42 U.S.C. § 6912
Authorities of Administrator
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 6912, Authorities of Administrator, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/480930
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In carrying out this chapter, the Administrator is authorized to—
Each regulation promulgated under this chapter shall be reviewed and, where necessary, revised not less frequently than every three years.
In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Administrator, and duly-designated agents and employees of the Environmental Protection Agency, are authorized to initiate and conduct investigations under the criminal provisions of this chapter, and to refer the results of these investigations to the Attorney General for prosecution in appropriate cases.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Solid Waste Disposal Act Amendments of 1980House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally