Title 54 — National Park Service and Related ProgramsRelease 119-73

§100903 Solid waste disposal operations

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— - National Park System › Chapter CHAPTER 1009— - ADMINISTRATION › § 100903

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Stops new trash or industrial waste dumps inside any unit of the System to protect its air, land, water, and natural and cultural resources and U.S. property, except for sites that were already operating on September 1, 1984, or small sites that only take waste produced inside that unit and do not harm its resources. The Secretary must write rules to enforce this, including reasonable rules to reduce harm from sites that were operating on September 1, 1984.

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Title 54, §100903

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(a)To protect the air, land, water, and natural and cultural values of the System and the property of the United States in the System, no solid waste disposal site (including any site for the disposal of domestic or industrial solid waste) may be operated within the boundary of any System unit, other than—

(1)a site that was operating as of September 1, 1984; or

(2)a site used only for disposal of waste generated within that System unit so long as the site will not degrade any of the natural or cultural resources of the System unit.

(b)The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section, including reasonable regulations to mitigate the adverse effects of solid waste disposal sites in operation as of September 1, 1984, on property of the United States.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10090316 U.S.C. 460l–22(c).Pub. L. 90–401, § 5(c), as added Pub. L. 98–506, § 2, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2338.

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Citation

54 U.S.C. § 100903

Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73