Abstract
ABSTRACT
Significant amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA") that will substantially tighten controls on the handling and disposal of hazardous waste were enacted late in 1984. The RCRA reauthorization bill, formally titled the "Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984," was passed by the House of Representatives on October 3, 1984, by the Senate on October 5, 1984, and was signed into law by President Reagan on November 8, 1984. Controversial changes made by the amendments include provisions which will require the regulation of a substantial number of generators of relatively small quantities of hazardous waste and establish a regulatory program covering underground storage tanks containing petroleum products.
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