42 U.S.C. § 6992f

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 6992f - Relationship to State law

(a) State inspections and enforcement

A State may conduct inspections under¹ 6992c of this title and take enforcement actions under section 6992d of this title against any person, including any person who has imported medical waste into a State in violation of the requirements of, or regulations under, this subchapter, to the same extent as the Administrator. At the time a State initiates an enforcement action under section 6992d of this title against any person, the State shall notify the Administrator in writing.

(b) Retention of State authority

Nothing in this subchapter shall-

(1) preempt any State or local law; or

(2) except as provided in subsection (c), otherwise affect any State or local law or the authority of any State or local government to adopt or enforce any State or local law.

(c) State forms

Any State or local law which requires submission of a tracking form from any person subject to this subchapter shall require that the form be identical in content and format to the form required under section 6992b of this title, except that a State may require the submission of other tracking information which is supplemental to the information required on the form required under section 6992b of this title through additional sheets or such other means as the State deems appropriate.

¹So in original. Probably should be "under section".

42 U.S.C. § 6992f

Pub. L. 89-272, title II, §11007, as added Pub. L. 100-582, §2(a), Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2955.

Administrator: The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
State authority: The term "State authority" means the agency established or designated under section 6947 of this title.
State: The term "State" means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
person: The term "person" means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, State, municipality, commission, political subdivision of a State, or any interstate body and shall include each department, agency, and instrumentality of the United States.