§8681 Repair or maintenance of naval vessels: handling of hazardous waste

Summary

The Secretary of the Navy must make sure every contract for work on a naval ship (not new construction) says what hazardous wastes must be removed or are likely to be created. The contract must give enough detail so the contractor can follow federal and state rules for handling, storing, moving, and disposing of those wastes. The contract must also say who pays the contractor for that work and which tasks are the Navy’s responsibility and which are the contractor’s. If the Navy only makes the waste, documents must show the Navy’s generator ID number; if the contractor only makes it, documents must show the contractor’s ID; if both make waste, both ID numbers must appear. Who is a “generator” is decided under subtitle C of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.). If a contractor finds different kinds or amounts of hazardous waste than the contract listed, and those wastes came from the ship or from Navy-supplied material, the Navy must renegotiate the contract. The Navy must also remove known hazardous wastes from a ship before it goes to the contractor’s facility when it is feasible. Nothing here changes the generator rules or definitions in the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).