The federal act that grants authority to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which controls the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste and ultimately called for the phaseout of land disposal of hazardous waste under a later amendment was the:

- Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).

- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

- Pollution Prevention Act (PPA).

- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

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Colt Charles

9 September, 03:26

The federal act that grants authority to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) which controls the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste and ultimately called for the phaseout of land disposal of hazardous waste under a later amendment was the:

- Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).

- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

- Pollution Prevention Act (PPA).

- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

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Salma Wiley · Answer 1

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

Explanation:

This law set a national stander-ed for the program: It manages the hazardous RCRA provides the authorization to the EPA. RCRA is oversight of state implementation. It takes the authorities to the corrective address that release to the environment. It holds the underground water storage tank To protect from underwater leaking. It banned that pipes and steel tanks that are not protective.