42 U.S.C. § 6901a — Congressional findings: used oil recycling

FEDERAL · 42 U.S.C. · Chapter 82

Congressional findings: used oil recycling

Current through Pub. L. 119-102

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare·Ch. 82 — SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL·Subch. I

The Congress finds and declares that—

(1)used oil is a valuable source of increasingly scarce energy and materials;

(2)technology exists to re-refine, reprocess, reclaim, and otherwise recycle used oil;

(3)used oil constitutes a threat to public health and the environment when reused or disposed of improperly; and that, therefore, it is in the national interest to recycle used oil in a manner which does not constitute a threat to public health and the environment and which conserves energy and materials.

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The Congress finds and declares that—
(1) used oil is a valuable source of increasingly scarce energy and materials;
(2) technology exists to re-refine, reprocess, reclaim, and otherwise recycle used oil;
(3) used oil constitutes a threat to public health and the environment when reused or disposed of improperly; and
that, therefore, it is in the national interest to recycle used oil in a manner which does not constitute a threat to public health and the environment and which conserves energy and materials.

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History

(Pub. L. 96–463, §2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2055.)

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Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Used Oil Recycling Act of 1980, and not as part of the Solid Waste Disposal Act which comprises this chapter.

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