What US Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (42 USC ch 133): Source Reduction Hierarchy and Reporting requires
The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA), codified at 42 U.S.C. Chapter 133 (sections 13101-13109), establishes pollution prevention through source reduction as the national environmental policy of first resort and is administered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Section 13101 sets the findings and declares the policy that the United States establishes as a national objective the prevention or reduction of pollution at the source, setting out the environmental management hierarchy: pollution should be prevented or reduced at the source whenever feasible; pollution that cannot be prevented should be recycled in an environmentally safe manner whenever feasible; pollution that cannot be prevented or recycled should be treated in an environmentally safe manner whenever feasible; and disposal or other release into the environment should be employed only as a last resort. Section 13102 defines the key terms, including 'source reduction', which means any practice that reduces the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant or contaminant entering any waste stream or otherwise released into the environment (including fugitive emissions) prior to recycling, treatment or disposal, and reduces the hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances. Sections 13103-13105 direct EPA to undertake source reduction activities, make grants to States for technical assistance programs, and operate a source reduction clearinghouse. Section 13106 sets the central reporting requirement: an owner or operator of a facility required to file an annual toxic chemical release form under section 11023 (EPCRA) must include with that form a toxic chemical source reduction and recycling report for each listed chemical, reporting the quantity entering the waste stream, the amount recycled, the source reduction practices used, and related production-ratio and projection data. Section 13107 requires EPA to report to Congress. The PPA does not itself impose civil or criminal penalties; the section 13106 report is filed with, and enforced through, the EPCRA toxic chemical release reporting framework (and its penalties under 42 U.S.C. 11045).
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: US Congress / US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2022-title42/html/USCODE-2022-title42-chap133.htm
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- Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 13101 - findings and policy (the source reduction hierarchy of prevention, recycling, treatment and disposal as a last resort).
- Pollution Prevention Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 13102 - definitions, including source reduction.
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