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)