Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Reauthorization: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 3735, H.R. 3736, and H.R. 3737, Part 1

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Page 505 - Fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, slag waste, and flue gas emission control waste generated primarily from the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels. (5) Drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal energy.
Page 509 - An estimate (with uncertainty spanning perhaps an order of magnitude) of a continuous inhalation exposure to the human population (including sensitive subgroups) that is likely to be without an appreciable risk of deleterious noncancer health effects during a lifetime.
Page 506 - ... (F) the cost of such alternatives; and (G) the impact of those alternatives on the exploration for, and development and production of, crude oil and natural gas or geothermal energy.
Page 461 - Solid waste from the extraction, beneficiation, and processing of ores and minerals, including phosphate rock and overburden from the mining of uranium ore.
Page 345 - State agencies, promulgate regulations specifying those levels or methods of treatment, if any, which substantially diminish the toxicity of the waste or substantially reduce the likelihood of migration of hazardous constituents from the waste so that short-term and long-term threats to human health and the environment are minimized.
Page 214 - ... in a manner that is protective of human health and the environment and which is no less strict than that required in the United States.
Page 328 - Part 261, he must determine whether the waste is identified in Subpart C of 40 CFR Part 261 by either: (1) Testing the waste according to the methods set forth in Subpart C of 40 CFR Part 261, or according to an equivalent method approved by the Administrator under 40 CFR 260.21; or (2) Applying knowledge of the hazard characteristic of the waste in light of the materials or the processes used.
Page 530 - D . Determination of the Scope of the Original RCRA Exemption The Agency believes that based on the language of RCRA section 3001(b)(2)(A) of the 1980 amendments to RCRA, review of the statute, and supporting legislative history, the following wastes were included in the temporary exemption set forth in the statute.
Page 204 - Deep Seabed Revenue Sharing Trust Fund (a) CREATION OF TRUST FUND. - There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the 'Deep Seabed Revenue Sharing Trust Fund...
Page 213 - Our nation has an obligation to take responsibility for the waste it generates. We cannot relieve ourselves of that responsibility by simply shipping waste outside our borders, nor should we try. We must ensure that any facility that accepts our waste, regardless of its location, will conform to the standards that we have determined to be minimally necessary to guarantee safe disposal and protect the health and safety 23-765 0-89-2 of our own citizens.

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