<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idac158279-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s6992f"><num value="6992f">§ 6992f.</num><heading> Relationship to State law</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="idac15827a-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s6992f/a"><num value="a" class="bold">(a)</num><heading class="bold"> State inspections and enforcement</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">A State may conduct inspections under <ref class="footnoteRef" idref="fn003481">1</ref><note type="footnote" id="fn003481"><num>1</num> So in original. Probably should be “under section”.</note> 6992c of this title and take enforcement actions under <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6992d">section 6992d of this title</ref> against any person, including any person who has imported medical waste into a State in violation of the requirements of, or regulations under, this subchapter, to the same extent as the Administrator. At the time a State initiates an enforcement action under <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6992d">section 6992d of this title</ref> against any person, the State shall notify the Administrator in writing.</p>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="idac15827b-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s6992f/b"><num value="b" class="bold">(b)</num><heading class="bold"> Retention of State authority</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Nothing in this subchapter shall—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idac15827c-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s6992f/b/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> preempt any State or local law; or</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idac15827d-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s6992f/b/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> except as provided in subsection (c), otherwise affect any State or local law or the authority of any State or local government to adopt or enforce any State or local law.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="idac15827e-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s6992f/c"><num value="c" class="bold">(c)</num><heading class="bold"> State forms</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Any State or local law which requires submission of a tracking form from any person subject to this subchapter shall require that the form be identical in content and format to the form required under <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6992b">section 6992b of this title</ref>, except that a State may require the submission of other tracking information which is supplemental to the information required on the form required under <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s6992b">section 6992b of this title</ref> through additional sheets or such other means as the State deems appropriate.</p>
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<sourceCredit id="idac15827f-09a0-11eb-a85b-f5cef3d06f4d">(<ref href="/us/pl/89/272/tII/s11007">Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 11007</ref>, as added <ref href="/us/pl/100/582/s2/a">Pub. L. 100–582, § 2(a)</ref>, <date date="1988-11-01">Nov. 1, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/2955">102 Stat. 2955</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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