Hazardous Waste Act of 1980

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Hazardous Waste Act of 1980 - Requires owners or operators of hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal sites to provide specified information to the relevant State and local officials and to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Authorizes the Administrator, or the State in which the site is located, to secure such information from such owners or operators, former or subsequent owners or operators of the site, or generators or transporters of hazardous waste, if such owners or operators fail to comply with information requirements or offer inadequate information. Prohibits such information received from any person, and information derived therefrom, from being used against such person in any criminal proceeding except a prosecution for perjury or for knowingly making a false statement or representation. Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require each generator of hazardous waste to submit a report to the Administrator and to the State agencies setting forth the quantities and characteristics of hazardous waste generated by such generator in the year preceding the date of enactment of this Act. Allows regulations requiring each generator of hazardous w…