disposal
Defined in 5 places across 2 titles of the United States Code.
(A) The terms "environment", "facility", "hazardous substance", "person", "pollutant or contaminant", "release", "removal", "response", "disposal", and "hazardous waste" have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2019–202110 U.S.C. § 2700Armed Forces · Definitions · in this chapter
The term “disposal” means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such solid waste or hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground waters.
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- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 6903The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · under this chapter
The term “disposal” means the emplacement in a repository of high-level radioactive waste, spent nuclear fuel, or other highly radioactive material with no foreseeable intent of recovery, whether or not such emplacement permits the recovery of such waste.
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- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 10101The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · for purposes of this chapter
The term “disposal” means the permanent isolation of low-level radioactive waste pursuant to the requirements established by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under applicable laws, or by an agreement State if such isolation occurs in such agreement State.
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- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 2021BThe Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · in this section
The term “environment”, “facility”, “hazardous substance”, “person”, “pollutant or contaminant”, “release”, “removal”, “response”, “disposal”, and “hazardous waste” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2021–202310 U.S.C. § 2700Armed Forces · Definitions · in this chapter
The terms “disposal”, “hazardous waste”, and “treatment” shall have the meaning provided in section 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act [42 U.S.C. 6903].
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- 1994–present42 U.S.C. § 9601The Public Health and Welfare · Definitions · in this section
The terms “environment”, “facility”, “hazardous substance”, “person”, “pollutant or contaminant”, “release”, “removal”, “response”, “disposal”, and “hazardous waste” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2010–present10 U.S.C. § 2700Armed Forces · Definitions · in this chapter
The terms “environment”, “facility”, “hazardous substance”, “person”, “release”, “removal”, “response”, “disposal”, and “hazardous waste” have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of CERCLA (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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- 2003–201010 U.S.C. § 2700Armed Forces · Definitions · in this chapter