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====Land pollution====
Congress passed the [[Resource Conservation and Recovery Act]] (RCRA) in 1976, which created a regulatory framework for both [[municipal solid waste]] and [[hazardous waste]] disposed on land.<ref>U.S. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. {{USPL|94|580}}, {{USC|42|6901}} ''et seq.'' October 21, 1976.</ref> RCRA requires that all hazardous wastes be managed and tracked from generation of the waste, through transport and processing, to final disposal, by means of a nationwide permit system. The ''Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984'' mandated regulation of [[underground storage tank]]s containing petroleum and hazardous chemicals, and the phasing out of land disposal of hazardous waste.<ref>U.S. Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, {{USPL|98|616}}, November 8, 1984.</ref> The [[Federal Facilities Compliance Act]], passed in 1992, clarified RCRA coverage of federally owned properties such as military bases. Illegal disposal of waste is punishable by fines of up to $25,000 per occurrence.<ref>{{cite report |date=2014 |title=Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Orientation Manual |chapter-url=https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/resource-conservation-and-recovery-act-rcra-orientation-manual |chapter=Chapter I. Introduction to RCRA |publisher=EPA |id=EPA 530-F-11-003}}</ref>{{see also|Superfund|label 1=Superfund - Cleanup program for abandoned hazardous waste sites}}Alongside municipal and hazardous waste the EPA is in charge of soil conservation. The EPA, often with the help of state partners, manages [[soil contamination]] through contaminant sites and facilities. An annual report on the Environment and a Toxics Release Inventory is produced as a result of these efforts.
To specifically mitigate [[soil pollution]] from fertilizers, the USDA, National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), National Institutue of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) monitor soil resources and provide guidelines to prevent nutrient loss.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sources of soil pollution in North America|url=https://www.fao.org/3/cb4894en/online/src/html/chapter-11-2.html|access-date=2021-11-23|website=www.fao.org|date=2021 |doi=10.4060/cb4894en |isbn=978-92-5-134469-9 |language=en}}</ref>
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