This partshall be known as and may be cited as the "Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Act."
(Ga. L. 1979, p. 1127, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2234, § 5.)
Law reviews.- For annual survey on environmental law, see 70 Mercer L. Rev. 1007 (2019).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Constitutionality.
- O.C.G.A. § 50-13-10 did not authorize plaintiffs to obtain declaratory judgment as to validity of rules enacted pursuant to the Hazardous Waste Management Act, O.C.G.A. § 12-8-60 et seq., when the plaintiffs were contending that the Act and rules promulgated thereunder were unconstitutional. George v. Department of Natural Resources, 250 Ga. 491, 299 S.E.2d 556 (1983).
Cited in Earth Mgt., Inc. v. Heard County, 248 Ga. 442, 283 S.E.2d 455 (1981); South Carolina Ins. Co. v. Coody, 813 F. Supp. 1570 (M.D. Ga. 1993); Georgia Ports Auth. v. Diamond Mfg. Co., 164 Bankr. 189 (Bankr. S.D. Ga. 1994).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
ALR.
- Right to maintain action based on violation of § 7003 of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 USCS § 6973) pertaining to imminent hazards from solid or hazardous waste, 105 A.L.R. Fed. 800.