I believe that someday we will make something that qualifies as an AGI by whatever fuzzy definition you want, the world will have a two-week freakout and then people will go on with their lives.
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court decided the law was too vague to be constitutional because Congress didn't define what exactly would qualify as a violent crime.
Waste coming from certain areas like hospitals does qualify as hazardous waste in many cases, which means legally from a regulatory standpoint we can't touch it.