Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/1342

 90 STAT. 2810

PUBLIC LAW 94^580—OCT. 21, 1976 program does not provide adequate enforcement of compliance with the requirements of this subtitle. "(c) INTERIM AUTHORIZATION.—Any State which has in existence a hazardous waste program pursuant to State law before the date ninety days after the date required for promulgation of regulations under sections 3002, 3003, 3004, and 3005, submit to the Administrator evidence of such existing program and may request a temporary authorization to carry out such program under this subtitle. The Administrator shall, if the evidence submitted shows the existing State program to be substantially equivalent to the Federal program under this subtitle, grant an interim authorization to the State to carry out such program in lieu of the Federal program pursuant to this subtitle for a twenty-four month period beginning on the date six months after the date required for promulgation of regulations under sections 3002 through 3005. "(d) ErrECT OF STATE PERMIT.—Any action taken by a State under a hazardous waste program authorized under this section shall have the same force and effect as action taken by the Administrator under this subtitle. "(e)

WITHDRAWAL OF AUTHORIZATION.—Whenever the

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istrator determines after public hearing that a State is not administering and enforcing a program authorized under this section in accordance with requirements of this section, he shall so notify the State and, if appropriate corrective action is not taken within a reasonable time, not to exceed ninety days, the Administrator shall withdraw authorization of such program and establish a Federal program pursuant to this subtitle. The Administrator shall not withdraw authorization of any such program unless he shall first have notified the State, and made public, in writing, the reasons for such withdrawal. "INSPECTIONS

42 USC 6927.

"SEC. 3007. (a) ACCESS ENTRY.—For purposes of developing or

assisting in the development of any regulation or enforcing me provisions of this subtitle, any person who generates, stores, treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise handles hazardous wastes shall, upon request of any officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency, duly designated by the Administrator, or upon request of any duly designated officer employee of a State having an authorized hazardous waste program, furnish or permit such person at all reasonable times to have access to, and to copy all records relating to such wastes. For the purposes of developing or assisting in the development of any regulation or enforcing the provisions of this title, such officers or employees are authorized— "(1) to enter at reasonable times any establishment or other place maintained by any j^ereon where hazardous wastes are generated, stored, treated, or disposed of; " (2) to inspect and obtain samples from any person of any such wastes and samples of any containers or labeling for such wastes. Each such inspection shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness. If the officer or employee obtains any samples, prior to leaving the premises, he shall give to the owner, operator, or agent in charge a receipt describing the sample obtained and if requested a portion of each such sample equal in volume or weight to the portion retained. If any analysis is made of such samples, a copy of the results

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