, or disposal of any coal mining wastes or overburden promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior under the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1977. If the Administrator determines that any requirement of final regulations promulgated under any section of subtitle C relating to mining wastes or overburden is not adequately addressed in such regulations promulgated by the Secretary, the Administrator shall promptly transmit such determination, together with suggested revisions and supporting documentation, to the Secretary. "(2) The Secretary of the Interior shall have exclusive responsibility for carrying out any requirement of subtitle C of this Act with respect to coal mining wastes or overburden for which a surface coal mining and reclamation permit is issued or approved under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. The Secretary shall, with the concurrence of the Administrator, promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection and shall integrate such regulations with regulations promulgated under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.". SEC. 4. (a) The heading for section 2001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding the following at the end thereof: "AND INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COMMITTEE".
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