Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73

§3903 Inventory of open dumps

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 41— - INDIAN LANDS OPEN DUMP CLEANUP › § 3903

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 12 months after October 22, 1994, the Director must study and make a list of all open dumps on Indian lands and Alaska Native lands. The list must show where each dump is, what is in it, and how serious the health and environmental risk is. The EPA Administrator must help with the risk ratings and agree to them. After the study, the Director must report to Congress and update it every year with four things: current priorities, how those priorities were set, the money needed to close or bring dumps up to federal standards, and progress. The Director must also begin a 10-year plan that shows how much funding is needed both to fix or close open dumps and to make solid waste plans for every Indian tribal government and Alaska Native entity.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §3903

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(a)Not later than 12 months after October 22, 1994, the Director shall conduct a study and inventory of open dumps on Indian lands and Alaska Native lands. The inventory shall list the geographic location of all open dumps, an evaluation of the contents of each dump, and an assessment of the relative severity of the threat to public health and the environment posed by each dump. Such assessment shall be carried out cooperatively with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Director shall obtain the concurrence of the Administrator in the determination of relative severity made by any such assessment.

(b)Upon completion of the study and inventory under subsection (a), the Director shall report to the Congress, and update such report annually—

(1)the current priority of Indian and Alaska Native solid waste deficiencies,

(2)the methodology of determining the priority listing,

(3)the level of funding needed to effectively close or bring into compliance all open dumps on Indian lands or Alaska Native lands, and

(4)the progress made in addressing Indian and Alaska Native solid waste deficiencies.

(c)The Director shall develop and begin implementation of a 10-year plan to address solid waste disposal needs on Indian lands and Alaska Native lands. This 10-year plan shall identify—

(1)the level of funding needed to effectively close or bring into compliance with applicable Federal standards any open dumps located on Indian lands and Alaska Native lands; and

(2)the level of funding needed to develop comprehensive solid waste management plans for every Indian tribal government and Alaska Native entity.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 3903

Title 25 — Indians

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73