42 USC § 6901a - Congressional findings: used oil recycling

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title: "42 USC § 6901a - Congressional findings: used oil recycling"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "6901a"
section_name: "Congressional findings: used oil recycling"
chapter_number: 82
chapter_name: "SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–463, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2055.)"
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# § 6901a. Congressional findings: used oil recycling

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

## Editorial Notes

### 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.