related activities at various landÑlls and other facilities. There is no assurance that citations and notices will
not be issued in the future despite our regulatory compliance eÅorts. We have established remediation reserves
that we believe, based on currently available information, will be adequate to cover our current estimates of
regulatory costs. However, we cannot assure you that actual costs will not exceed our reserves.
Federal Regulation. The following summarizes the primary environmental, public and occupational
health and safety-related statutes of the United States that aÅect our facilities and operations:
(1) The Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, including the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act. RCRA and its implementing regulations establish a framework for regulating the handling,
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