---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 6992i"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "6992i"
heading: "General provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/6992i"
units:
  - "Chapter 82 — Solid Waste Disposal"
  - "Subchapter X — Demonstration Medical Waste Tracking Program"
---

# §6992i. General provisions

- (a) **Consultation—**
  - (1) In promulgating regulations under this subchapter, the [Administrator](/usc/42/6903.md?p=1) shall consult with the affected [States](/usc/42/6903.md?p=31) and may consult with other interested parties.
  - (2) The [Administrator](/usc/42/6903.md?p=1) shall also consult with the International Joint Commission to determine how to monitor the [disposal](/usc/42/6903.md?p=3) of [medical waste](/usc/42/6903.md?p=40) emanating from Canada.
- (b) **Public comment—** In the case of the regulations required by this subchapter to be promulgated within 9 months after November 1, 1988, the [Administrator](/usc/42/6903.md?p=1) may promulgate such regulations in interim final form without prior opportunity for public comment, but the [Administrator](/usc/42/6903.md?p=1) shall provide an opportunity for public comment on the interim final rule. The promulgation of such regulations shall not be subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980.[^1]
- (c) **Relationship to subchapter III—** Nothing in this subchapter shall affect the authority of the [Administrator](/usc/42/6903.md?p=1) to regulate [medical waste](/usc/42/6903.md?p=40), including [medical waste](/usc/42/6903.md?p=40) listed under [section 6992a of this title](/usc/42/6992a.md), under subchapter III of this chapter.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 11009, formerly § 11010, as added Pub. L. 100–582, § 2(a), Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2957; renumbered § 11009, Pub. L. 105–362, title V, § 501(h)(1)(B), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3284.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 96–511, Dec. 11, 1980, 94 Stat. 2812, which was classified principally to chapter 35 (§ 3501 et seq.) of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, prior to the general amendment of that chapter by Pub. L. 104–13, § 2, May 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 163. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1980 Amendment note set out under section 101 of Title 44 and Tables.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 11009 of Pub. L. 89–272 was renumbered section 11008 and is classified to section 6992h of this title.