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 PUBLIC LAW 98-616—NOV. 8, 1984

98 STAT. 3253

(1) inserting "(a) IN GENERAL.—" after "3002."; (2) adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: "(b) WASTE MINIMIZATION.—Effective September 1, 1985, the

manifest required by subsection (a)(5) shall contain a certification by the generator that— "(1) the generator of the hazardous waste has a prograra 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."; and (2) amending subsection (a)(6) to read as follows: "(6) submission of reports to the Administrator (or the State agency in any case in which such agency carries out a permit program pursuant to this subtitle) at least once every two years, setting out— "(A) the quantities and nature of hazardous waste identified or listed under this subtitle that he has generated during the year; "(B) the disposition of all hazardous waste reported under subparagraph (A); "(C) the efforts undertaken during the year to reduce the volume and toxicity of waste generated; and "(D) the changes in volume and toxicity of waste actually achieved during the year in question in comparison with previous years, to the extent such information is available for years prior to enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984.". (b) Section 3005 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding the following new subsection after subsection (g):

Reports.

Ante, p. 3243.

"(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.". (c) Section 8002 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding the following new subsection after subsection (g): "(r) MINIMIZATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE.—The Administrator shall compile, and not later than October 1, 1986, submit to the Congress, a report on the feasibility and desirability of establishing standards of performance or of taking other additional actions under this Act to require the generators of hazardous waste to reduce the volume or quantity and toxicity of the hazardous waste they generate, and of establishing with respect to hazardous wastes required management practices or other requirements to assure such wastes are managed in ways that minimize present and future risks to human health and the environment. Such report shall

42 USC 6982. Report.

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