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§6915 Annual report

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 82— - SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE; AUTHORITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR › § 6915

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must send a full, detailed report to Congress and the President within ninety days after the end of each fiscal year. The report covers all Office activities from the year that just ended. The report must state the Office’s specific goals, say how well programs met those goals through the fiscal year end, list outstanding solid-waste problems in priority order, recommend needed legislation, include any other chapter-required information, and lay out plans for the next fiscal year.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §6915

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The Administrator shall transmit to the Congress and the President, not later than ninety days after the end of each fiscal year, a comprehensive and detailed report on all activities of the Office during the preceding fiscal year. Each such report shall include—
(1)a statement of specific and detailed objectives for the activities and programs conducted and assisted under this chapter;
(2)statements of the Administrator’s conclusions as to the effectiveness of such activities and programs in meeting the stated objectives and the purposes of this chapter, measured through the end of such fiscal year;
(3)a summary of outstanding solid waste problems confronting the Administrator, in order of priority;
(4)recommendations with respect to such legislation which the Administrator deems necessary or desirable to assist in solving problems respecting solid waste;
(5)all other information required to be submitted to the Congress pursuant to any other provision of this chapter; and
(6)the Administrator’s plans for activities and programs respecting solid waste during the next fiscal year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2006 of Pub. L. 89–272 was renumbered section 2007 and is classified to section 6916 of this title.

Amendments

1984—Par. (1). Pub. L. 98–616 substituted “detailed” for “detail”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of this section relating to transmittal of annual report to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and the 19th item on page 164 of House Document No. 103–7.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of certain

Enforcement

functions of Administrator or other official of Environmental Protection Agency under this chapter to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of Energy, then to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, see note set out under section 6903 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 6915

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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