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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
Great Seal of the United States
Other short titlesResource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
Long titleAn Act to provide technical and financial assistance for the development of management plans and facilities for the recovery of energy and other resources from discarded materials and for the safe disposal of discarded materials, and to regulate the management of hazardous waste.
Acronyms (colloquial)RCRA
NicknamesSolid Waste Utilization Act
Enacted bythe 94th United States Congress
EffectiveOctober 21, 1976
Citations
Public law94-580
Statutes at Large90 Stat. 2795
Codification
Acts amendedSolid Waste Disposal Act of 1965
Titles amended42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections created42 U.S.C. ch. 82 § 6901 et seq.
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the Senate as S. 2150 by Jennings Randolph (D–WV) on July 21, 1975
  • Committee consideration by Senate Public Works Committee; House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
  • Passed the Senate on June 30, 1976 (88-3)
  • Passed the House on September 27, 1976 (367-8, in lieu of H.R. 14496) with amendment
  • Senate agreed to House amendment on September 30, 1976 (agreed)
  • Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on October 21, 1976
United States Supreme Court cases
  • City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey, 430 U.S. 141 (1977)
  • Hallstrom v. Tillamook County, 493 U.S. 20 (1990)
  • Department of Energy v. Ohio, 503 U.S. 607 (1992)
  • City of Chicago v. Environmental Defense Fund, 511 U.S. 328 (1994)
  • Meghrig v. KFC Western, Inc., 516 U.S. 479 (1996)
  • Southern Union Co. v. United States, 567 U.S. 343 (2012)

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), enacted in 1976, is the principal federal law in the United States governing the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste.[1]

  1. ^ United States. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 94–580, 90 Stat. 2795, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq., October 21, 1976.

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