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8/28/2012
Elementary Neutralization: Treatment Without a Permit
Treating your hazardous waste without a permit?! Is that really possible? Yes! Yes, it is. While the EPA generally prohibits you from treating hazardous waste without a permit, there are exceptions. Under certain conditions you can neutralize your corrosive hazardous waste and pipe it out as sewage rather than...7/24/2012
Frequency of Hazardous Waste Tanks Self-Inspections
Throughout Parts 264 and 265 of 40 CFR, the U.S. EPA requires persons who store hazardous waste, including large and small quantity generators, to periodically self-inspect waste containment units. These periodic self-inspections are your opportunity to ensure that you stay in compliance with RCRA and head off any...5/22/2012
What Are the Underlying Hazardous Constituents the Land Disposal Restrictions Make You Treat For?
Section 3004(m) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act prohibits the land disposal of any hazardous waste unless it has been treated to minimize short- and long-term threats to human health and the environment. The EPA specifies waste treatment standards in 40 CFR Part 268—“Land Disposal Restrictions.” For most wastes, the treatment standard is to...4/24/2012
Are Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Hazardous Waste?
3/27/2012
Dating Hazardous Waste Containers
Q. One of the more common ways to manage hazardous waste is to temporarily accumulate hazardous waste in 55-gallon drums or other containers at or near waste-generating processes in satellite accumulation areas. Then, once the containers are full, the waste is moved to a central accumulation area for a few months before...1/31/2012
Fall 2011 Regulatory Agendas: Environmental Protection
Twice each year, the departments and independent agencies of the Federal government publish public agendas of their rulemaking activities. These semiannual agendas both review recent new rules and announce upcoming rule activities. While each agency and department creates its own agenda...1/23/2012
RCRA Biennial Reporting
Large quantity generators and all facilities which treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste must file a report on their waste handling activities with the EPA (or authorized state agency) by March 1 of each even-numbered year. Small and conditionally exempt generators are excluded from...12/27/2011
RCRA State Authorization
12/8/2011
EPA Guidance Document: How Do I Keep My RCRA Waste Containers "Closed"?
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