§6933 Hazardous waste site inventory

Summary

Each State must, as quickly as reasonably possible, set up and keep a program to make a list and send it to the Administrator of every site in the State where hazardous waste has ever been stored or dumped. The list must show where the sites are (including places used before permits were required), what kind and how much toxic waste is there as far as can be found, the owner’s name and address (or corporate headquarters) when the list is made, the treatment or disposal methods used, and the site’s current status (whether waste is still handled there, and if not, when that stopped, and what else happens there now). If the Administrator finds a State’s program is not giving enough information, the State will be told and has 90 days to fix it. If the State does not fix the program, the Administrator will do the inventory in that State, may use grant funds to pay for it, and may stop further grants to the State until the inventory requirements are met. The Administrator may give grants to States that apply and may reimburse States that did an effective inventory before October 21, 1980. Congress authorized $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1985 through 1988 to carry out this work. Neither the Administrator nor a State must wait for the inventory to be finished to start cleanups or enforcement.