40 CFR § 272.1 - Purpose and scope.

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title: "40 CFR § 272.1 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "272.1"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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part_name: "APPROVED STATE HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS"
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authority: "Secs. 2002(a), 3006, and 7004(b) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6912(a), 6926, and 6974(b)."
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# 272.1 Purpose and scope.

This part sets forth the applicable State hazardous waste management programs under section 3006(b) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. 6926, and 40 CFR 260.10. “State” is defined in 42 U.S.C. 1004(31) as “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.”

[58 FR 3500, Jan. 11, 1993]